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Belated Blog Post Pimping: Playful Historical Thinking

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Talk about dropping the ball on this. Earlier this fall, I wrote a guest blog post at the Play the Past group blog on an experiment I’m conducting in a couple of my European civilizations courses this semester. It’s entitled … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching | Tagged blogging, digital humanities, gamification, Play the Past | Leave a reply

Link of the Day for August 23rd: Hub-and-Spoke Blogging

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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This is what you should be looking at today: Hub-and-spoke blogging with lots of students // Teleogistic — Ideas on using the “hub-and-spoke” method of blogging with large classes. Useful. … Continue reading →

Posted in Delicious | Tagged blogging, blogs, edtech, education, pedagogy, teaching | Leave a reply

Personal Kitsch: My 7th Grade Michigan Leaves Report

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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While poking through some boxes my mom had yanked out of one of her giant walk-in closets the other day, I stumbled across an amusing piece of historical kitsch from my life: a tree leaves report I did for my … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Shizz | Tagged education, headspace, kitsch, marshall, middle school | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 10: My Kingdom for a Coke!

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Last week was the 4th of July, so there was no SoF post, although let’s be honest, detailing progress is not what these are about any more, yeah? On with it then… I am in Day 11 of my soda … Continue reading →

Posted in Fitness | Tagged challenge, coca-cola, diet, motivation-bitches, video games, weight-loss | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 8: Coke Will Be the Death of Me

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Okay, first things first. You’re probably asking yourself: “SoF 8? What in the Blue Hell happened to SoF 7?” I have no easy answer for this. It’s a complex mix of annoyance, lack of time, and shame over what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fitness | Tagged caffeine, challenge, coca-cola, diet, motivation-bitches, weight-loss | 1 Reply

Brainstorm Notes: Constructing the Ancien Regime

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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The following is connected to the Can’t Stop Thinking About Teaching post I made last week or so. It’s a scanned snapshot of a work in progress, namely my sketching out of new, interactive modules for my HST 102 Intro … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching | Tagged academics, education, europe, headspace, learning-is-hard, method, western civ | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 6: Treading Water

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Well it’s clear at this point in the Summer of Fitness that I won’t be reaching my goal weight by the end of the summer. It’s been six weeks, and I have yet to break out of the upper 240s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fitness | Tagged diet, lifting, motivation-bitches, weight-loss | Leave a reply

Can’t Stop Thinking About Teaching

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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I am in the process of blowing up the structure and organization for my various classes over the next school year at GVSU. This despite the fact that it is summer, and I should be laying out in the sun … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching | Tagged academics, education, madness, teaching | 2 Replies

Summer of Fitness 5: A Quickie

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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I’ve been a bit too busy the last few days to think about a developed piece for this week’s Summer of Fitness post, so instead, I’m going to give you all a quickie. It seems that since last week’s gut … Continue reading →

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The June 2011 History Carnival: Eclectic World

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Welcome to the June 2011 edition of the History Carnival, a monthly showcase of history blog writing at its finest. My name is Andrew D. Devenney, and it is my honor and privilege to host this month’s edition at my … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged academics, blogging, cartography, cheeky-juxtaposition, history carnival, kitsch, transnational, twitterstorians | 1 Reply

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