Robert Busa built the index in collaboration with technology. His work started in 1949 and was later published in 1970s. This was a huge impact on society as it allowed search engine a form of linguistic. This led to a computer being the main key driver for research rather than scholars changing the whole dynamic of history, filing, and research. Some have concerns with this type of research however as digital history was not contributing to research but provoking new questions.
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 was about digitizing the history classroom. There were four waves of technology advances that went through for classrooms. The introduction of this chapter leads off with lecturing. "In the 1980s, teachers were given access to a new type of teaching room: the computer lab" (pg. 80). This had an effect on students and helped focus they're mind on a new way of learning. The first wave was teaching historians to count and code. With this new wave there are three ways students encountered technology in classroom. For example switching classrooms, like classroom to computer lab. The second wave is Silicon Valley and "cool" teaching. This is showing students how to adopt new technology and connect it to engage in creativity and experimentation. The third one is method without math. This is about teaching students to build technology tools then teaching students to use those tools. The Fourth wave is a return to history. This takes computer approaches that g...
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