Poster for Wives of Agency the Video Game
Here is the poster for Wives of Agency the Game. It’s slightly different than the thumbnail I use to denote…
Using Video as a History Educator
As much as I love History, I don’t really like watching History movies. I know this might sound weird, but…
Reflecting on my First Weeks as a Smithsonian Intern (#1)
From now until December, I’m a Digital Public Humanities intern on the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Education department project: Traveling…
Forrest Gump Historical Review
Title: Forrest Gump Year: 1994 Producer: Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey Accessed: Amazon Prime Video Source Types: The…
The Making of “Wives of Agency” (Progress Update #6?)
I think it would be fun to just combine all my progress updates for Wives of Agency into a single…
Incorporating Historical Thinking into Wives of Agency
So Wives of Agency the game is supposed to teach students a few things, of course Tudor history from a…
The Weight of External Expectations
Education, and educators, are constantly being weighed down by an enormous weight. A weight becoming more visible by the day:…
What is my plan for Wives of Agency: The Video Game?
The Idea Last semester I set out with the intention of creating a video game where you play as the…
Questions about Historical Thinking
As David Lowenthel wrote, “the past is a foreign country.” This means that even if I, an American, decided to…
Teaching and Learning History in a Digital Age (It Begins)
So for my next class exploring digital history, I’m taking a class on digital pedagogical techniques. New class means new…
