Family history preservation
September 26, 2013
In order to digitally save my family’s history, I would have to start with some research on my family tree, including typing down significant stories, dates and places, and researching them. Any old photographs I would scan in and save with the highest quality possible, and add footnotes with the people pictured, place and name […]
Teachers paying Teachers
September 19, 2013
A site called ‘Teachers pay Teachers’ (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/) has been brought to my attention on the grounds of the ethics and legality of the site and its intent. The idea of the site is for teachers to sell their lesson plans to other teachers, where the web site is being used as a middle man or […]
Operation Desert Storm
September 11, 2013
What were the events leading up to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait? What were the main reasons for the Iraqi invasion. What was the reason for U.S. forces to interfere with the invasion? What were the major battles and outcomes including casualties? What continued presence and agreements does the U.S. have with Kuwait and Iraq as […]
Research Topics
September 4, 2013
For my digital history class, the topics I would be interested in researching include the following: The Napster file sharing lawsuit. Napster was the main file sharing network that exchanged music between two users and changed the business of music forever. I was in middle school during the times when Napster was at its peak, […]