Advances in Teaching & Learning Day Abstracts 2004

Proceedings of the Advances in Teaching & Learning Day Regional Conference held at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2004

WPI 150: A recommendation for marking the sesquicentennial using the best insights from the digital humanities

“This Interactive qualifying project was an investigation into the advancements and methods of portraying “alternative” histories, and applying those methods to commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Upon thorough investigation and research into the digital humanities, I created an online, contributory museum, and utilized techniques and advice from top museum professionals, historians, and digital humanists to ensure successful gathering of artifacts and increased interest in the subject matter.

The Oral History of Video Games 2016

We interviewed game designers Brenda Romero and John Romero to add to the IGDA Game Preservation SIG and Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Oral History of Video Games project. Prior to this, we researched curated, oral histories, studied existing documentaries, and performed mock interviews with members of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute community, in order to learn effective interviewing and video editing techniques. After the interviews, we produced sample clips for each interview and updated the Oral History of Video Games website’s design

Library, Media, Web Services Annual Report 2006-07

This report is the first report of the merged organization that includes the DeWitt Wallace Library, Media Services, and campus Web Services. It is a summary of activities and statistics for the academic year 2006-07. This report is a collaborative effort by the entire staff and features highlights including new services, new people, new collections, new spaces, new technologies, and celebrations

The American Guide Game

THE AMERICAN GUIDE GAME, a web based, role playing game for youth ages 14-16, is a keystone of "Soul of a People, Soul of a Place," using games, social media and HTML5 enhanced video for players to A. understand first-hand the experiences and challenges of writers and editors as they collected the stories of people and places for the Federal Writers' Project, part of Roosevelt's 1930s New Deal initiatives, and B. share knowledge and skills gained in a historical, scaffolding game by documenting in game assignments and completing similar assignments in their own communities. We seek 50,000 dollars in Level II Start Up funding to move this unique game from advanced concept to completed prototype, ready to test pilot and disseminate

Remixing Rural Texas: Local Texts, Global Context

Remixing Rural Texas (RRT) prototype frames critical race narratives in rural, northeast Texas by bringing together archival research methods with three traditions increasingly common in the Digital Humanities: aggregation, remixing, and geomapping tools. RRT is both expository and participatory in nature. Expository aspects feature video documentaries remixed almost entirely from existing local history collections illustrating the convergence of geographical, temporal, political, and economic factors in shifting critical race narratives across local landscapes by foregrounding tensions surrounding local texts and contexts with global implications. The participatory role invites and guides research, community and student participants in collecting, remixing, and likewise framing additional critical race narratives of their own. Level I grant will fund the expository portion of RRT leading to a Level II grant application to support the participatory role to build from prototype

Simon Says (Spring 2006)

Inside this issue: University-Wide Faculty Research Forums Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration Tea-Time Talks New Editor Named for Provenance: The Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists New Library Personnel GALILEO Upgrades Library Card Catalog Art Friends of the Library Oral Histories Rite of Passagehttps://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/library_newsletters/1006/thumbnail.jp