technology

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• 5/31/2020
  

  Disruption and Resilience: Lessons from the Ancient History of the 2000s

  by Garrett Peck

  The history of the 2000s is a story of human resilience in the face of crisis. We must find ways to respond to disruption with mutual care and creativity. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/11/2020
  

  Video Chat Is Helping Us Stay Connected in Lockdown. But the Tech Was Once a ‘Spectacular Flop’

  by Francine Uenuma

  The first video-call technology was demonstrated in 1927, but the idea was largely a failure in the years that followed. Here's why.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/11/2020
  

  Victim or Executioner? Let the Computer Decide

  An interactive plan for a Holocaust museum envisioned sorting visitors into victims, executioners and collaborators. Backlash ensued.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/30/2020
  

  The Coronavirus Could Rewrite the Rules for Silicon Valley

  by Margaret O'Mara

  The blue-collar workers who power the digital economy — including fulfillment center workers and app-based couriers — are pushing for higher pay and better protection, just as Detroit autoworkers did 90 years ago.

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• SOURCE: KIRO
  4/28/2020
  

  Internet Access Proves Necessary to ‘Participate in Life’ During Pandemic

  Harvard Law Professor Susan Crawford argues that the regulatory system for electric utilities established by Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s is a model for necessary reforms to the telecommunicatins industry to ensure all Americans can access the internet.   

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  4/24/2020
  

  Video Killed the Teaching Star: Remote Learning and the Death of Charisma

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  The history of experiments in teaching students through television should tell us remote learning won't replace in-person classes. 

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• 4/26/2020
  

  Historic Houses Turn to Technology Amid COVID-19 Closures

  by Hana Hancock

  Historic home sites have responded to the COVID crisis by developing online exhibits. More work remains to be done, and many cultural and historical institutions are in financial peril from the crisis, reports HNN's Social Media Editor. 

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• SOURCE: MacLeans
  4/15/2020
  

  During the Coronavirus, Academics Have Found Themselves in a Crisis of Their Work

  by Rinaldo Walcott

  I think now is the time for academics to be practicing a public pedagogy where humanists and social scientists engage the public beyond the university in what it means to be human.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  4/7/2020
  

  How New Efforts Are Recovering the Stories of People Who Were Deleted From History

  by Rachel Lance

  For so many American families, lack of representation in paperwork might have otherwise led to a lack of representation in memory, but technology and crowdsourcing are finally bringing them out of the shadows.

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• SOURCE: WAMU.org
  4/6/2020
  

  A Must For Millions, Zoom Has A Dark Side — And An FBI Warning

  Dennis Johnson fell victim last week to a new form of harassment known as “Zoombombing."

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  4/7/2020
  

  Artificial Intelligence is Preserving our Ability to Converse with Holocaust Survivors even After They Die

  Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences.

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• 3/22/2020
  

  As We Zoom into Online Learning….

  by Norman J.W. Goda

  To learn effectively, we all need to be, once again, in the same room. Let’s hope it is soon.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  3/18/2020
  

  This Isn’t Just an Experiment in Education. It’s a Test of Our Democracy, Too.

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  The new machines weren’t created for elites, who would always have access to the best kinds of education that America could offer. Technology was for everyone else.

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• SOURCE: UC Santa Cruz
  3/4/2020
  

  Elaine Sullivan Uses 3D Technologies to Peel way the Layers of History

  Professor Elaine Sullivan's publication is among the first to include interactive 3D models that can be navigated both spatially and temporally. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  1/30/20
  

  The Three Civil Rights–Era Leaders Who Warned of Computers and Racism

  by Charlton McIlwain

  More than 50 years later, will the U.S.—and Silicon Valley—hear their message?

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/21/20
  

  The Way We Write History Has Changed

  by Alexis C. Madrigal

  A deep dive into an archive will never be the same.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/9/19
  

  Internet Historians Mourn Loss Of Cultural Record As Yahoo Prepares To Delete Groups

  At one time, there were 10 million Yahoo Groups with more than 100 million users - from neighborhood organizations to amateur astronomers. On Saturday, the archives disappeared.

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• SOURCE: AHA Perspectives on History
  11/14/19
  

  Using Digital History in the Classroom

  New to digital history? These three steps may help you incorporate #DigHist into your classroom.

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• SOURCE: Vice
  October 22, 2019
  

  DeepMind AI Beats Human Historians at Deciphering Ancient Texts

  by Edward Ongweso Jr

  University of Oxford researchers are using machine learning to help make ancient text restoration less tedious.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/12/19
  

  History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future

  Calculating the patterns and cycles of the past could lead us to a better understanding of history. Could it also help us prevent a looming crisis?