Digital Footprints: Inevitable but Manageable
I suppose things were more anonymous when I was in high school. Then again, gaining global notoriety was harder. After all, if I wanted to send a naked photo of myself to someone, I’d have to actually...
View ArticleBut I’m Not Even That Interesting…
Privacy is perhaps THE hot-button issue of today’s online world. The spectrum of opinions spreads as wide as the ocean, from conspiracy-minded militants against any sort of sharing to the hard-core...
View ArticleCopyright, Mashups, Plagiarism, and Information Management
Here’s a perspective on the role of copyright and the new digital skills that we should be teaching to our students: Memorizing is a necessary skill. Accessing our memory is indeed quicker than...
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It’s because we’re a bunch of degenerates
In sixth grade, I was the victim of bullying. Looking back, I can kind of see why: I was unassuming, not terribly self-aware, I wore chunky black wraparound glasses that reflected my parents’ values of...
View ArticleThink Before You Link
There’s a clip from the Pixar movie “Up” that really describes modern reading habits. When applied to reading, this clip represents how hard it is for today’s students to get through dense texts, or...
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The Hook
The Воины Апокалипсиса (Four Horsemen of Apocalypse) by Viktor Vasnetsov (1887)Here’s a delightful image I use to introduce my lesson on the Black Death and 100 Years’ War in my Ancient World History...
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Prezi Zen for Open House Harmony
Some rights reserved by fiddle oak The only thing I love more than Japanese food and standup comedy is a good presentation, so you can imagine my delight at Course 3′s videos on Presentation Zen and...
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Digital Historytelling
Some rights reserved by evalottchen History is, of course, the story of human civilization. The core skill of explaining change over time – which brings in elements of context, causality, and...
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Infographics & Gapminder
It’s easy to speak of success in broad strokes: “America has a strong economy,” “America is powerful.” But how can we define success more clearly? This is an essential question of my World History...
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Transmedia Storytelling in History
Transmedia storytelling makes the audience piece together a narrative spread across many mediums. Image: some rights reserved by INTVGene.The first I heard of transmedia storytelling – using diverse...
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