by Nikki Silva | Mar 30, 2016 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
During the past few weeks, we’ve focused on getting some technical aspects of the site figured out. I focused on making our images more interactive by giving each one Lightbox attributes, which makes the images/captions larger and ‘pop-out’ from the page. We also gave...
by Nikki Silva | Feb 26, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
The past few weeks have been eventful for the Mapping Morton Village project, since Autumn’s blog post on 2/11, we have completed all of the content for the website, and continued working on the interactive map. Mapbox has been a bit of a struggle for us, as we could...
by Nikki Silva | Jan 27, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
Creating the Interactive Map For the past two weeks, as Autumn Beyer worked on coding our site, I have been working on the interactive map for our joint CHI Fellowship project – Mapping Morton Village. I had some problems at the beginning, including a computer...
by Nikki Silva | Nov 16, 2015 | CHI Grad Fellow Post
At the Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC) from Nov. 5-7 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I presented a poster titled “A Taste of Archaeology: The Importance of Public Archaeology Programs and Digital Cultural Heritage”, which discussed my experiences as a...
by Nikki Silva | Oct 12, 2015 | CHI Grad Fellow Post
On October 1st the Illinois State Museum (ISM), and its affiliates, closed its doors to the public. The staff is still going to work, but no one is able to visit the 138 year-old museum system. I have spent the past three summers working as a graduate assistant on the...
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