In a collaborative effort with WVU computer science students, School of Journalism faculty and students have been developing an interactive TouchTable as part of the “Soldiers of the Coalfields” interactive memorial project in Kimball, W.Va. Visual journalism students have gathered content for the interactive display and created a database narrative mind node map and storyboard for the TouchTable.
As part of their senior exhibition, two computer science seniors displayed their work on the TouchTable last week in the atrium of the new addition to the WVU’s Engineering Sciences building. The TouchTable features interactive narratives based around the book, “War Poems,” written by two young sisters from the WV Negro Collegiate Institute (WV State) in 1918.
Students and faculty will continue to work on the TouchTable throughout the spring semester. Learn more about the “Soldiers of the Coalfields” project online.