Tom Scheinfeldt

Connecticut

Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.

Apr

Digital History and the Public History Curriculum

A knowledge of digital history theories and methods is quickly becoming essential for public historians. More and more, digital history

21 Apr 2010

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Apr

Briefly Noted for April 8, 2010

Teachinghistory.org's New Look — If you haven’t visited recently, take another look at CHNM’s National History

08 Apr 2010

Mar

Briefly Noted for March 31, 2010

Yikes! Another Facebook Privacy SNAFU — Another reason to be happy I left Facebook: it seems a bug in Facebook’s

31 Mar 2010

Mar

Picking on someone our own size

Friends of the blog will know that I have long been skeptical of historical video game projects. One of several

31 Mar 2010

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Mar

Rethinking Access

[This week and next I'll be facilitating the discussion of "Learning & Information" at the IMLS

31 Mar 2010

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Mar

Briefly Noted for March 30, 2010

Old Sturbridge Village Shaping Up — I have spent more time at Old Sturbridge Village, which is two towns over from

30 Mar 2010

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Mar

iPads and irResponsibility

Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania has announced it will give every full-time student a new Apple iPad upon arrival in

30 Mar 2010

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Mar

Briefly Noted for March 26, 2010

Personalized URL Shorteners (Suggestions for CHNM?) — @sebchan explains how the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney started rolling its own tiny URLs

26 Mar 2010

Mar

"Soft" [money] is not a four-letter word

I will be the first to say that I have been, and continue to be, extremely lucky. As I explained

26 Mar 2010

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Mar

Briefly Noted for March 23, 2010

Omeka-Powered Digital Amherst Recognized by ALA — The American Library Association’s (ALA’s) Program on America’s Libraries for the

23 Mar 2010