{"id":13,"date":"2023-01-10T18:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:01:54","slug":"syllabus-and-course-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/syllabus-and-course-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus and Course Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2026\/01\/HUM230-syllabus-SP2026-1.pdf\">Download syllabus<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2026\/01\/HUM230-syllabus-SP2026-1.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">HUM230-syllabus-SP2026-1<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources and Further Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we work through different technologies, I&#8217;ll add resources to this page that you can consult if you get stuck or if you&#8217;d like to learn more about a particular topic. You can also add things you come across that you find interesting or helpful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/wordpress\/student-guide\/\">IRIS Center WordPress guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.wordpress.org\/\">Learn WordPress (wordpress.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Zotero<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/support\/quick_start_guide\">Quick Start Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History of Computing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Videos\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PbGft644WUE?si=vnz6qK3tzt6QlQ7F\">The Abacus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3gjDfc2AF3w?si=j1eKSXgSQanug1RE\">Napier\u2019s Bones<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KBuJqUfO4-w?si=V8zK1FaxYEbervXl\">Charles Babbage\u2019s Analytical Engine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LYhHf6J4e-8\">The Luddites were actually good?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQzpLLhN0fY\">How an 1803 Jacquard Loom Led to Computer Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Primary sources\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/collections\/object\/nmah_690295\">The Calculator (National Museum of American History)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Scientific_Memoirs\/3\/Sketch_of_the_Analytical_Engine_invented_by_Charles_Babbage,_Esq.\/Notes_by_the_Translator\">Ada Lovelace\u2019s Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homework resources\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/timeline.knightlab.com\/\">TimelineJS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/stldigitalhumanities\/2023\/05\/09\/timelinejs-anatomy-of-a-timeline\/\">Anatomy of a timeline PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AI Fictions<\/strong> and Creative Approaches to Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Science Fiction from 125 AD\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQ7wNqnKhts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/essay\/lucians-trips-to-the-moon\">Lucian&#8217;s Trips to the Moon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtlestitch.org\">TurtleStitch<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mia.phsz.ch\/pub\/Informatikdidaktik\/TurtleStitch\/TurtleStitch%20Workbook%20-%20We%20Learn%20to%20Program%20with%20TurtleStitch.pdf?_t=1627556643\">TurtleStitch workbook &#8211; long, step by step guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtlestitch.org\/static\/downloads\/TurtleStitch-Cards-Beginners.pdf\">TurtleStitch cards &#8211; printable reference sheets for specific tasks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.turtlestitch.org\/video-run-through\/\">Video of process for exporting and using a design on an embroidery machine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/computer-science-education-coding-embroidery\/\">Press release about UW TurtleStitch code camp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.siue.edu\/makerlab\">SIUE Maker Lab<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/siue.libcal.com\/reserve\/equipment\">Reserve equipment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digitization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iF16WdbXlEtL2P6I7A8dGxwz3HCEkTbdnUs6GkzpYTI\/edit?usp=sharing\">Powerpoint<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=el5ecNkd41k\">Herculaneum scrolls<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/11LUcwtt6-omCkTOw_qwnk0ZiRxXSI6jaBBBeFedXLFg\/edit?usp=sharing\">Recipe metadata spreadsheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d47a0978-d71b-4fb7-9550-8c4ad8cc4114\"><strong>Working with Text<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-ce27db20-04a9-490e-8cf1-070d3cfe726c\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nextbookpress.com\/new-colossus\/\">&#8220;The New Colossus&#8221; Digital Edition<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cather.unl.edu\/\">The Cather Archive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themappamundi.co.uk\/\">Hereford Mappa Mundi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-182b0adb-1f87-4e3d-9cb4-41f70ec86619\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-73dc15ab-21bd-4108-ae8c-1d502720a6c8\"><strong>Textual Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-eaa53e6a-afae-4eb9-b93e-a9717d0fd738\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/\">Voyant<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1DrBSf3mO7LOSAZFH7-OigohrcgG0WdR6?usp=sharing\">19th century encyclopedia entries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hdlab.stanford.edu\/palladio\">Palladio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1xf_KwIB-zQt0D85E6IF5LZzHK8tn0AIL?usp=drive_link\">Census images<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/132YmQkuLu5ag03U8XU1UqvrpNCHTeZ7wIS5T7wjk6Pw\/edit?usp=sharing\">Census spreadsheet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFl1OhBvIM\/oaekM9rbwSsEdiMfOh7Xtg\/watch?utm_content=DAFl1OhBvIM&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=h2342bc17de\">Madison County at the Migratory Crossroads video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/madcocrossroads\/madison-county-at-the-migratory-crossroads\/\">Madison County at the Migratory Crossroads storymaps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-53c73e44-c457-4cdd-9951-d4cb0f286090\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-39477402-84c9-41a5-9c77-da4aa15a7c4f\"><strong>Critical and Creative Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-489e41bb-dd55-41ed-9c33-a8b821ebcef1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/first-time-together-and-color-book-displays-web-du-bois-visionary-infographics-180970826\/\">&#8220;W.E.B. Du Bois\u2019 Visionary Infographics Come Together for the First Time in Full Color&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tableau.com\/blog\/how-web-du-bois-used-data-visualization-confront-prejudice-early-20th-century\">&#8220;How W.E.B. Du Bois used data visualization to confront prejudice in the early 20th century&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dear-data.com\/theproject\">Dear Data project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-413c063c-8d99-461b-af01-a45ca12c0293\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-6c846047-7004-4597-b2a9-cbd497f0523e\"><strong>Spatial Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-5b7de19a-1030-470a-8c5c-962aca1b4bb5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/18h303PsLmvJhEkKYe-D8WVmVRu1YNx1GADjjj3pjoyo\/edit?usp=sharing\">Map spreadsheet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/irissiue.github.io\/hum230sp25-map\/\">Live map<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1kViuNTSOLvo1QP4aHzQOzYX1ibFm9xf5P_kxmKwoUko\/edit?usp=sharing\">Slideshow<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Map examples:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalhumanities.org\/dhq\/vol\/15\/1\/000513\/000513.html\">Auditory map of DC sounds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/PrairyErth\/UNkPAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=prairyerth&amp;printsec=frontcover\">Textual map: <em>PrairyErth<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/chronotopic-cartographies\/visualisations\/peter-pan\/\">Textual map: Chronotopic Cartographies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en_us\/earth\/\">3d map: Google Earth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lisbon_in_1598.jpg\">3d map: early modern chorography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do maps do?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/data=MkEKPwo9CiExbzMxbE1sNmFoek5jV1ZhUWNZZEFKME9jM0Q0QzlzSUoSFgoUMEY5QkU3RDdBQjI1MjIxOUYwMUUgAQ\">Chronotopes in Cormac MacCarthy\u2019s <em>Blood Meridian<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coastal.climatecentral.org\/map\/12\/-87.9561\/30.6828\/?theme=warming&amp;map_type=multicentury_slr_comparison&amp;basemap=roadmap&amp;elevation_model=best_available&amp;lockin_model=levermann_2013&amp;temperature_unit=C&amp;warming_comparison=%5B%222.0%22%2C%224.0%22%5D\">Mapping Choices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1fUcaD7aR7yMLvxyTLyNKt5exy6lVEa0&amp;usp=sharing\">Carbery Crime Depositions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/91111ddb84a585461166f8ff7c58e2f3\/gerald-s-topography-of-ireland-an-ecocritical-perspective\/index.html\">Gerald&#8217;s Topography: An Ecocritical Perspective<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/detroit-river-story-lab\/\">Detroit River Story Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/irissiue.github.io\/scrollytelling-tutorial\/\">How to Cross a River<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c30fe4bf-60a0-45e3-8acd-41b745fee54b\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-04d25571-0339-447e-adb9-6c0833c2cf59\"><strong>Digital Storytelling at the American Confluence<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-2b793d4c-1e4a-41ed-96f1-2ee4f5d9e03d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/18LfNrhZFwIECvpgGw6oAQMbQtflvKajIhJQPUo_woOU\/edit?usp=sharing\">Slideshow<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8cKDOGhghMU?si=T9Ut7eW50XSTNVeo\">Langston Hughes reads &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HzVHgmbcVYg?si=1uG9g6E0sktbRCRc\">Afua Richardson&#8217;s &#8220;The Negro Speaks of Rivers&#8221; 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