Faculty and staff at Macalester create digital projects on a variety of topics and with a range of tools and methods. To see more projects, please visit our Digital Commons repository.
Project Director: Roopali Phadke, Environmental Studies
This site collects StoryMaps from Energy Justice Courses taught by Roopali Phadke at Macalester College (available to individuals with Macalester credentials). Learn more about Professor Phadke’s carefully-scaffolded assignment.
Project Director: Alix Johnson, International Studies
This site is the end result of a semester-long project that asked students to produce new research on the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant.
Project Director: Victoria Malawey, Music
Multimodal Musicianship is an open educational resource for learning music theory and ear training. The content engages concepts related to tonal harmony, suitable for a two- or three-semester music theory and ear training curriculum in a liberal arts college or other higher education setting.
Project Director: Eric Carter, Geography
This web resource was originally developed by students at Macalester College, as part of the seminar course Public Health in Latin America in 2019.
Project Directors: Brigetta Abel, German Studies, Macalester College, and Amy Young, German Studies, Central College
This full-year curriculum is intended as a no-cost alternative to current, more traditional textbooks in the field. It mixes materials rooted in real-world, contemporary communication scenarios, multimedia content, and online learning activities.
Project Director: Chris Wells, Environmental Studies, and George Vrtis, History and Environmental Studies, Carleton College
Minnesota Environments is a free mobile app and website that lets you explore Minnesota’s environmental history from your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
Project Director: Duchess Harris, American Studies
The Human Computers at NASA project is a student/faculty collaborative project at the Macalester College’s American Studies Department that seeks to shed light on the buried stories of African American women with math and science degrees who began working at NACA (now NASA) in 1943 in secret, segregated facilities.
