The National Heritage Museum (Lexington, MA)
9 am - 3pm, July 22, 2008
The National Heritage Museum is pleased to present "Feeling the Presence
of the Past in the Age of Technology," a one-day conference to be held
July 22, 2008. The conference presents experts in digital media and
academic technology who will examine and discuss best practices in
presenting, researching, and teaching the past. The program features
presentations and hands-on workshops highlighting effective academic uses
of technology and new media.
Main speakers:
Daniel Cohen is Associate Professor of History and the Director of the
Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. He is the
co-author of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and
Presenting the Past on the Web (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005).
Tom Daccord is creator of Best of History Web Sites and co-director of the
Center for Teaching History with Technology. He is co-author of the
forthcoming Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology (M.E. Sharpe, 2008)
and author of The Best of History Web Sites (Neal Schuman, 2007).
Cost is $40. Lunch is included.
More details and registration:
http://www.nationalheritagemuseum.org/Default.aspx?tabid=476
Questions?
Joanne Myers
jmyers@monh.org
(781) 457-4156
Tom Daccord
Co-Director of the Center for Teaching History with Technology
edtechteacher@gmail.com
Academic Technology Advocate/History Teacher
Noble & Greenough School (Dedham, MA)
thomas_daccord@nobles.edu
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