The Civil War Augmented Reality Project

[Jeff Mummert]

Hello Digital History fans,

This message is from a group of educators in Pennsylvania who have developed
a Social Studies project that is in the process of raising a modest
amount of money to build prototypes for gathering additional partners.
Our project, the Civil War Augmented Reality Project, is intended to
enhance the experiences of students visiting Civil War sites. It is
also intended to increase attendance and revenue for historic sites by
offering both “high” and “low” tech experiences to best reach the
majority of the population.
We feel that our project is fulfilling a need that educators, park
workers, technology enthusiasts, and Civil War enthusiasts have
discussed in the past: How can historic sites both raise educational
value and public interest in their institutions though technology,
while not alienating the non-technical history fans?
We have worked hard on the answer, and are interested in promoting our creative solutions.
We would like to make clear that the project is not intended solely for
Pennsylvania. It is our hope that the project will expand to other
venues, as we feel that we have the ability to use our ideas to enhance
the experiences of all students at historic sites.

If you have a chance, please check out our blog:
http://acwarproject.wordpress.com/

And our fun, Civil-War flavored funding campaign on Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmummert/the-civil-war-augmente...

If you think that our project has merit, we would be delighted if you could spread the word.

Here are a few other links of interest regarding our project:

A recent newspaper article:
http://www.ydr.com/ci_15435690

Other recent blog posts:
http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/civil-war-augmented-reality-project/
http://blog.orselli.net/2010/07/grassroots-design-civil-war-augmented.html
http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/07/08/the-great-civil-war-augmented-r...
http://pastinthepresent.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/two-civil-war-undertakings-of-note/

Our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Civil-War-Augmented-Reality-Proje...

Our Twitter account page:
http://twitter.com/ACWAR_Project

Thanks very much for considering us!

The Civil War Augmented Reality Project
Jeff Mummert- Hershey High School and York College of Pennsylvania
Art Titzel- Hershey Middle School
Jay Vasellas- Red Lion Area High School and York College of Pennsylvania