My Friday morning session at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association started badly and ended well. The six of us who were to present had a bit of a misunderstanding about the format, not realizing that it was to be a “digital poster session.” Once we figured that out (and the hotel managed to get a router in…
Tag: 1989 online
Spend Two Weeks With Us Next Summer
I’m pleased to announce that my former colleague Matt Romaniello and I will be co-hosting an NEH Summer Seminar for high school teachers here at George Mason University during the last two weeks of July 2008. The seminar–Making Sense of 1989–is designed for high school teachers who want to deepen their understanding of the momentous…
Saving YouTube Video for Teaching
I’ve already written a couple of posts about how YouTube videos can be very useful teaching resources. But there are two potential problems with relying on videos from such a website. The first is that as teachers we have no control over whether those videos will be available when we want them next time around….
Sworn Virgins in the Classroom
Sworn virgins? What could this post be about? Last night I was incredibly fortunate to be able to host the Albanian author and documentary filmmaker Elvira Dones who screened her new documentary Sworn Virgins for our students and then led a discussion of the film. The film was really a perfect teaching tool. Because it…