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THATCamp Kentucky, May 28-30

Event Date(s): 
28 May 2014 - 30 May 2014
City: 
Lexington, Kentucky
Country: 
USA

THATCamp Kentucky 2014
An unconference from May 28 to May 30
University of Kentucky's Lucille Little Library
Lexington, Kentucky

THATCamp Kentucky (http://kentucky2014.thatcamp.org) is a chance for digital scholars (and those interested in learning more about the Digital Humanities) to get together and share resources, skillsets, tools, etc. It is also a fantastic opportunity to network with scholars in and around the Commonwealth of Kentucky. To learn more about THATCamps in general, visit the THATCamp About page (http://thatcamp.org/about).

This is our second year for THATCamp Kentucky – last year’s collaboration between Morehead State and UK brought in more than 30 scholars from near and far and we’re anticipating an even larger group this year! This year Drs. Kerri Hauman from Transylvania University and Laurie Henry with the UK College of Education's KY P20 Innovation Lab (who partnered with Fayette County Public Schools to create the STEAM Academy) are helping to create a great "unconference" again this year. We hope to include many other institutions as well – it would be great if you could help us spread the word.

The agenda and sessions are determined by the participants – so be sure and come with ideas! Some of the ideas already generated by the steering team have included topics/forums/workshops such as:
 

  • social media in and around the classroom
  • GIS mapping and community-based service-learning projects
  • virtual worlds and simulations for undergraduate research projects (e.g., UK island in Second Life)
  • a Hackathon or a Maker Faire with youth from the FCPS STEAM Academy
  • Wikipedia editing and article writing with Kentucky WikiProject members
  • data visualization (geospatial mapping, social network analysis, statistical visualizations)

To register, fill out the form on our Registration page - http://kentucky2014.thatcamp.org/registration

Randolph Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
Division of Undergraduate Education
University of Kentucky
551 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
859-257-3027 @rhollingsworth
Email: dolph@uky.edu
Visit the website at http://kentucky2014.thatcamp.org