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As digital technologies are experiencing rapid evolution over the years, concerns over copyrights had marked as one of the critical areas for discourses. For many historians, some of the motivation behind their postings meant to hear different perspectives from other historians. Since digital technologies had offered many advantages in the accessibility of the information for users and visitors through online platforms, such as blog posts, websites and other technological approaches, the issues of copyrights had become more pertinent to historians. Copyrights are significant when it associated with commercial benefits, in making profits for individuals’ interest. Furthermore, historians are the key contributors in amending copyright policies and laws. As seen from the readings assigned this week, laws and regulations for copyrights are experiencing constant changes ever since the internet and the digital technologies evolved in our everyday lives. We- as students recognize the importance of copyrights when mentioning the sources that were not from our own, we would need to cite it, such as APA, MLA or Chicago. Above all, since digital technologies offered flexibility, accessibility and manipulability information to users, the issues with regards to copyrights will be present; thus, it is vital for users to be aware of copyrights.
From my recent discovery from a class, one website that I found has a good design overall is called the “Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.”
The website is well-organized with the adequate information that displayed to the viewers. It has the information which categorized under topics; thus, the navigation features were clearly showed and made easy accessibility for visitors. In addition to the visual hierarchies, the colors of the texts, background, and the overall theme had provided a “neutral contrasts” for viewers, as the background color was white, the overall theme was blue and texts were in either white in some topics and black in others. As well, for children, blue is one of the primary colors that was suggested to use in promoting their learning experience; and since the museum is designated as Children’s Museum, it was an excellent theme color that they used. The website is up to date, as they regularly renewing events happening at the museum. Furthermore, the photographs on the website they posted on the site had added a colorful bonus that made me, as a reader very interested in exploring what activities were done, how they were done and how children were involved during the activity. The web page had provided a search engine, which offers viewers to the opportunities to access the newspaper articles and events that they had done in the past.
If you are interested, you can visit the website at https://pittsburghkids.org
History website is a great way of offering the opportunities for users to learn. It can act as a possible online platform for people that are interested in learning the information perhaps anywhere and anytime, thereby, the accessibility of a website is a vital feature that creators need to pay attention to. Secondly, it needs to include contents that are up to date, in ensuring readers that were paid visits to the website are gaining the insights that are up to the present; as well as to- of course, incorporate concepts and information about the past. Information that referenced from scholarly sources should be cited properly. Also, it should also include pictures on the website to make the website more interesting and understandable for the readers. Creators of history websites should not ignore the positive impacts of visual contents to the readers, such as images, videos, audios, and published scholarly reports, and scholar journals. Moreover, the archival collections are also a valuable informative approach involved in a history website. There should also be the online forum for discussions not only restricted to the scholars that contributed in the history researchers, but also for viewers that are visiting the website on what they thought of the contents.
Hello, my name is (Annabella) Yuan. The reason why I took this course was initially because I was always interested in studying about histories. When I was looking over the course description, I realized that it covers the digital aspect as well, so I wanted to explore and learn more. All through the course, I hope that I can gain the essential skills when working with various technologies, and enhancing my critical thinking skills through doing the assignments.
