Collaborating with faculty and students to explore questions of pedagogy, practice, and technology.
Virtual reality headsets have made many experiences possible for viewers including touring the International Space Station, exploring scenes from around the world, and getting up close and personal with molecules. Even here at The College of Wooster, faculty and students have been experimenting with virtual reality to solve problems, transform educational environments, build museums, and […]
Webjets is a versatile desktop or canvas that allows users to organize information intuitively. With Webjets, you can build bookmarks, collaborate, create tasks, make mindmaps, design moodboards, and develop documents. No longer will you have to worry about having so many tabs open in a browser. Webjets allows you to drag and drop anything into […]
Learn to create a website using the Jekyll website generator and host it on GitHub. Register here! Agenda Using git and Github What is git? What is GitHub? Create a GitHub account Create a repository Clone the repository Edit the README Add and Commit Changes Pushing Changes Using Jekyll What is Jekyll What is Markdown […]
Maps and timelines can be useful tools and concepts in helping students approach concepts of space, place, time, and storytelling. This workshop’s goal is to provide a no barrier introduction to mapping and timelines in the classroom. Timeline JS “TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can […]
Learn the basics about 3D printing including our Lulzbot 3D printers, Cura interface, and other resources to get you and your students started in the classroom and beyond. Lulzbot 3D Printers Lulzbot 3D printers were designed to for the home hobbyist which makes them more durable and easier to use than other models on the […]
This workshop is to help guide you through the use of oral history and video techniques while crafting your documentary/oral history project. Resources Copyright and other Information Creative Commons Oral History Handout from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Oral History Guide from UC Santa Cruz Library Books about Oral History Doing Oral […]
In this workshop, we will learn how to make interactive graphs using Plotly, a free online graphing website used and trusted by fortune 500 companies. During the workshop we will plot data from the Titanic incident and we will learn about some of the features that Plotly has to offer. By the end of this […]
In this workshop, we model an Archimedean Screw in Tinkercad and 3D print it using Educational Technology’s Lulzbot Mini printers. During the workshop you will create an Autodesk account, learn to use the Tinkercad interface and its workflow to design a model, and understand the print settings of traditional 3D printers. Signup for the workshop […]
Educational Technology’s own, Megan Smeznik, wrote an article for the National Council on Public History about the challenges and the opportunities for crafting a digital history pedagogy. She emphasizes in the article about the importance of all those invested in the information community coming together and developing a holistic pedagogy that not only promotes scholarship […]
Welcome to the page for Wooster Digital History Project’s workshop resources and other information that you may find useful for the Wooster Digital History Project. If you have any questions or find yourself in need of assistance with the technology, please reach out to Megan Smeznik, Educational Technology Associate at msmeznik@wooster.edu. Clio Steps to Login […]
