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 Robert Bryant | Oct 12, 2014 | 3D modeling, Atlanta connections, mapping, SIF Projects
Hey guys! This was another pretty productive week! Andrew and I ran two workshops in how to use Agisoft PhotoScan. The first workshop had no turnout unfortunately–but our second one this past Friday had a few very interested and excited people come along. I...
by Nathan Sharratt | Oct 12, 2014 | data visualization, SIF Projects
Building connections between seemingly disparate areas is one of the joys of being an artist. It’s also one of the biggest challenges. Conceptually, artists are trained (or train themselves) to look at topics from multiple angles and to build relationships that...
by aorrego1@gsu.edu | Oct 12, 2014 | Atlanta connections, digital humanities, mapping, SIF Projects
This week has been another one of those informational weeks. I was recently recruited to be a part of the Atlanta transit project. This project is geared towards focusing on Atlanta’s public transportation history, particularly MARTA’s planned transit...
by Dylan Ruediger | Oct 6, 2014 | instructional videos, pedagogy, SIF Projects
Taking risks in education is, well, risky. As I have mentioned in several previous posts, one of my SIF assignments is to work on the hybrid U.S. history sections being offered at GSU this fall. The course is innovative in a number of ways: it takes full advantage of...
by Ramsundar Sundarkumar | Oct 5, 2014 | mapping, SIF Projects
For the front end of Deliberation mapping tool, we had the choice of either using HTML5 or flash. HTML 5 is supposed to the future of web development and flash is getting less popular for websites. Hence, this lead to the design decision of using HTML 5 over...