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Turned in / Next Steps
Hi folks! As you have noticed, there have not been any blog posts lately. That is because I submitted the written portion of my IS project on February 14th (and gave myself 2 weeks to focus on final edits) and then took a step away from the site to allow it to be reviewed by…
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Sticking Around: How Does Website Preservation Work?
While the web is a great platform for creating interesting, unique, and innovative projects, there is also a risk that today’s technology will be obsolete and unusable in the near future. To keep my site up for as long as possible, I sat down with Katie Farr and Zach Sharrow from The College of Wooster…
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Website Design: How to make it look easy
As I am adjusting to the new semester, I am working on getting back into the habit of writing blog posts every Monday. This past weekend, I drafted a list of potential topics that I have not yet covered that would be important for understanding the thought behind this site beyond WordPress basics. The first…
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…and we’re back!
Hello and happy 2023! I just returned to campus and I am happy to be starting the spring semester tomorrow! Since my last blog post, you will see some changes to the site. Most obviously, I added a new section which made up the bulk of my work over winter break. This section, called “Ben…
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End of Fall Semester Updates, Part 2
Hello! This is going to be a markedly different blog post, as I just want to give an update on where I am right now and what will be coming up. I am going to take the next few weeks off from writing these blog posts, as right now I am focusing on submitting the…
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End of November Updates, Postcoloniality on the Web
Having just come back to Wooster from break, I am now closing out the first semester. As I’ve discussed in my earlier blog posts, the process of creating web content is iterative. As with many points in the semester, I’m starting to write and outline the third and final section of my website while also…
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StoryMaps Continued: Additional Tools
This week, I have continued to work on my StoryMap on Indigenous life in Wayne County, as well as cross-referencing and editing my website and the accompanying essay. I’m also looking forward to meeting with the Cultural Education for the Delaware Tribe of Indians, a second Delaware group in Oklahoma, to discuss my project and…
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ArcGIS StoryMaps Skills
Continuing from my last blog post, this blog post is going to discuss another technology platform that will be going into my final project, ArcGIS StoryMaps. While I briefly discussed my use of this platform in an earlier post. I now have a better idea of how I am going to use the tool to…
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WordPress Skills
The Independent Study is a project that is meant to hone skills that students are building throughout their college careers. For me, these include historical writing, researching, and critical thinking. However, I am also learning new skills that have allowed me to share my historical research with others. As I am coming into the final…
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Web Development: an Iterative Process (and happy Halloween!)
As I continue to write my web content, I am reflecting more not only on what I am writing and how, but also the actual process for writing. While I have experience in developing web content through the Wooster Digital History Project, I was usually working with other people to research, write and build. However,…
