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The iPod Touch: Part of the 21st Century Archaeology Toolkit
Posted on September 1, 2010 | View CommentsYesterday, I was very excited to tune into the livestream of Steve Jobs and Apple’s Music Day. Not because I’m a huge music fan (which I am), or because I really wanted to know who the musical guest was going to be (Coldplay. Nice.), but... -
Proposal: Done. Field School: Begin.
Posted on May 27, 2010 | View CommentsAlthough it happened a couple of weeks ago, I successfully defended my dissertation proposal, and have been granted with that somewhat sarcastic (and totally unofficial) title of “ABD”, or “All But Dissertation”. The defense went well: my committee nailed me on what I expected to... -
Archaeology, Social Media, and the in-the-field workflow
Posted on April 25, 2010 | View CommentsI have been using Digital Social Media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr to show real-time posts to the fans of Campus Archaeology while we are excavating in the field. These messages are all attached to an image, so making sure the image is... -
ReThinking Digital Social Media for Digital Humanities and Community Engagement
Posted on April 8, 2010 | View CommentsI went to the Great Lakes #ThatCamp with the intention of talking about using digital social media as a means of real-time community engagement, and hoping that I would get ideas from others about how they were using sites like Twitter or Facebook to engage... -
Digging Differently: collecting field data for public archaeology
Posted on March 25, 2010 | View CommentsOne of the sessions at Great Lakes ThatCamp was on Digital Archaeology. What was great about this session was the mix of archaeologists and people from other disciplines, particularly those who work in museums, who often have to take what we find and figure out... -
Great Lakes THATCamp Overview
Posted on March 21, 2010 | View CommentsThis weekend, Michigan State played host to the Great Lakes THATCamp (@GLTHATCamp), an “un-conference” in humanities and technology. This was my first experience at a THATCamp or un-conference, and it was definitely a successful format that took some getting used to. Once I did, however,... -
Ignite Lansing, Communities, and Schneider
Posted on March 8, 2010 | View CommentsOkay, before I begin, I didn’t attend Ignite 3.0. I did make it to 2.0, so I know what it’s about: I support it whole heartedly. It is part of this larger movement, I’ll call it the #LoveLansing movement, that we have been engaging in... -
The Class I want to Teach
Posted on March 1, 2010 | View CommentsThis semester, I’ve been enrolled in a course on college teaching, as well as doing the Graduate Engagement Certificate out of the Office of Engagement. Both experiences have me thinking hard about what type of teacher I hope to be, and also what kinds of... -
Foursquare, Yelp, and Making Archaeology Visible on the Virtual Landscape
Posted on January 13, 2010 | View CommentsUnless you have the resources of Williamsburg or Historic St. Mary’s City, recreating the historical landscape above ground is a near impossibility. Once excavations are complete, the units are filled in, and the space goes back to being what it once was, or it is... -
Using a blog as a means for engagement and education during research
Posted on November 16, 2009 | View CommentsWorking at Campus Archaeology, I began maintaining a blog that was initially intended to update the public about our whereabouts, be it in the field or when we were giving guest lectures. What it has become, however, is a running log about our research findings,...
