Today I led students through some primary source readings about a lynching in our town in 1884. Then I gave them a map and let them work out that it was two blocks from campus. Then we walked there--and talked about hard #publichistory. A powerful day. #twitterstorians 2/ I wrote a couple of blog posts as I was researching the lynching, here is the first one which links to the second: northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-lync…

1/ Anyone else have colleagues designing online classes who are not only making themselves a bunch of work but creating shitty classes? Here is my quick and dirty advice that you could have used last week: 2/ First, find a free online textbook. It doesn't have to be perfect. This is the core of your course. Use a print textbook only if you must.

1/ In response to some recent request, a quick thread about how I teach with my smartphone app and website for local history, @SpokaneHistoric. 2/ First of all. I did not invent Spokane Historical, it runs on @Curatescape, developed by @urbanhumanist and @ebellempire at Cleveland State University. Thanks, friends!