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  Internet Security  Depending on the type of password, websites being used, and the amount of personal information put in a website, online activities can be very secure or at risk for being hacked or flooded with a virus. The quality and length of a  password one uses for websites is crucial in terms of […]

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Omeka exhibit

Posted by: | April 9, 2014 | 1 Comment |

My Omeka exhibit will be based around the path that the education system in the District of Columbia took to go from a segregated education to integrated education. I will use 3 different sections for the exhibit. The first one will be based around the various lawsuits that went into the transition from a segregated […]

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  I think text-mining tools in general can be a valuable resource depending on the type of research that is being done. For my project specifically it would have been a good resource to use initially before digging deeper into data and information. After playing with and experimenting with text-mining tools, I learned that they […]

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Map Assignment

Posted by: | April 2, 2014 | No Comment |

Creating the map for this weeks assignment, I came across a few issues. The first one was looking for locations that were relevant to my topic for integration of D.C. public schools and landmarks were different lawsuits on the topic  took place and effected. I used six different locations for this assignment that I felt […]

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Proposal for Research Question

Posted by: | March 29, 2014 | 1 Comment |

My final research question is: How did various ethnic groups that immigrated to the District of Columbia effect the public schools systems from the 19th century to present? How did different cases of  legal debates on integration of race into the public school systems create different effects in the District of Columbia? I chose this topic on integration […]

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Final Research Question

Posted by: | March 3, 2014 | No Comment |

My final research question, How did various ethnic groups that immigrated to the District of Columbia effect the public schools systems from the 19th century to present? How did different cases of  legal debates on integration of race into the public school systems create different effects in the District of Columbia?  

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Calvin and Hobbes, copyrighted?

Posted by: | February 25, 2014 | No Comment |

After some research on the internet, I found that the comic strip was printed between May 20th and June 6th 1992. According to the library copy right website since the cartoon was published after March 1st 1989 there might be permission needed in order to use the comic strip. It is also copyrighted and protected for […]

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Diigo

Posted by: | February 25, 2014 | No Comment |

The first topic I chose to research was the establishment of the Library of Congress. On April 24th 1800, President John Adams established the Library of Congress by approving $5,000 to purchase books. In 1801 the first books were shipped over from London and brought to the U.S. Capital. However 12 years later the British came […]

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Final Project Topic

Posted by: | February 25, 2014 | No Comment |

Out of the three topics I chose to focus my research on, I decided to go foreword with researching the public education system in the District of Columbia. My focus for the research topic will be based around the integration of primarily African Americans going to public school along with other ethnic minorities starting in […]

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Washington D.C. is a large melting pot of cultures and people of different backgrounds. My first research topic is to explore the reasons of immigration and races that have come to Washington D.C. throughout the years. I want to find out why D.C. is home to so many different nationalities and what is the appeal […]

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