Upcoming RCET Presentations

2/15/12: eTech Ohio 2012, Columbus, OH.

McNeal, van 't Hooft, Cummings, Goff, & Mostov: Teach Your Students to Become Digital Local Historians: The GeoHistorian Project.

6/25/2012: ISTE 2012, San Diego, CA.

van 't Hooft & McNeal: Your Students Can Be Digital, Local Historians: The GeoHistorian Project.

First of the GeoHistorian QR Code Markers Have Been Installed

On June 18, the Kent Historical Society reopened its doors in a new location, the Clapp-Woodward House on East Main Street in Kent. As part of the reopening, and with the help of our teachers and a couple of students, the first QR code marker was installed at the house. Go here for the . . . → Read More: First of the GeoHistorian QR Code Markers Have Been Installed

GeoHistorian Website Online

As part of our NEH-funded GeoHistorian Project we’ve created a website that will serve as a repository for teacher lesson plans, materials, and project-related odds and ends. The site can be accessed . . . → Read More: GeoHistorian Website Online

RCET Receives NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced 28 new awards for the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program to support innovative projects in the digital humanities. RCET received one of these grants for its Geo-Historian project. The Geo-Historian project is aimed at educating K-12 students to become local historians who create digital content for an audience . . . → Read More: RCET Receives NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant