Teaching History in the Digital Age

This is myself

Height: 6 feet.
Weight: 141 lbs.
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Marital Status: Great
Offspring: 2 (1 boy, 1 girl)
Purpose in Life: Please spouse and play with kids.

I’ve lived my whole life in Arizona, in the same house, except for two years. Those two years I lived in Germany as a missionary for my Church. I was married in 2000 to the mostest bestest gal in the world (of course)! We had our first child in 2002, a really cool kid we named Jonas Ammon Wade Shepherd (because his initials spell JAWS). Then in 2004 we added a little girl to the mix, and named her January Edel Shepherd (Edel is German for precious, and she is).

I received my first two BA’s at Arizona State University in History and German. I am in my last year (last three classes) of the History M.A. I’m aspiring to become a History professor, focusing on 20th Century German history, specifically post-WWII until Re-unification of West and East Germany. My main focus at GMU is History and New Media, so I took this class as soon as I could.

I have a small web presence at Mossiso.com, ammon.pewfamily.us and a family site at pewfamily.us. I work as the Tech. Coordinator/Webmaster at the Center for History and New Media.

I forgot to add a couple of things that I hope to gain from this class.  Firstly, I want to learn how to teach history with technology.  What are the best practices for using technology in education?  What is helpful or hurtful when using technology with students?

Secondly, I want to improve my ability to do technology based historical research.  The final project should be adequate in allowing me to create a historically technical teaching tool.