Middlebury College History Dept.’s announcement banning citing of Wikipedia in student papers has resulted in a flurry of articles and posts. While many teachers see this as a “teaching moment” others consider Wikipedia yet another teaching roadblock thrown up by technology. Questioning the Middlebury decision, these three teachers explain why Wikipedia offers a “teaching moment” [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Wikipedia: Bane or Boon for History Courses
Posted in Digital Humanities on January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What did he say?
Posted in Digital Humanities on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Text Analysis has long been a staple of the humanities computing diet. Its use, however, is not limited to scholars of literature. Here’s an example of how text analysis in a graphical presentation can provide some interesting data. The New York Times has published a page that allows one to search President Bush’s State of [...]