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Tag: Student Work

I Just Want to Move Some Shit

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Mills

One of the ways I clear my head on the weekends is by doing trail maintenance for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club in the Prince William Forest Park. There is nothing like getting down and dirty with a chainsaw, a Pulaski, or a McLeod, to help you forget for a minute that you have so…

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Consider Yourself Warned

Posted on November 5, 2011January 25, 2013 by Mills

On August 25, 2008, I wrote a post here warning readers that students in my new class, Lying About the Past, would be creating a historical hoax and turning it loose online. Little did I know then that the hoax they would create — Edward Owens, the Last American Pirate — would turn into a…

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Edward Owens and Wikipedia

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mills

If you’ve spent any time on the Internet in the past 10 years or so — and who hasn’t — you’ll know that one of the most popular memes is the Top 10 list. I don’t think I’ve ever perpetuated on before, but when Edward Owens, the fictional pirate created by the students in my…

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When Student Projects Take Wing

Posted on May 27, 2011May 27, 2011 by Mills

Way back in the fall 2006 semester, I taught my first version of my grad seminar Teaching History in the Digital Age. A key component of that course is that students must either create a digital learning tool/application/opportunity for students and/or teachers to use or, if they don’t yet have the digital skills, must create…

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