The Confluence of Digital Media and History

Over the weekend I played with both Prezi and ARCGIS to determine which platform would be best for my story map. Long story short, I'll be using ARCGIS. In Prezi I’d need many more images within the presentation itself to provide the same level of detail already built into ARCGIS. Within my story map I'll be using the ARCGIS journal builder to display information on each installation site. Using the Virginia WWI and WWII Commemoration Commission  and the Library of Virginia’s “Guide to the Virginia War History Commission, Records, 1915-1931”  websites, I was able to identify the installations operating or founded between 1914 and 1918, 20 in all: Northern Virginia: Camp A.A. Humphreys (now Belvoir)  Front Royal Remount Station Camp Bally Camp Lee (now Fort Lee) Coastal Virginia: Camp Eustis on Mulberry Island near Newport News (combined with Langley in 2010) Camp Alexander Camp Casino (Newport News) Camp Hill Camp Morrison Camp Stuart Fort M...

When looking for digital sources for class and personal projects, I often go to YouTube for video and Flickr or Creative Commons for photos. I also use personal photographs for projects as well, because I find it often easier to just take a picture of something and email it to myself.  A great example of that would be museum artifacts. Throughout the certificate program I’ve visited and critiqued museums. Often my in-class presentations will be a combination of images pulled from the museum’s website in conjunction with my own photographs taken via iPhone. These local museums may not have high resolution images on their websites of the artifacts or foibles I’d like to highlight and it can be easier to get physically closer to the artifact for clarity, then take a picture.  A personal archiving adventure I’ve dabbled in digital archiving with my mom, transferring photos and home videos into DVDs or digital files. My mother’s side of the family has amassed an impressive amou...