Comments on: Omeka in the classroom

By: Arden Kirkland

Arden Kirkland — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:54:09 +0000

I will definitely be following this from afar (Hudson Valley, NY)! Please take lots of notes, and share them, please? In January I’ll be migrating Vassar College’s historic clothing collection database to Omeka. Then, throughout the spring, students will refine that resource while they prepare for a physical exhibition. Our current database has no online access, and I’m hopeful that with Omeka students will feel more comfortable interacting with the data on more of their own terms. I would love any advice from others using Omeka with students, particularly concerning workflows, following through from initial data entry to more presentational public views, with a structure for all of us on the team to check each other’s work.

By: Patrick Murray-John

Patrick Murray-John — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:12:44 +0000

Sign me up!

By: chella55555

chella55555 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:19:57 +0000

I would like to learn how to use Omeka to create digital exhibits using materials from special collections. Plus, I am also interested in learning about how it can be used in the classroom. I am looking forward to this session.

By: Molly D.

Molly D. — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:06:21 +0000

This would dovetail well with my interest in teaching staff at small museums and historical societies how to use Omeka to get their collections out there on the web.

By: wendyhsu

wendyhsu — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:28:03 +0000

This sounds super interesting! Similar to cedwards, I’m interested to hear about the practical, technical, and intellectual concerns in having students engaged in DH projects. Looking forward!

By: cedwards

cedwards — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:28:46 +0000

Hi Tanya, thanks for proposing this. I’m very interested to learn more about pedagogic uses of DH tools in general.

By: jeffrey mcclurken

jeffrey mcclurken — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:01:46 +0000

I’d be very interested in this. I’ve had students work on several projects using Omeka, including projects.umwhistory.org/jmp/ and projects.umwhistory.org/images/ from my Digital history class (dh2010.umwblogs.org/).