Google releases Picasa beta for the Mac
Instructors wanting students to do some simple photo management and editing in classes or in their own work have sometimes turned to Picasa, an application from Google. However, the application …
Duke's virtual oil field
Have you seen this around Duke’s campus? It’s a model of a mock rock outcrop, to be measured and described by students in Dr. Alex Glass‘s EOS 11: Dynamic Earth …
Google Earth in the Mojave Desert
Dr. Peter Haff’s class here at Duke used Google Earth for their final project in the American Southwest (EOS 181S.01). They took a field trip to the Mojave Desert in …
Ancient Rome in Google Earth
Recreating historical sites can be done in many ways – structures or parts of cities have been constructed in programs such as Second Life and many other 3d programs. Now, …
Mapping Literature
The Chronicle of Higher Education features an article this week on literary scholarship that is using technology to investigate new questions with texts that are available online. New tools, such …
The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects
Alexandra Cooper, Associate Director, Education and Training, Social Science Research Institute Lorna Hicks, Associate Director, Office of Research Support Project Description: As Duke works to ensure that its students develop …
Increasing science literacy through participation in scientific research: Using citizen scientists to monitor the spread of invasive plant species
Julie A. Reynolds, Mellon Instructor in Writing and Biology Project summary Julie has found that students with very little prior knowledge of science can participate in authentic scientific research, can …
Personal Geographics: Mapping Self Identity
Merrill Shatzman; Associate Professor of the Practice Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies Project Description: Merrill Shatzman explored the combination of digital and traditional art making methods in …
The Social Network
Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, and YouTube are a few examples of social networking sites that are popular these days. If you are involved in more than one of these communities, is …
Google Earth maps refugee crises
An interesting and very mainstream article about how humanitarian applications for Google Earth are blossoming. https://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/08/google.refugees.ap/index.html