“Yes, it’s finally over!” Imagine that line said in heavily German-accented English. It was a line in my first movie, coincidentally made and set in Rostock. It wasn’t supposed to be the movie’s catchphrase, but it pops into my mind whenever I finish something that took a long time or a lot of effort. This…

The GDR government used public art to assert its politics and version of history and create a distinct GDR identity through visual culture. However, in East Germany, public art was more than propaganda. Artists expressed their unique styles. The art’s placement on public buildings, apartment complexes, and in the middle of highly-trafficked plazas and popular…

Technologies of public history facilitate the creation of a greater variety of types of digital public history and make them broadly available. Technology allows historians working in different geographic locations to share knowledge and collaborate on digital public history projects. It enables historical research to reach a wider audience and engage them on their own…

I think I have finally figured out what to do with the artist biographies and made peace with Exhibit Builder. I changed Artists into an exhibit and gave each artist their own page. I am still adding the content, but I like how it looks so far. I am not sure if I should alphabetize…

I went back and updated the item descriptions even further, like an obsessive perfectionist. I got some great advice from Dr. Kelly about how to make the biographies compelling. Mine read like they could be on an art gallery wall label. That is what I am used to writing, but it is boring for public…

I often ignore the historical markers in Old Town Alexandria because when I looked at them while I lived there, I found that they were usually about the Lee family. However, I wanted something different than mobile history sites offered by the City of Alexandria, so I typed by zip code into Clio and found…

While I have been keeping up with readings, I have fallen behind in working on my project and assignments. I am trying to push myself harder to catch up to finish this course on time. I had an unexpectedly exhausting day, so I didn’t get as much work done on my project as I had…

I uploaded this file to OHMS and entered metadata. I could not see the option to tag anything, even though I watched the tutorial. I did read that people were having problems using OMHS.

Last week, I got frustrated because Exhibit Builder cluttered my clean layout and navigation. Dr. Kelly told me the name of the theme used in Dr. Greet’s site that I liked. However, he also advised me to focus less on how it looks and more on the content. With that in mind, I downloaded the…

I struggled with planning my site and storyboarding because, initially, I could not get Locale Switcher to work. I resolved the problem but will explain it in case anyone else encounters this issue. The plugin no longer configures itself into the layout when installed. Instead, you need to insert a line of coding into the…