Men at work

When we run out of available workstations, what can we do but give over the circ desk computer to a desperate student?

Mr. Vaughn and Seth are staring in amazement at Will's findings on ArtStor. Don't you think they look like naturals behind the desk?

This is a cool project. Using pbwiki as a collaborative writing and posting space, the freshmen are comparing art across cultures. Specifically, they are looking at how the human body was depicted by the ancient Greeks in comparison to other cultures. So the students are using some of the great online databases and reference sources provided by the University Library, as well as books and other materials from our collection. The students each have individual wiki spaces to post images and analyses of art from their selected cultures. Then, in small groups, they look at each others' work and together compose and post a summary comparison to Greek art. The comparison wiki links to their individual wikis. Whew, that sounded a lot more complicated than it actually is.

Because the students are posting copyrighted artwork, I can't link to the password-protected wikis. But, wow, they are on this in a way I seldom see (think "ancient history" and "excitement" and "teenager" all in the same sentence).