Hacking Hemingway: Cracking the Code to the Vault
“Hacking Hemingway: Cracking the Code to the Vault” is a digital history project funded by the Illinois Secretary of State and Illinois State Library that gives access to rare items from The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park and the Oak Park Public Library. By making these digital items available learners can now interact with Hemingway and the places and people that influenced his life and work. A major outcome of the grant is to create opportunities for the learner to become curator. The creation of the Illinois DPLA Hub will allow students from Oak Park and around the world to interact with never before seen Hemingway artifacts. In the presentation we will discuss examples and outcomes of student projects generated from the digital objects to be included in the Illinois Digital Archives and DPLA and the process of collaboration between institutions.
Virtual Creative Spaces
In this session, presenters John Stewart and Harry Costner, veteran teachers and caretakers of Lower Arlington Arts will demonstrate new ways for students to engage text and respond to literature, using examples from their virtual creativity courses, G Create and Teen Writer Society. Participants will engage in several model activities and student "missions" and learn how to establish virtual communities that foster exploration and creativity.
