Jumpstarting Your Digital Media Projects:
Teaching, Connecting, & Publishing
A demonstration and hands-on workshop on teaching and creating digital history from 2 to 5 PM on Thursday, March 24 at Washington and Lee University, Elrod Commons, 345
Schedule
2:00-2:15 – Introduction to the Session
2:15-3:00 – Digital poster session — Wander around, get some ideas.
“Easy Publishing of Digital History Projects” – Jeffrey McClurken, UMW
“Building Communities of Interest through Social Media” – Eric Johnson, Monticello
“Omeka for Scholarship, Archives, and Exhibitions” – Jeremy Boggs, GMU
3:00-3:45 – How-To sessions with the presenters — Hands on work, how to do the
kinds of things we show in the poster session.[1]
3:45-4:00 – Break
4:00-4:45 – Lightning discussions — Small group conversations in rotation (funding, project management, getting institutional/audience buy-in)
4:45-5:00 – Conclusion, general questions.
Questions? Contact Jeff McClurken (jmcclurk (at) umw.edu), Eric Johnson (ejohnson (at) monticello.org), or Jeremy Boggs (jboggs (at) gmu.edu).
[1] Though not required to participate, we encourage you to bring your own laptop (BYOL). W&L will provide wireless access.