Claire Battershill

This is just one story from a book of short stories. I don’t think I realized that when I picked it up. Or, if I did, I’d forgotten by the time I picked it up to read (now)! Anyway, I can’t really do a summary because it was so short and it seemed a bit all over the place. It moved too quickly to really have any kind of plot or story. It seemed like it might have made for a nice outline of an actual novel, maybe. That’s what gave it the 3 stars (ok) from me. A nice outline for a novel. But, really, it was too short, nothing much happened (until the very end, but then it ended, so we didn’t really get to find out what that was all about!).… (mehr)

A very solid introduction to how to marry digital tools with humanities pedagogy in the undergraduate classroom. There are some useful ideas for introductory classroom exercises and tips on how to evaluate digital projects (all helpfully bolstered by a companion website which is much more expansive than the print book, and capable of being updated far more readily). Definitely one to pick up if you're toying with the idea of incorporating DH methods in your teaching.… (mehr)