{"id":431,"date":"2016-09-25T23:29:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T03:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-the-digital-silk-road.pantheonsite.io\/?p=431"},"modified":"2016-09-25T23:29:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T03:29:46","slug":"where-it-is-what-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/silkworms\/where-it-is-what-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Where It Is ~ What It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duhduhduduhn!\u00a0 I just completed the first map test!\u00a0 And it took me way too long.\u00a0 The test was (although very long) pretty cool.\u00a0 I must say, I learned a lot.\u00a0 For the first time all semester, I finally have some clue as to where all that we have been learning is–and let me tell you, by knowing where it is, I feel like I have a better grasp on what it is, too.
\nThe test covered a large range of topics from routes explored, to current events, to geographic terrain and borderlines.\u00a0 It required a lot of looking at the map and not just memorizing where each place is, but understanding the geographic pattern of terrain.\u00a0 That said, I had to look at the map a lot just to be sure.\u00a0 I found interactive websites the most helpful–there was one that took us through Marco Polo’s route<\/a> and one site that had a map <\/a>that showed not only the routes of explorers, but also the religious belief of each region, the language primarily used, etc.\u00a0 I also did many extensive google searches.\u00a0 Wikipedia and Google Maps became my best friend.
\nIt was really cool to see what’s already out there (mapping wise).\u00a0 There are some neat maps I found on China made with\u00a0 Google Maps and Timemaps.\u00a0 The Timemap<\/a> I found seemed a little clunky.\u00a0 There were many dates, but the organization of them all was not quite clear.\u00a0 I think that when my team builds our Storymap, we should be weary about how many slides we include.\u00a0 Also, it kind of makes me want to set a window of time that our project is focused on (maybe over a 200 year span?).
\nI also wanted there to be more pictures.\u00a0 On Friday, we had another tech lab with Tierney about Shared Shelf.\u00a0 Of course I had heard of Shared Shelf, but I had never used it before.\u00a0 It seems pretty straightforward and simple.\u00a0 The only thing that bums me out is that I now have to take an extra step to put any picture in my blog–which makes me not want to put any pictures in my blog.\u00a0 See, I’m already doing it.\u00a0 I’ll get over it at some point, I’m sure.
\nMy team hasn’t met for a few days now.\u00a0 We’ve all been overwhelmed with work and the current events going on in Charlotte.\u00a0 So long as we get back on the horse this coming week, I think we will be just fine.
\nTill then…
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Duhduhduduhn!\u00a0 I just completed the first map test!\u00a0 And it took me way too long.\u00a0 The test was (although very long) pretty cool.\u00a0 I must say, I learned a lot.\u00a0 For the first time all semester, I finally have some clue as to where all that we have been learning is–and let me tell you, … Continue reading Where It Is ~ What It Is<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silkworms","category-team-heart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}