This past Monday my Digital Storytelling classmates and I presented our final projects to each other. My interactive Love Across Battle Lines is not complete just yet so I presented what I had so far. One of my classmates created an interactive timeline about Browntown which was affordable low cost housing for army veterans who had been accepted to Brown University back in the late 40's-50's. It was a very interesting piece. So, I was inspired to lose a few hours of sleep last night playing with the timeline platform he used. It is called Timeline Verite. Unfortunately it is still finals and I still have two projects to finish before May 13th so I wasn't able to create as comprehensive a timeline as I wanted, but making this timeline was fun and easier than expected. I plan to come back to this project after the 13th and add photos, audio and video clips and maybe change the background color.
Feel free to play with what I have done so far. It is a timeline that covers American history and my family history but it mainly highlights events related to slavery and Georgia history.
Very interesting timeline! Thanks for introducing us to this app. I'm definitely going to try it out!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! I hope more people are able to use this in their research. I think it helps add a little more context to our ancestors lives when we can see them on a time line with other important events. I cant seem to stop tinkering with this timeline. Ugh. Putting it down until after I finish finals... ok maybe just 2 more dates.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Geneabloggers! This is a great blogging community.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed scrolling back through the timeline and clicking on the items. I noted the 1732 ban on slavery and thought "Huh! That was an unusual moment of enlightenment," but then I clicked on the item and saw the reason. So useful to fill out a timeline! Thanks for the demonstration.
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