Unit 13

Progress on Project

I have posted about 3/4s of the website, as of July 1, which has the url evolutionhomeappliances.weebly.com
I have uploaded photographs and text. I haven't been able to get Weebly to do everything I've wanted; I've adapted my ideas about layout somewhat.

Some issues I've faced are how long to make individual pages; not finding a timeline app thru Weebly (have used a table, instead); and not being able to get captions on the main photo on each page. (I've put the information about the main photo on the pages in the text, instead--tho I was able to get the citation under the photo on the home page.)

I'm used to using APA style for references, so the sources page is in that style. However, for citations, I've also added the page numbers where I found material, in case I want to easily refind material someday for another project. I can't get italics into the photo captions or hanging indent on the source page, but the information is there, even if formatting isn't perfect.  Most web pages I see don't have citations. I don't think they make it harder for people to read, personally, but I'm used to seeing them in my work, so I've included them.



Related to one of your comments to an earlier blog post--yes, I've found a washing machine museum. It's located in Eaton, CO, and has a website oldewash.com.  The owner is definitely into old washing machines!


Online Data Sets

Two places for Virginia data sets (though not related to my class project):

The Office of Personnel Management has Fedscope, which is a database on Federal employment. You can drill down to Virginia (as well as other states and DC). It says it works best with Firefox and Internet Explorer. I can't access it with Chrome.
https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/employment.asp

Data about education in Virginia at
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/statistics_reports/index.shtml
They have 21st century data online, but I don't see much before 2000.

For my project, I used some data from the Energy Information Administration:

Energy Information Administration (2017, February). Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS): Table HC3.1 Appliances in U.S. Homes by Housing Unit Type, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2017 from https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2015/hc/php/hc3.1php

Energy Information Administration (2011). Annual Energy Review 2011, Table 2.6 Household End Uses: Fuel Types, Appliances, and Electronics, Selected Years, 1978-2009. Retrieved June 14, 2017 from https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.php?t=ptb0206