Wow everyone, I’ve officially made it to the end of my Spring 2026 semester at UMW, and it’s time to decide – have I officially earned the title of Digital Historian? Before we get into that, let’s recap some of my thoughts on what I’ve learned this semester! Lessons Learned…
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A Weeks 12, 13… and 14… Update
Ok I know this is a lot of weeks, but hang in there with me. During these three weeks, my group and I working with the Heritage Center finished up some of our final pieces of our project, so I was glued to my computer screen, Canva and Instagram to…
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A Summary of Our Heritage Center Project
For our project with the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center, a paper archive in downtown Fredericksburg that stores collections from Spotsylvania, Stafford, Caroline, and King George counties, we set out to increase public engagement through a social media campaign and an Omeka site that would house an archival collection of digitized…
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Week 11 Update
Is it technically week 12 when I’m writing this, yes, but don’t shame me for that. It’s been a busy and hectic week as we’re getting close to the end of the semester, but here’s what I’ve been up to: Interviews with CRHC Volunteers On Wednesday, one of my team…
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The Epic Highs and Lows of Digital History
This week in class, we’re discussing some of the technological developments that change and present new challenges for the field of digital history. The readings this week got me to think about how can we utilize the tools coming out of digital development and digital history initiatives while still maintaining…
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Building a Digital Portfolio
This past week in class, in addition to talking about digital identity, Dr. McClurken prompted us to work on our own digital presence. Our assignment – build a digital portfolio. I have had an existing personal domain since I created a website for my HIST 299 class in which I…
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Five Lessons Learned About Digital Identity
Gosh the assignment this week brought me back to those online identity presentations I’d get in elementary school that I always kind of dreaded. Like I get it, don’t post pictures you don’t want the world to see, be conscious that anyone on the internet can find information about you,…
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Week Nine Check In
We’re already halfway through the semester, and spring break has (sadly) come and gone, so let’s have a quick check in on where we’re at. Updates on Our CRHC Project Before break, I went down to the Heritage Center in Downtown Fredericksburg to meet with two of our project partners,…
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Wiki How Do We Navigate Wikipedia and Copyright?
Wikipedia, I feel, gets a bad rap sometimes especially in the classrooms I was in growing up. Because it can be accessed and edited by pretty much anyone, there’s sort of a reputation that Wikipedia isn’t very reputable or safe to use in terms of gathering information, or at least…
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Should I Start a Vlog?: My Thoughts on Video Creation
Last week, we had a visit from the UMW Digital Knowledge Center on how to create video projects. This wasn’t my first rodeo with video creation as this past semester in the Fall of 2025, I created along with three other team members a 15 minute video documenting the history…