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From the Center for History and New Media
This post is part of a December 2013 presentation at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference in Manchester, NH. As I prepare to return to the Advanced Placement U.S. History classroom after an...
View ArticleA Rubric for Evaluating Online Discussions
While I haven’t yet used this rubric, I anticipate applying it to forum discussions over the summer for my AP U.S. History students. My plan is for the APUSH class to begin online in mid-August so that...
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For the Library and Classrooms: Chromebooks and “Chromepacks”
DIY “Chromepack” charging cart Last week, Molly Wood, the NYT’s tech blogger, asked if a Chromebook is all you need. Last year, I asked myself the same question. My library was due for computer...
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Looking for Peace and Quiet
About a year ago I sat down to research and write an article for Knowledge Quest, the Journal of the American Association of School Librarians. I was asked by guest editor Pam Harland to contribute a...
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DH in the High School Classroom
NH town votes on ratification of the federal Constitution On the last day of school this year, my AP U.S. History students put the finishing touches on a digital history project they had started in...
View ArticleA Digital History Project as Part of the Digital Humanities
These slides (pdf) were part of a December 2015 presentation at the Vermont Alliance for the Social Studies Conference in Manchester, VT. Session description: Empower students to do the work of...
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Using Big Data to “Hack” the High School Research Paper
This post is a short intro to Digital APUSH: Revealing History with Chronicling America, a web project I built with the help of fifteen AP U.S. History students in 2016. The project was recognized by...
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