ABSTRACT
Computers, the internet, and smartphones have revolutionized the way we acquire information. This chapter examines how students can use digital tools to create testimonials, websites, documentaries, newscasts, and films. It looks at digital history that individuals can produce relatively easily and move on to more complex group endeavors. Using digital tools as a way to record a simple presentation is a relatively new form of communicating history. Those who are interested in African-American history, culture, and contemporary politics can learn from the creation of professors Keisha N. Blain and Ibram X. Students can create websites about any topic in human history; the internet, after all, covers everything. Given the multi-layered nature of websites, whatever topic they choose they should consider how to integrate text, images, and videos into the final product. Historians use multiple authentic formats to make their arguments, including websites.
