Edwired is gathering steam. According to our logs, this blog has had more than 1,000 visits since January 1. Who knew a blog on teaching history with technology could be interesting to so many people? Now, to put it in perspective, during that same period of time, the various sites that make up the CHNM…
Lewis and Clark in GIS
Here’s another History-GIS website that offers some intriguing possibilities. The Lewis and Clark Across Missouri site offers visitors a virtual tour of the portion of the Lewis and Clark expedition that took place in the Show Me State. A particularly good application of the possibilities of GIS is the interactive map of the outbound and…
History Course Podcasts
After some back and forth with myself over what to do about podcasting, I’ve made the decision to podcast my summer school course on 19th century Europe. The back and forth was not about the virtues of podcasting, but about the technical aspects. Of course, it means I’m going to have to go and upgrade…
Local evidence of Google’s growth
Anyone who doesn’t know that Google’s dominance of the internet search business is growing must be living in Elbonia. But what about in the history business? A quick check of the logs at CHNM reveals just how dominating Google’s position is and how it continues to expand. I looked at which search engines were bringing…