I'm damn good at Galaga, thank you. I don't remember my high score, but I used to be able to get perfect scores on the first two bonus screens with a double-shooter fairly regularly, without even moving (hard-core Galaga people know what I'm talking about). I can hear the Galaga techno-music/tones in my head as I type this. As for other stuff, I've been teaching at my current college for 15 years (Harford CC, near Baltimore) and have a strong interest in oral history, including its educational possibilities. I started as a specialist in early American history stemming from my doctoral work at the University at Buffalo in the 1990s, but lately I've really gravitated to the more recent American past, especially via oral history and lately, public history. I've conducted lots of oral history in Atlantic City about the casino years in the region and I use oral history as teaching tool for many of my classes on a regular basis. I have some experience using blogs, Facebook and online courseware but minimal experience actually developing digital humanities projects (though I use them extensively with my students).
jkarmel
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