OK, so the digital humanities is an emerging area...featured in the NYT...but what would be our added value in terms of what we can provide that others cannot? (I'm not usually a fan of rhetorical questions, but felt it was necessary here). Anyway, my simple answer to this is pedagogy, specifically, measurable objectives aligned with state standards that include activities in which the learner engages with the material. In other words, this is all out there, but how can it be used by teacher candidates, and subsequently, by K-12 students? It's great stuff, but what would we want them to do with it? I think that there has to be a tangible example(s) that people can grab on to. I'd be happy to create a 'lesson' with some data. Does that all make sense?
Also...now jumping way ahead...I'm still fixated on the idea of creating an app(s) for specific content to let students work with.
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