Digital Past Blog
How do we think Reston, Virginia came to be? Well, if it weren’t for it’s founder, Robert E. Simon, it would not be as bustling or yet, in existence at all. Robert E. Simon Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York, New York on April 10, 1914. He and his three sisters grew up in …
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This semester, I learned some important skills in regards to digital history. I think that skills such as learning how to make a tidy dataset, a timeline, and the historical marker project were significant in helping me learn new ways to use history. I think these skills have been helpful because I had never been …
Primary sources, like the source we used for the Tidying Data set can be helpful when collecting data. My group and I looked at all of the categories, like “name”, “donor”, and “donation” in order to tidy our data. Categories in primary sources like these are helpful so that data can be tidied in an …
This week, I chose the Virginia historical marker. I chose it because they are noticeable with their markers. I like that its purpose is to educate the public about Virginia history and that the lettering makes them hard to miss. In order to find out more information about my marker, I would use Silencing the …
This week, we learned about Tidy Data Sets. When it comes to Tidy Data Sets, there are three principles: each variable forms a column, each observation forms a row, and each type of observational unit forms a table. In order to organize my research, there are a few ways that Wickham suggests. The first one …
Last week, we learned about the four literacies–ethics, privacy, copyright and licenses. If I were to conduct research, each of these literacies would directly affect it. For ethics, I would need to be aware of data that would not be private but would be sensitive, like doing research on medicines from indigenous cultures. I would …
When I Google myself, what comes up are my social media accounts. For instance, typing “Lauryn Golinsky” allows my Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to come up. These do not always necessarily reflect who I am, because I am more than what I post or tweet online. I tend to not post or tweet about too …
