Using Google Slides for Commonplace Books and other collaborative assignments allows us to creatively incorporate visual elements to support our ideas. However, visual elements like images, diagrams, and charts become obstacles for those who use screen readers to access digital
Please see below for sample Digital Commonplace Book Assignments and “How to” guides designed to help students learn to create accessible contributions! Return to Assignments and Activities Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and
Click here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe Jew of Malta (Regular Spelling). Click Here to download a “clean” .txt document of Christopher Marlowe’s Jew of Malta (Original spelling). This regular-spelling edition was originally downloaded from The Folger Shakespeare Library’s Digital
Read about the Kit Marlowe Project’s origins in “‘Seeds together driven’: The Kit Marlowe Project’s Origins and Metamorphoses” published in Interdisciplinary Digital Engagement in Arts & Humanities (IDEAH), Vol. 2.1, 2021, doi.org/10.21428/f1f23564.665a6b94.
The following slideshow gives you an overview of how to extract data from tagged elements and attributes in a TEI-encoded document using oXygen software. This “how to” guide was created by Ellie Lynch and Nick Ribeiro, students in Dr. Kristen
The following guide walks one through adding metadata to TEI encoding projects, as well as instructions for adding persons to The Kit Marlowe Project’s personography. Return to Teaching Resources
The following slideshow offers ‘How to’ guides for getting started encoding with TEI. This presentation walks users through encoding Div Structures, Forme Works, Inline Features, plus how to use CSS to encode Layout and Style. All guides have been directly
The EEBO-TCP’s open-source collection of OCR transcriptions of early modern texts offers an ideal opportunity to introduce students to scholarly editing practices without requiring specialized encoding skills or software. Why teach editorial methods in an early modern literature classroom? Teaching
Following are the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 syllabi for an interdisciplinary Learning Community entitled “A Rogue’s Progress: Mapping Kit Marlowe’s Social Networks.” These proto-digital humanities classes were taught at Stonehill College and trace a trajectory of exploratory pedagogy that
The following slides offer instructions for creating a diplomatic transcription of an early modern text in preparation for later encoding using TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) methods. It has been adapted from The Map of Early Modern London’s “How to” guide
This section features in-class activities designed to introduce students to descriptive bibliography, “how to” guides for transcribing and encoding diplomatic editions of early English texts using TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) methods, and scalable assignments that can be used to teach
The Map of Early Modern London‘s Agas Map is a terrific resource for mapping London locations, and their Gazetteer is an invaluable resource for looking up place names. Here you’ll also find handy “how to” guides for using selected digital
Looking for full-text primary source materials can be a challenge. The EEBO-TCP collection puts a wealth of such materials just a few clicks away. Here are some tutorials to get you started searching the EEBO-TCP database. Return to Research Video
This collection of “how to” videos contains information about how to work in our Word Press site, as well as how to use digital knowledge-bases for scholarly research including the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Digital Image Collection and Digital Anthology of
Assignment Per the syllabus, you will sign up for one day when you will lead class discussion on the assigned reading for 15 minutes. Depending upon our learning targets for a given day, you may work with a partner and
Following are two assignment options developed for Kristen Abbott Bennett’s Spring 2020 Shakespeare course at Framingham State University. The first invites students to research and generate an encyclopedia entry; the second invites them to search for gaps in the knowledge
KMP Assignment * Spring 2020 Option A: Encyclopedia entry You’ll research and write a 300-500 word encyclopedia entry on the topic of your choice. Your entry will include permalinks to relevant materials, and any images you include will have alt-text
This slideshow offers an overview of early modern commonplacing, research practices, and sample prompts for students to create multi-media class commonplace books using open-access digital resources. Students’ digital commonplace books offer starting points for generating project contribution ideas from encyclopedia
These assignments recombine Research Based Learning (RBL) approaches with “maker” practices inspired by the digital humanities to help students engage cognitively and affectively with early modern literature and history. “CPB/DB Assignments” introduces the concept of early modern commonplace books, plus
Following are sample assignments that have been used to help students generate original scholarship suitable for publication here on The Kit Marlowe Project, but may be adapted to suit other student-driven digital resources. Please note that all of the foregoing
Searching primary source databases can be tricky primarily because one is working with a combination of historical and modern cataloging conventions. Following are links to research videos that show you how to search the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Digital Image Collection,
Kristen Abbott Bennett ENG 200: Shakespeare, Framingham State University Formal Assignment 4 Due: 11/30/18 Assignment: You may work in pairs, or groups of 3-4, to complete ONE of the following assignment options: Curate an online collection of available full-text editions
Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and should be cited accordingly. The Kit Marlowe Project by Kristen Abbott Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Following are sample assignments and in-class activities that require no special software or encoding expertise and are suitable for English and General Education classroom use. Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and should be
Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and should be cited accordingly. The Kit Marlowe Project by Kristen Abbott Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and should be cited accordingly. The Kit Marlowe Project by Kristen Abbott Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Profs. Bennett & Hamlin * Rogues Progress * Spring 2018 Proofreading “Ography” Contributions In the Rogues’ OneDrive, you’ll find the master “ography” spreadsheet. This file contains The Kit Marlowe Project’s Personography, Placeography, and Bibliography. Currently, we’re editing the Personography. Here
Kristen Abbott Bennett Rogues Progress Works Assignment Spring 2018 Creating Web Exhibits for Kit Marlowe’s Works Project Due: 3/15/18 Each group will be assigned one of Christopher Marlowe’s works. Your first step will be to research the publication, performance,
Kristen Abbott Bennett Rogues Progress Scavenger Hunt Fall 2018 Kit Marlowe (1564-1593) Scavenger Hunt Today we’re going on an internet scavenger hunt to learn what we can about Christopher, aka “Kit” Marlowe. You’re going to start with our website and
Kristen Abbott Bennett Rogues Progress MoEML Assignment Spring 2018 Links to locations in the Map of Early Modern London’s Gazeteer Each group will carefully read each assigned encyclopedia entry and cross-check all place names to determine their geographical locations. Students
EDITING THE GENERAL RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY IN WORD PRESS The editing process is straightforward: you may click on the entry and see the citation. When you are logged in to the site, you will have an option to edit. Before making
Following are digital resources dedicated to the exploration of early modern literary studies, as well as tools one may use for digital text analysis, mapping, and more. This list is by no means complete. If you have a favorite online
Download PDF versions of syllabi for the Learning Community, “A Rogue’s Progress: Mapping Kit Marlowe’s Social Networks,” taught at Stonehill College in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. Rogue’s Progress, Spring 2018 Rogue’s Progress, Fall 2017 NB. “Rogue” singular refers to