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Schedule – updated

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Creating faculty collaborations in digital collections

New developments in digital humanities allow for more successful dissemination of information. Today’s library patrons make use of the cumulative innovations to optimize their research. Many valuable tools can be synchronized by creative minds to aid in that endeavor. Innovations … Continue reading

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Apps to promote the “Make it” movement in the Humanities

I propose a Make session to create various Games to learn, play, and interact with content using various mobile apps.  We will make one game in pairs using Tiny Tap, Quizlet, Socrative and Kahoot! Bring your own device, ideas and … Continue reading

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“The Swinging Bridge, Ramabai Espinet”: The Digital Reference Guide as Final Project

This session addresses the opportunities and challenges posed by digital projects as final, collaborative assignments by examining “The Swinging Bridge, Ramabai Espinet,” a digital reference and teaching guide to Ramabai Espinet’s novel The Swinging Bridge produced by Kayli Smendec, Berta … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

You’d expect that Gainesville’s history would be on Wikipedia, but not much is. In case you didn’t know, Gainesville was fundamental to the national women’s movement, anti-war, and anti-racist movements in the 1970s and has a rich history of other … Continue reading

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Service Learning and DH in the Technical Writing Classroom: the iFixit Project

For this panel, I will discuss and promote a service learning project with a company called iFixit that I was involved with as an instructor of technical writing at the University of South Florida. iFixit advocates self-repair of electronic devices … Continue reading

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Using Social Media to Bring the Past to Life

Because history museums tend to attract older audiences, it can be challenging to find new ways to engage the younger generations. Moreover, many museums and universities feel proprietary about their collections and might be reluctant to put elements of their … Continue reading

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NO MORE! Servers in Our Homes

For too long humanities researchers (and all researchers) have had too limited resources, which has resulted in servers in homes and personally supported servers by researchers for research. There are certainly times when having a server of one’s own is … Continue reading

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Engaging Students in the Creation of Electronic Editions

This “talk” session is envisioned as an opportunity to share experiences in using TEI in the classroom or working with students in the creation of electronic editions. Participants will be invited to briefly describe past, current, or future projects, and to … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Buttons for Edit-a-thon

For a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon related to the UF Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) and/or other UF Digital Collections, possibly including the Florida NOW!

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Welcome to THATCamp Gainesville, a Digital Humanities unconference: April 24, 2015 (Smathers 100)

Welcome to THATCamp Gainesville, a Digital Humanities unconference. THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) is an informal and free unconference where you can discuss digital projects, learn skills, and brainstorm DH initiatives. Please join us on April 24th, at 8:30am … Continue reading

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