Hello! I’m Bruno Freitas, I’m a freshmen at Knox. My pronouns are him/his. My majors are Theatre and Africana Studies!
I chose Digital History, because I believe that it will be extremely useful not only for my current moment of life, but also for my education as a whole. Sometimes, we think that we have enough knowledge about how to apply the digital era’s tools to our learning or research, but we realize that the only thing we really know how to do well is using social medias or doing a simple search. My goal is to deeply understand how to search for information by getting to know many tools, to discuss several topics regarding our history as a whole, to learn how to use tools, like blogs, to share knowledge and thoughts, to learn how to investigate, discuss, and elaborate knowledge, or simply be surprised by this powerful class.
I can’t wait to learn more and more!
I love how innovative this class is! <3
Welcome to the class, Bruno! Thank you for introducing yourself and I’m glad you’re here! I am eager to hear more about your interests in both theatre and Africana Studies, as well as how these fields influence your thinking towards digital history and the topics we explore in class. I really appreciate your openness towards digital history and how you might apply these lessons to other areas of your studies.
As you describe in your post, we tend to think of ourselves as digital “experts” (more or less) merely because we grew up and live in a digital age, but we don’t always consider how the interfaces we use are often VERY user friendly. Hopefully in this class we will get into the nuts and bolts of digital tools and how we can use and think about them critically.
Thanks again and I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts!