Hello, my name is Dave Lester.

Recent Presentations

"Collaborative Approaches for Digital Humanities: Unconferences and Crowdsourcing." Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), Digital Dialogue, February 2010.

“Introducing Omeka.” Innovations in E-Learning Symposium, June 2009.

“Mobile Historical Landscapes: Crowdsourcing Historical Landscapes.” American Association for History and Computing (AAHC), April 2009.

"Edupunk: Open Source Education." South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival, March 2009.

"Extending WordPress." WordCamp Higher-Ed North East, February 2009.

"Reclaiming Authenticity through Historical Roleplaying in Virtual Worlds." Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association, November 2008.

"Digital Crossroads: Online Tools for Open and Collaborative Research." American Studies Association Conference, October 2008.

"Omeka: Easy Web Publishing for Scholarship and Cultural Heritage." Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), Digital Dialogue, September 2008. [View Slides]

"Building History Websites." National History Day Conference, June 2008. [View Slides]

"Teaching History with Computer Simulations." Mid-Atlantic American Studies Association Conference, April 2008. [View Slides]

"Omeka: Web-based Exhibits Made Easy." Code4Lib Conference, February 2008. [View Slides]