{"id":264,"date":"2013-03-13T12:43:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalhumanities\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2015-08-26T01:04:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T05:04:23","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalhumanities\/tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the right combination of tools and platforms is a strategic challenge for developing digital projects, and requires careful research and thought. The best procedure is to consult with\u00a0others\u00a0already\u00a0involved in\u00a0projects similar to your own. There are\u00a0also digital humanities outreach\u00a0centers in the U.S. and Canada that can provide information\u00a0on best\u00a0practices and current developments in the field. These\u00a0include the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhumanities.princeton.edu\/\">Center for Digital Humanities<\/a> (Princeton), <a href=\"http:\/\/editingmodernism.ca\/\">Editing Modernism in Canada<\/a> (Dalhousie),\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/cds\/\">Center for Digital Scholarship<\/a> (Brown).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalhumanities\/training\/\"> Conferences and training sessions<\/a> such as the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (Victoria), Digital Humanities Winter Institute (Maryland), and THATCamp have sessions on various tools, and are a good opportunity to talk with others about them.<\/span>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/\">ProfHacker<\/a>\u00a0blog occasionally publishes essays on particular tools.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the following collection of links are due to Jeff McKlurken of the University of Mary Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital Research Tools guide &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/dirt.projectbamboo.org\/\"> http:\/\/dirt.projectbamboo.org\/<\/a>\u00a0Organized around what you want to do.<\/li>\n<li>Common Craft Videos &#8212; Great introduction to almost any topic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncraft.com\/videos\">http:\/\/www.commoncraft.com\/videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blog post listing new media and Digital Humanities resources &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/earlyamericanists.com\/2013\/04\/22\/the-future-of-the-past-is-now-digital-humanities-resource-guide\/\">http:\/\/earlyamericanists.com\/2013\/04\/22\/the-future-of-the-past-is-now-digital-humanities-resource-guide\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research\/bibliographic tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zotero.org\">Zotero.org<\/a> &#8212; collect, organize and share research sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Stanford\u2019s Zotero Quick Start Guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/cubberley\/services\/zotero\">http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/cubberley\/services\/zotero<\/a><br \/>\nZotero\u2019s Quick Start Guide:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zotero.org\/support\/quick_start_guide\"> http:\/\/www.zotero.org\/support\/quick_start_guide<\/a><br \/>\nBeginner\u2019s Guide to Zotero:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/giustinid\/beginners-guide-to-zotero\"> http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/giustinid\/beginners-guide-to-zotero<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Teaching with Zotero<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Post on using Zotero in a senior undergraduate history seminar by one of the designers: <a href=\"http:\/\/quintessenceofham.org\/2009\/08\/07\/teaching-with-zotero-groups-or-eating-my-own-dog-food-part-1\/\">http:\/\/quintessenceofham.org\/2009\/08\/07\/teaching-with-zotero-groups-or-eating-my-own-dog-food-part-1\/<\/a><br \/>\nBrief assignment with Zotero for a digital studies course: <a href=\"http:\/\/silverinsf.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/zotero-project.html\">http:\/\/silverinsf.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/zotero-project.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22zotero%22+site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/author\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/author\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/page\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/category\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/date\/#hl=en&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;q=%22zotero%22+site:http%3A%2F%2Fchronicle.com%2Fblogs%2Fprofhacker%2F+-site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fchronicle.com%2Fblogs%2Fprofhacker%2Ftag%2F+-site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fchronicle.com%2Fblogs%2Fprofhacker%2Fauthor%2F+-site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fchronicle\">ProfHacker articles on Zotero<\/a><br \/>\nGroup Library for McKlurken&#8217;s History of the Information Age course &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/groups\/infoage\/items\">https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/groups\/infoage\/items<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternatives &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/\">Mendeley<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworks.com\/\">RefWorks<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/endnote.com\/\">Endnote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collaboration tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Docs\/Drive &#8212; drive<a href=\"http:\/\/drive.google.com\">.