Brittnay's Blog for "The Digital Past"

I decided to read up on the copyright basics in the PowerPoint presentation.  I didn’t know the gritty details about the copyright laws, so I thought it would be a good start.  While some of the information was slightly confusing, I did understand that while researching, one has to be aware of what they are copying […]

I chose Adolf Hitler as my historical topic to judge Wikipedia.  I have read the majority of his page before and knowing that it was in depth, I thought it would be interesting to see any editing done, sources used, and the history of it all taking place by the volunteers of Wikipedia. I clicked […]

For this week, I watched Jon Udell’s video Heavy Metal Umlaut, which talked about how extensive editing can reshape content on Wikipedia using the article page “Heavy Metal Umlaut” as an example.  What I found most interesting is that the we view what Udell is doing on the Wikipedia page as he explains the increase […]

I was interested in learning more about Nazi Germany, with specifically researching the Hitler Youth Program.  What was the purpose of the Hitler Youth Program?  What were the children specifically taught about Hitler, the war, Jewish religion and people?  Were there any resistors and what did they do?

Want to learn basic Spanish and Italian? Foreign languages are pretty cool. =) The words will all be in English first, then Español, then Italiano. Hello- Hola- Ciao (informal)/ Salve (very formal) Bye!- Adios!- Ciao! (informal/ Arrivederci! (formal) Please- Por favor- per favore Thank you- Gracias- Grazie You’re welcome- De nada- Prego Let’s try some […]

The first thing that captured my attention in the YouTube video, History of the Web, was the following quote: “… the scientific, military, and commercial approaches of these concepts are the foundations of our modern internet.” As the narrator was talking about DARPA, the Rand Corporation, NPL, and Cyclades, (the US scientific, US military, English commericial, and […]