Concerning the journey of an aspiring Historian through the hallowed Halls of the Academy. So out of shape and Twitter illustrated. I am so out of the habit of blogging that just getting something going is a struggle this semester. So let me start with baby steps and see where it goes. For those of you wondering about just what is the utility of a web 2. 0 application like Twitter, I found an excellent example.

The Bethel University History Department Blog. The leading minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America. Bracero History Archive is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History. And The Institute of Oral History. 2018, Center for History and New Media.

We will use this site for all handouts and resources. Help on how to format text.

My chapter on the topic of museums and Web 2. I have also been pleasantly surprised by the number of museums already experimenting with these techniques. We have managed to list over fifteen links so far on this site.

People, Places, and Events 1770-1870.

A man with the computer skills of your average 12 year old writes his thoughts on life in the vain hope anyone gives a crap. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. It is just as tasty as it sounds. Monday, August 15, 2011. Here There Be Spiders! Case in .