TEACHING CLASSICS WITH TECHNOLOGY

March 27, 2002
Conference on Teaching with Technology
Faculty Technology Support Services
Illinois State University

Janice Siegel
Assistant Professor of Classics
Department of Foreign Languages

The Survey of Audio-Visual Resources for Classics
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2

TEACHING CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION USING THE INTERNET

USING PHOTOGRAPHS

• Maecenas
  http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html
• Dr. J's Illustrated Guide to the Classical World
  http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics
• Dr. J's hyperlinked syllabus for classical civ class
  http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics/syllabi/IH/calendar.shtm
• Stats (visits to site since September)
• Links to Dr. J's site
• Wellesely College's hyperlinked syllabus (example)
  http://www.wellesley.edu/ClassicalStudies/CLCV102/cc102syllabus.html
• Diotima's List of on-line syllabi, etc.
  http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

ANIMATED SEQUENCES

• Painting and Firing of Black-Figure Vases
  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/blackfigure.htm
• Painting and Firing of Red-Figure Vases
  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/redfigure.htm
• Theater Masks
  http://didaskalia.berkeley.edu/stagecraft/mask_mm/rotmask2.html

VRML SITES (VIRTUAL TOURS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES)

• Metis (archaeological sites)
  http://www.stoa.org/metis/
• Realitas Virtualis (the city of Rome)
  http://www.compart-multimedia.com/virtuale/us/home.htm
• Prima Porta (sculpture in the round)

3D RECONSTRUCTIONS (OF BUILDINGS/CITIES FROM ANTIQUITY)

• Theater of Dionysus (Didaskalia)
  http://didaskalia.berkeley.edu/stagecraft/TDA/index.html
• Theater of Epidvaros (a commercial site)
  http://www.e-spaces.com/lbw/portfolio/projects/port_cult_her_epid.htm
• Knossos (British School of Archaeology)
  http://www.bsa.gla.ac.uk/knossos/vrtour/index.html
• Isthmia (Ohio State)
  http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/~japley/html/isthmia.html
• Paestum (from France)
  http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pixelle/paestum-eng.htm
• Rome (from Japan)
  http://www.taisei.co.jp/cg_e/ancient_world/rome/arome.html

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

• on-line quizzes on literature, sites, and history
  • Ostia
    http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ostia/
  • Olympics
    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/athletics02.htm
  • Mythology
    http://www.messagenet.com/myths/funfact3/

INTERACTIVE GAMES

• Navigate Pompeii
  http://www.caecilius.com/nugae.htm
• The Antigone Game
  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/antigone/antigonegame001.htm
• The Medea Game
  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/medea/medeaintro.htm
• Empire of Rome
  http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/empire5.html
• Wak-a-Gladiator (for children)
  http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/gladgame.html
• Date and Numeral Conversion Programs
  http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html

INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS: MOOS