{"id":2700,"date":"2023-05-04T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2023-05-04T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:45:20","slug":"web-review-digital-history-using-new-technologies-to-enhance-teaching-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/web-review-digital-history-using-new-technologies-to-enhance-teaching-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Review: Digital History Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Houston has a Digital History site that covers \u201cThe First Americans\u201d to \u201cThe 21st Century.\u201d Each time period has sub sections containing an overview and related documents. There are also sections that cover people, events, music, and film of that time period. Despite appearing a bit dated the website contains good information and can be used as a teaching resource or a resource for research in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Content<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The types of primary sources on this website are images and documents. Secondary sources provided by the website are textbook overviews, biographies and information on entertainment of the time such as music and film. The sources are identified, and links are also provided for some sources such as music from the 1920s. The subject material covered on this website about the 1920s is based around the sources. There is a section \u201cfor teachers\u201d, links to more information and quizzes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creators<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Digital History website was created through the University of Houston by a professor and their students. While there are surely many creators to credit, the website is suffering a server error, prohibiting access to the portion of the website where credit is given to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search Methods<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Locating information on this website is significantly easy. The time periods are sectioned off on the left side of the website, and the subcategories of those time periods are sectioned off on top of the textbox. The website&#8217;s format is clearly organized making it easy to follow. One could find the sources their research required on this website without difficulties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trustworthiness<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest website update seemed to be in 2021, which is fairly recent. Despite its recent update the site looks somewhat outdated.&nbsp;However, due to the fact that the website is a University Digital History Project, it&#8217;s rated highly in trustworthiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usefulness for 1920s Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, this website proves useful to research on the 1920s. Primary and secondary sources from the era are more or less in one place, thus one would not have to browse through multiple other sites for the same information. It\u2019s all in one place. Additionally, not every website offers teaching materials. 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