Throughout this semester I have learned so much more than I thought that I would. For starters, I learned so much on my research topic. I never knew that Cleopatra’s body has never been found let alone almost the entirety of Alexandria is underwater making it that much more difficult…
Blog Post #6: Security and Personal Data
I started by just googling “jessie cathell” and I was, unfortunately, able to immediately find data on myself. Facebook, of course, was the first link to pop up which provided access to my photos but not posts and then my old Pinterest account which is linked to my facebook so…
Project #6: Twine
Creating a game versus creating an essay was of course, very different. Making the game was almost more time consuming for me than writing an essay as it required more creativity which is something I lack. It had to be engaging but historically accurate at the same time, similar to…
Blog Post #5: Game Review
The game which I chose was The Oregon Trail. This game takes place in the 1800’s and depicts the hardships and tribulations of those who traveled the Oregon trail across the country such as illness, weather, lack of food, etcetera. This game can be an entertaining and thoughtful way to…
Podcast: Media Versus Reality
In this episode, I will be discussing how media but more specifically films portray Cleopatra. I chose this because upon doing more research on her, I have discovered that there is not much factual evidence of what she looked like. I found it interesting on how she has always been…
Blog Post #4: Alt Text
After reading the WCAG Compliance checklist I learned much about what qualifies as a succesful site. Headings, for example, may not seem important at first but they actually add organization and help those navigating the site have a clear understanding of what the section or site will contain. By adding…
Blog Post 3: Maps
Creating maps will always offer challenges of some sort, for Dr. Robertson a surplus of information proved to create organizational challenges. With all of the data in which he collected, it made it difficult to put together in a way which flowed and still appeared easy to navigate. He was…
Timeline Project
For my timeline, it was hard to narrow down just one event as much of Cleopatra’s story is undocumented do to most of Alexandria being underwater. That being said I chose to summarize Cleopatra’s reign and fall in matters of timed events starting in BCE and ending in CE with…
Blog Post #2: N-Gram
For my n-gram I used keywords which related to my topic such as Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Egypt, and Rome. These all felt like good keywords to search for as they were specific and all focused the topic of my research. In theory, it makes sense as it Cleopatra and Mark…
Tropy: Primary Sources
After much consideration I believe that my topic of research will be looking deeper into the relationship between Cleopatra and Marc Antony and how it impacted Egypt. I am hoping to gain a better understanding and insight into the relationship to further understand if it was simply for the betterment…