Student Reactions to HS 230

After the transcriptions were complete:

"I have never actually dealt with a historical artifact like this. Being able to take part in the project has let me see a whole new side of history."

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"Initially, I thought that the transcription process was going to be difficult, but surprisingly it wasn't too bad. I became engrossed in what Maria Wood was talking about and felt myself her interpreter as I transcribed her thoughts and emotions."

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"I enjoyed reading through her diary and learning about her life. This process exemplified the importance of being thorough and meticulous when dealing with the transcription of a historical document."

After tagging names, dates, places, and organizations

"Having to go through the diary in such detail really gives you a better understanding of the diary. The diary becomes much more clear because you have to really pay attention to what she is talking about."

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"I found this coding session to be bizarrely therapeutic. I may have achieved a state of XML Zen. ... I felt as though I was in a little vortex of codes and Maria Wood."

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"I found reading her journal to be a successful venture into humanizing the information presented in history books. I appreciated Maria Wood as a real-life example of some of the things I have been reading about all semester."