by Valerie Robin | Nov 3, 2014 | etexts, troubleshooting
Since the beginning of SIF, I’ve been on the Tobacco Ebook project. I have learned iBooks Author layout and design techniques, which has completely reoriented my thinking about how design works, and increased my attention to detail by… a lot. This week, I...
by Valerie Robin | Oct 26, 2014 | digital humanities, digital pedagogy, SIF Projects
In case you didn’t hear, this past Tuesday was the National Day on Writing. And thanks to a bunch of people in the English Department, the Linguistics department, and some other organizations (I think there was a sorority involved somewhere), it went off really...
by Valerie Robin | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, definition, digital pedagogy, innovation, pedagogy
In the last 7 or so weeks as a SIF, I have learned more than I ever imagined I would. A few weeks ago, I decided to write an article featuring the SIF program. In a stroke of benevolence, Brennan gave me permission to spend some of my hours developing the article. So...
by Valerie Robin | Oct 12, 2014 | digital humanities, SIF Projects
As part of the project I’m working on for the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives, I have been researching free apps for the iPad 2 that might help innovate the current recording process of the DALN. Let me explain in more detail: Representatives from the...
by Valerie Robin | Sep 18, 2014 | digital humanities
One of the projects I am assigned to is to help Dr. Michael Harker work on the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN). The DALN, as we refer to it, is a collection of narratives from all over the world about literacy. This could mean anything from reading, to...