As tomorrow is Halloween, this week's blog is exploring Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the horrifying tale of a woman who slowly goes insane under the “rest cure” prescribed by her doctor and enforced by her husband. As a short story that I love to teach, I wanted to examine if digital …
Mundelein and Loyola Speak Out: Social Activism in Student Publications (1967-2018)
With their Jesuit affiliation, social justice has been at the forefront of the missions of both Loyola University and Mundelein College. With the approach of the 1960s, however, students and faculty felt particularly empowered to make their voices heard— at their home institutions, in their communities, and around the world. In this post, we’ll look …
How Can Virtual Reality Engage with Historical Narrative?
In continuing our discussion of digital storytelling, this week I reviewed two tours currently available as part of the Chicago ØØ Project, a collaborative venture made available to us, in part, through the Chicago History Museum. The first, Chicago ØØ: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, uses primary source documents and photographs to create an immersive virtual reality …
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Chicago 1981
Curious about how art and consumer culture collide? Missing the "me" era? Then check out my collection of photos highlighting The Windy City in 1981.
Digital Storytelling
Whether it’s Race to the Top or Common Core or Whatever Comes Next, curriculum standards at all levels will continue to require us to use technology in interesting and innovative ways in our classroom environments. But what exactly does that look like? How do we facilitate students’ critical perspectives of both content and process? How …
