Twine is a tool that lets you create choose-your-own-adventure type stories. (Here is an example of a relatively basic one. There are also more complicated examples) This is a good tool if the historical narrative you are working with has
Finding scholarly articles @CSUF
Using the CSUF library to access articles which were published in print journals, but which are also available online: Go to https://www-worldcat-org.lib-proxy.fullerton.edu/advancedsearch (you will have to login if you are off campus). Do not use the library’s catalog – worldcat
Teaching theory in history (part two of some) – or – In Theory podcast meets Typhoid Mary
Big theoretical concepts can help us to see the world in new ways. Big theoretical concepts can help us see historical events in new ways. This is especially important for methods classes like the one I am teaching now, since
Teaching theory in history (part one of some)
I’ve recently had conversations with several colleagues about teaching theory in history. As a discipline, we’re not as obviously theory heavy as some of our compatriots in the social sciences, and much of the theory we use is grounded, or
Safe Spaces in the Life of the Mind
The University of Chicago recently sent a letter to incoming students which has made me – for the first time – embarrassed to be affiliated with my undergraduate institution. Image from the Chicago Maroon twitter feed. https://twitter.com/ChicagoMaroon This letter (as
Streamlined Grading with Linked Documents
First comes the start of the semester; then comes grading; then comes the inevitable wondering about how to make grading less of a chore. I realized a few years ago that much of my dislike of grading came not from
Looking Back on Davidson
In May of 2016, I taught the last section of my last class as Davidson College’s digital studies postdoc. In this final meeting, students in my “(Histories of) Gender and Technology” class presented projects that ranged from artistic engagements with
Re(cursively)-conceptualizing Atlantic History
Next semester, for the first time, I get to teach an Atlantic history survey. I’ve taught a lot of courses that think Atlantically, but never one which has the Atlantic as a specific subject. Looking back over the syllabuses I
Students designing classes, you say?
Last semester, inspired by Caleb McDaniel and Tim Burke‘s student-designed courses, I let students design the content of my Death in the Digital Age course. Then I wrote a post about it for EdSurge. Here, a few months later, is
An agentic moment
This week I assigned Jeff McClurken’s article on Omeka and “productive discomfort.” I’ve had students read this article before, and while the resulting conversation was interesting, the article has never before resulted in the kind of robust debate about discomfort,
