Dependency Syntax Trees in the Latin 1 Classroom
By Robert Gorman
Those attending past panels sponsored by the DCA have been introduced to the Ancient Greek and Latin Treebanks and the digital tools that support them. These databases have been discussed primarily for their value for research. But their implications for language pedagogy have also been touched on, and with good reason. The technology of treebanking can be a valuable classroom resource throughout all stages of the Greek and Latin curriculum. I propose to discuss treebanking as a teaching method and illustrate how it can be integrated into language instruction.
From Stone to Screen to Classroom
By Gwynaeth McIntyre, Melissa Funke, and Chelsea Gardner
Inscriptions are one of our most useful and abundant sources of information about the ancient world. Considering that inscriptions are most commonly located on immovable stones, however, it is difficult to engage with the physical reality of epigraphic evidence in the classroom. Epigraphic squeezes, made using a pre-digital technology that remains instrumental to classicists, offer an affordable and practical solution to this problem by allowing scholars to virtually transport the stone to institutions worldwide.
Collaborative Annotation and Latin Pedagogy
By J. Bert Lott
Over the past two years I have used a collaborative annotation tool, Annotation Studio developed at the MIT Hyperstudio with support from the NEH (AnnotationStudio.org), to have students in intermediate and advanced Latin classes annotates digital versions of Latin readings before and after class sessions. My approach is inspired by recent interest among humanists in digitally supported “social reading” but remains grounded in the traditional form of the textual commentary, which, I believe, naturally lends itself to collaborative work.
Using Online Tools to Teach Classics in a Small or Non-Existent Classics Program
By Kristina Chew
The Internet offers many tools, from online texts to scholarly resources to technologies making
it possible to communicate with -- and teach -- students who are thousands of miles away,
to enhance the teaching of Classics. Classicists at colleges and universities with very small
programs, or without a Classics program at all, can especially benefit from these. Classicists such
Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Seals Online Catalogue
By Lain Wilson and Jonathan Shea
Lead seals are among the most numerous artifacts to survive from the 1,100-year history of the Byzantine Empire: between seventy and eighty thousand individual specimens are estimated to have survived. Until recently, however, their publication was limited to specific categories, for example, seals with place names, family names, and particular iconographies, offices, and titles. These publications are expensive, and are not widely available outside of university libraries with extensive Byzantine Studies sections.