1. Course context – about teaching and learning with historic and contemporary maps in an interdisciplinary place-based class, Learning Places
2. 19th century fire insurance maps of Brooklyn in digitized archival collections of public libraries
3. NYPL Map Warper georectification tool in the classroom

Chris, I am working on a few slides and will send them by Monday 11/26. I hope that is not too late.

Looking forward!

~Anne

hi everyone,

Looking forward to working with you all on this. Below is the abstract Chris submitted:

The topic of our roundtable discussion derives from a recent NEH grant proposal for technological innovation in humanities classrooms at NYCCT. At the IT Conference, co-investigators on that grant will discuss the ways in which their experiences using technology in the classroom informed the development of the grant. They will also outline the intended deliverable–to create geospatial mapping tools for research on, and instruction in, Brooklyn’s social history, culture, and urban development. Co-investigators will confront a central challenge in using technology in undergraduate education: developing digital tools that are at once approachable and compelling to liberal arts students, while providing sophisticated computer-based applications that have the capacity to provide new insights into topics from the humanities.