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Collaborative repository of student website reviews.
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Collaborative repository of student website reviews.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/titaniumbones/website-review
• Owner: titaniumbones
• Created: 2016-01-27T21:04:30.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-01-28T16:36:05.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-12T07:57:04.130Z (over 1 year ago)
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README

        
** Reviewing a Website

Here we build on a bit on our exercise from the first class. In pairs, choose a website from the list below: 

- [[http://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/index.php][The Lost Museum]]

- [[http://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/project.php?id=997][Shaping the West]]

- [[http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/][History Learning Site]]

- [[http://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/project.php?id=1005][Between the Tides]]

- [[http://www.twoplantations.com/][Two Plantations]]

- [[http://revolt.axismaps.com/acknowledgments.html][Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-61]]

- [[http://braceroarchive.org/][Bracero History Archive]]

- [[http://www.texasslaveryproject.org/][Texas Slavery Project]]

- [[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/][British History Online]]

Form now till the end of class, *quickly* peruse the website, and then create a file titled ~websiteName.md~ in the "reviews" directory. Using the following template as a guide, write a brief review of the website. You may not have time to say everything you would like to say. That's OK; do your best in the limited time we have. 

- At the end of class, submit your changes as a pull request, just like we did in the first class

- You may want to consider turning your review into a blog post; this would be a good idea, since no one has started blogging yet! Be sure to acknowledge your partner's contributions if you do this.  

#+BEGIN_SRC markdown

  # Review of [Website Name](URL)

  ## by Your First Names

  ## What does the URL tell you?

  Is this a personal site, a university-sponsored site, a corporate enterprise? 

  ## What's the Subject Matter?

  - In broad outlines, describe the scope of the website

  ## Is it trustworthy?

  - Are Sources Documented?

  - If links are provided, links to where?

  - Any evidence of plagiarism?

  ## Does Web Publication _enhance_ the storytelling?

  - What does the website do that would be _difficult_ to achieve in a linear narrative?

  - Is anything _lost_ by non-linear organization?

  - How might you suggest _improving_ the site?

  ## Overall, would you recommend this site to someone interested in the subject matter? To a researcher? 

#+END_SRC