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22google%20documents%22+site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/author\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/author\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/page\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/category\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/date\/#q=%22google+documents%22+site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/author\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/tag\/+-site:http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/pro\">ProfHacker has a number of articles on teaching with Google Docs<\/a><br \/>\nMichael Wesch\u2019s class uses Google Docs as part of larger project. <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dGCJ46vyR9o\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/dGCJ46vyR9o<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wikis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.dickinson.edu\/index.php\/Main_Page\">Dickinson College Wikis<\/a>\u00a0(Mediawiki)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wikispaces.com\">wikispaces.com<\/a><br \/>\nPBworks.com &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/plans.pbworks.com\/signup\/basic20\">https:\/\/plans.pbworks.com\/signup\/basic20<\/a> (for free account)<br \/>\nMediaWiki &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/MediaWiki\">http:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/MediaWiki<\/a><br \/>\nMcKlurken&#8217;s MediaWiki site &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/mcclurken.umwhistory.org\/wiki\/\">mcclurken.umwhistory.org\/wiki\/<\/a><br \/>\nMediaWiki in WordPress installation &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/umwblogs.org\/wiki\">umwblogs.org\/wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VoiceThread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voicethread.com\">Voicethread<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Used to analyze photographs &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/voicethread.com\/#q.b52468.i273178\">http:\/\/voicethread.com\/#q.b52468.i273178<\/a><br \/>\nUsed in online class to build community &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/library\/Using_VoiceThread_in_an_online_course_from_Professor_Russ_Meade\/\">http:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/library\/Using_VoiceThread_in_an_online_course_from_Professor_Russ_Meade\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">EDUCAUSE resource on VoiceThread&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI7050.pdf\">http:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI7050.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Voicethread list of educational uses &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/library\/\">http:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/library\/<\/a><br \/>\nUMW\u2019s VoiceThread Tutorial &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/umwblogs.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Voice_Thread_Tutorial\">http:\/\/umwblogs.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Voice_Thread_Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skype<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skype.com\">Skype.com<\/a><br \/>\nExample of using Skype to teach World Regional Geography &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2013\/04\/01\/around-the-globe\/\">GEOG all over the world<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Hangouts &#8212; From <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\">plus.google.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gradhacker.org\/2012\/08\/17\/3-ways-to-hack-your-class-with-google\/\">GradHacker column about <\/a>using Hangouts for teaching<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basecamp &#8212; project management tools &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/basecamp.com\/\">http:\/\/basecamp.com\/<\/a> [Not free]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Data Visualization and Analysis tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wordle&#8211;word clouds\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/\">http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Voyant Tools (previously known as Voyeur) &#8212; Text analysis tool (if Wordle took itself seriously) &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/\">http:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hermeneuti.ca\/voyeur\">http:\/\/hermeneuti.ca\/voyeur<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Voyant\/Voyeur Quick Start Guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/hermeneuti.ca\/voyeur\/users\">http:\/\/hermeneuti.ca\/voyeur\/users<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mallet &#8211;Tools to analyze text, including topic modeling &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/mallet.cs.umass.edu\/\">http:\/\/mallet.cs.umass.edu\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Example &#8212; Rob Nelson\u2019s analysis of <i>Daily Dispatch <\/i>in Richmond during the Civil War &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/dsl.richmond.edu\/dispatch\/\">http:\/\/dsl.richmond.edu\/dispatch\/<\/a><br \/>\nMegan R. Brett in Journal of Digital Humanities on <a href=\"http:\/\/journalofdigitalhumanities.org\/2-1\/topic-modeling-a-basic-introduction-by-megan-r-brett\/\">\u201cTopic Modeling: A Basic Introduction\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper Machines&#8211;to analyze Zotero materials (even topic modeling) &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/papermachines.org\/\">http:\/\/papermachines.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Lincoln Mullen\u2019s ProfHacker piece on it: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/paper-machines-visualizes-your-zotero-library\/44056\">https:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/paper-machines-visualizes-your-zotero-library\/44056<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social network analysis tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gephi.org\/\">Gephi<\/a> &#8212; networking<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosop.org\/\">Prosop<\/a> &#8212; tool for analyzing social networks (in development)<\/li>\n<li>Social Networks and Archival Context Project &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu\/xtf\/search\">http:\/\/socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu\/xtf\/search<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Timelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MIT Simile Timeline &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simile-widgets.org\/timeline\/\">http:\/\/www.simile-widgets.org\/timeline\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Tutorial:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briancroxall.net\/TimelineTutorial\/TimelineTutorial.html\">http:\/\/briancroxall.net\/TimelineTutorial\/TimelineTutorial.html<\/a><br \/>\nStudent created-examples<br \/>\nHistory of the Information Age: <a href=\"http:\/\/infoagetimeline.umwblogs.org\/\">http:\/\/infoagetimeline.umwblogs.org\/<\/a><br \/>\nIf you run WordPress, there is actually a <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-simile-timeline\/\">plug-in for Simile Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Timeline JS &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/timeline.verite.co\/\">http:\/\/timeline.verite.co\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Amy Cavender\u2019s ProfHacker piece on using Timeline JS: <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/easy-timelines-with-timeline-js\/46965\">http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/easy-timelines-with-timeline-js\/46965<\/a><br \/>\nTaiping Civil War Timeline (student project) &#8212; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/taipingcivilwar.org\/timeline\/\">http:\/\/taipingcivilwar.org\/timeline\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video\/audio resources for class (and for posting videos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youtube\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/education\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vimeo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">vimeo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TEDTalks &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Internet Archive &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\">Archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\">Soundcloud <\/a>&#8212; For posting and sharing audio clips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Multimedia editing &#8212; emphasis on free\/cheap<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic video editing &#8212; iMovie, <a href=\"http:\/\/explore.live.com\/windows-live-essentials-movie-maker-get-started\">Windows Live Movie Maker<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Basic image editing &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">GIMP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/\">Picasa<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/picasained.wikispaces.com\/\">Education usage<\/a>), iPhoto<\/li>\n<li>Basic audio editing &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\">Audacity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paid audio editing tools &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ca\/garageband\">Garageband<\/a> (Mac), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.net\/en\/products\/cubase\/start.html\">Cubase<\/a> (Mac\/PC)<\/li>\n<li>Lifehacker piece on assembling a free\/cheap version of Adobe\u2019s tools &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5976725\/build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-free-and-cheap-software\">http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5976725\/build-your-own-adobe-creative-suite-with-free-and-cheap-software<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Digital Storytelling class guide to assembling a set of digital creation and editing tools &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/handbook\/tools\/\">http:\/\/ds106.us\/handbook\/tools\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>List of people on Twitter who are Digital humanists &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dancohen\/digitalhumanities\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dancohen\/digitalhumanities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google+ &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\">plus.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a> &#8212; smartphone photo sharing app<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\">Pinterest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Museums are highlighting their collections\/building community with Pinterest &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/art-design\/2012\/04\/the-top-10-museums-on-pinterest#4\">http:\/\/www.complex.com\/art-design\/2012\/04\/the-top-10-museums-on-pinterest#4<\/a><br \/>\nIndianapolis Museum of Art. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/imamuseum\/\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/imamuseum\/<\/a><br \/>\nExample: Krystyn Moon\u2019s American Consumerism class &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/stephanietipple\/american-consumerism\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/stephanietipple\/american-consumerism<\/a>\/ &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/stephanietipple\/american-consumerism-end-of-semester\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/stephanietipple\/american-consumerism-end-of-semester<\/a>\/<br \/>\nHistory Methods class &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/libbyhenry\/history\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/libbyhenry\/history<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Curation Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.com\">Tumblr<\/a> &#8212; microblogging platform allowing for quick fluid posting of media and short text items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Sue Fernsebner\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/gulou.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr on East Asia \u201cGulou\u201d<\/a> on list of featured news sites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/spotlight\/news\">http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/spotlight\/news<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\">Storify<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Storify used to describe process of and reaction to student-created Twitter Hate Map &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/cbccommunity\/twitter-hate-map\">http:\/\/storify.com\/cbccommunity\/twitter-hate-map<\/a><br \/>\nStorify collection of tweets for definitions of \u201cthe digital\u201d &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/mcclurken.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/what-do-we-call-that-digital-thing-that.html\">http:\/\/mcclurken.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/what-do-we-call-that-digital-thing-that.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Francese 1\/13\/14<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the right combination of tools and platforms is a strategic challenge for developing digital projects, and requires careful research and thought. 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