When I was in high school PDA meant “public displays of affection” and the term was used more to taunt couples who spent too much time making out, as in “Whoa, too much PDA!” Then the personal digital assistant came along and PDA took on a whole new meaning, as in “Whoa, nice PDA!” Now,…
Tag: wikipedia
AP History Teachers Off the Rails
AP World History teachers at Westfield High School (just a few miles from the George Mason campus) have gone completely off the rails with a new policy that explicitly forbids students in their course from consulting any person other than their teacher or any resource other than their textbook (or class notes/handouts) for any assignment…
Really? Really, Really?
How many “reallys” does it take Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to describe how he feels about Edward Owens? Three. In an interview on a recent edition of the podcast Tech Therapy, Wales (who admitted up front he hadn’t heard of the work my students had done), said, “Things like that really, really, really annoy me.”…
The Future of WikiHistory
[This post is a reposting of a contribution to the blog hist.net.] Because my friendly Amazon.com bot knows that I purchase books on Czech and Slovak history, I just received a notice of a new book on Slovak history titled Slovak Republic (1939-1945): Slovaks, Slovakia, Munich Agreement, History of Czechoslovakia (1948-1989). Because this title seemed…