Interactive Map

PITFs worked with the professor to select historical and contemporary maps from the Pusey Library and developed a module that allowed students to view maps from the various historical periods covered in the course. The maps showed the development of the...

Interactive map exercises were developed to aid students’ understanding of the geography and borderlands of medieval Europe. These interactive map exercises prepared students for lectures. The activities were built in Flash and information was stored in...

For a Core course covering several pieces of literature set in St. Petersburg at different periods, students were able to view overlaid maps and other comparisons between the storylines of the various works. Since the city's neighborhoods and important...

An interactive research guide for classics and medieval studies research, created by Harvard College librarians in collaboration with Harvard faculty and departments. Teaching Challenge: Discovery and use of library print and electronic resources for...

For a Literature and Arts course, PITFs created a map viewing module to display a map of India, with important pilgrimage and other sites highlighted with hotspots and linked to more detailed information. This module was used for in-class presentations...

Image galleries of objects were created within Flickr. A Google map was developed to facilitate location of objects and art of local museums and archives. Teaching Challenge: History of Art and Architecture 172w provided an introduction to American art...

The goal of this project was to develop maps and guides for student research that would act as an archive for the future in order to better understand university/community relations. Teaching Challenge: History 84Q focuses on the history of Allston and...

All images of artifacts were placed as markers on a Google Earth map. By clicking on the marker, you see a picture of the artifact, a description of it, and the name of the location in both English and Chinese. There was also a link that bounced back to...