I received a number of requests for materials from the two presentations I gave at EdMedia 98 in Freiburg, Germany in June. A description of each talk as well as the slides, handouts, and other materials associated with each presentation are linked below. Thanks for your interest!!!

Tutorial: Choosing a Web Site Database

This 4 hour class focused on developing criteria to choose a web site database tool. It covers the following broad topics:

• Anatomy of a web database
• Web database applications
• Criteria for evaluating web databases
• Reviews of specific tools
• Example applications
• Future developments

Click the link for the description, slides, handout, or all three.

Short Paper: Using Dynamic Websites: Techniques

In this talk, I briefly cover two web databases applications developed at UVA. One is David Sapir's Photohgraphic Archive for his history of photography course. The other project was developed for Ed Ayer's Digital History course covering the Civil War, which is also linked to his Valley of the Shadow Project.

Click the link for the abstract, slides, paper, or all three.

Thanks for you interest! For more information, feel free to email me for more information.

Last updated: 7/9/98