{"id":2643,"date":"2019-12-12T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2019-12-16T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:44:25","slug":"final-project-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/final\/final-project-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project Blog Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I chose to use image annotation, timeline, and mapping for my final project. I felt that my argument would be best supported through imagery and walking the viewer through the process of my explanation. Image annotation was utilized to depict the travesty that the farmers experienced and give insight to their decisions to leave the Midwest after the dust bowl destroyed their land. <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Timeline was best to follow the journey of Alan and John Lomax as they recorded styles of music that for the rest of the country may have been largely unheard. Mapping a potential civilian trip through the west showed the uniqueness of the different states in the country, and the opportunities the American Guide Series brought to the people who may have otherwise never left their hometowns, or did not at the time have a strong sense of patriotism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using digital tools helps to further develop understanding\nof the data, as it involves the viewer\u2019s interaction with the information,\nrather than only looking at a picture or artifact. These tools can be an\neffective way to reach a variety of learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large concept in class was the importance of obtaining information ethically through the public domain, and that everything not created by the user needs to be referenced. This was not something that I had thought about outside of citing academic sources in research papers. It was interesting to learn that there is no new data, and that because of this idea, everything can be traced back to its origins (thus creating a line of ownership), like with the reading about Alan Lomax\u2019s ownership rights over a Jay-Z song. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important concept to take away from this class is how digital tools, such as what was used in this exhibit, can enhance the learning and understanding of primary sources. Through this method, we were able to analyze texts, artifacts, sounds, and images in multiple ways. This expanded our learning of the topics beyond simply looking at them. <\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now, the 1930s had always been clouded for me by the Great Depression. We learned that the \u201830s were far more about the strength of a nation, and the willpower of its people to pull themselves out of trouble. The history of this period is far more complex than I think its reputation leads us to believe. We have learned that it was not only about the depression, but also about the people\u2019s willingness and drive to make an effort to fix the problems that they were facing, in order to provide for themselves, and other generations, a better future. The legacies left behind by the New Deal are still shaping our country today. Social Security, the Tennessee Valley Authority, as well as the development of the Interstate Highway System have all impacted the ways in which we function as a society. <\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The discovery of new types of music, and the open-ended publication of different forms of art, provided for a resurgence and rebirth of the American artist and redefined our culture. <\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeka Exhibit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I chose to use image annotation, timeline, and mapping for my final project. I felt that my argument would be best supported through imagery and walking the viewer through the process of my explanation. Image annotation was utilized to depict the travesty that the farmers experienced and give insight to their decisions to leave the … Continue reading “Final Project Blog Post”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2645,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}