Email a link to your final project to LibraryDS@gettysburg.edu by 9am, Friday, July 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n Post by 9am, Monday, July 23<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the ideas of the DSSF program is not that you are being paid to do research, but rather, being paid to create knowledge. Read\u00a0Burdick, et. al.\u00a0\u201c3. The Social Life of the Digital Humanities,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Digital_Humanities<\/em>, pages 74-98. Engage with one of the proposed questions in the text:<\/p>\n Or, if something else stands out from the text, engage with that.<\/p>\n Digital scholars spend a lot of time thinking and working on digital projects, but how do we talk about them?\u00a0Sometimes you may only have a few minutes to talk about your research and the work that has gone into your project, so today we will create elevator speeches so you can hit the high points of your project in 1-2 minutes.<\/p>\n Before the Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n Many times you will only have a few minutes to discuss your project, which is why elevator speeches are important. However, if you\u2019re presenting at a conference or other talk where you have an extended amount of time to discuss your research (like at the end of this summer!), you need to plan out a presentation. Today, we will discuss some best practices for creating a longer presentation, and practice giving a short talk.<\/p>\n Before the Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n Lunch will be provided for the DSSFs.<\/p>\n Today we’ll explore the idea of creativity in DH.\u00a0\u00a0Even though you all have free reign over your projects, creativity isn\u2019t something that we focus on specifically in our program, and its presence can have a huge impact on the way an audience absorbs a digital project\u2019s content.\u00a0 Of course you\u2019ve all been making creative choices since the beginning of the program (remember from our copyright session that creative works are not the sole domain of fiction), but what about projects that put research in a completely different context (Real Words \u2013 Imagined Tweets<\/a>)?\u00a0 What about projects that inject some silliness into their research (Perfect Motion<\/a>)?\u00a0 Or projects that might be mostly creative and incorporate little to no research (How To Rob A Bank<\/a>)?<\/p>\n As you explore these projects, consider these questions:<\/p>\n Final Project Email a link to your final project to LibraryDS@gettysburg.edu by 9am, Friday, July 20. Reflective Essay #7 Post by 9am, Monday, July 23 One of the ideas of the DSSF program is not that you are being paid to do research, but rather, being paid to create knowledge. Read\u00a0Burdick, et. al.\u00a0\u201c3. The Social … <\/p>\n
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\nMonday, July 16<\/h2>\n
9:00am-9:30am: Sharing and Planning (Library 014)<\/h3>\n
9:30am-Noon: How to Talk About Your Research: Working with Faculty and Elevator Speeches (Library 014, Public Session)<\/h3>\n
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Wednesday, July 18<\/h2>\n
9am-11am: Worst Presentation Ever! Or, How to Talk About Your Research (Library 014, Public Session)<\/h3>\n
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Noon-1pm: DSSF Reading Discussion and Lunch (Library 018)<\/h3>\n
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Friday, July 20<\/h2>\n
9am-10am: Sharing and Planning<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"