I came across this and I am strangely interested.
"Welcome to TwHistory. We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe
that these stories can be told through
Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go
through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources to
deliver the day-to-day lives of people who lived through some of
histories most exciting times. We broadcast this information through
Twitter, and feel this is a new and exciting approach to understanding
history. Instead of reading about a month-long campaign in a few hours,
you experience it over the course of a month in small 140 character
'Tweets'."
Examples include:
Learn more: http://www.twhistory.com/ or watch a Prezi about it (http://prezi.com/u844gbe1oi34/)
How could this be used in Library instruction?
I wonder if you could modify this so people would take on "types of sources" and have them tweet about what would be published about an event.
"Welcome to TwHistory. We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe
that these stories can be told through
Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go
through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources to
deliver the day-to-day lives of people who lived through some of
histories most exciting times. We broadcast this information through
Twitter, and feel this is a new and exciting approach to understanding
history. Instead of reading about a month-long campaign in a few hours,
you experience it over the course of a month in small 140 character
'Tweets'."Examples include:
- Gettysburg
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Learn more: http://www.twhistory.com/ or watch a Prezi about it (http://prezi.com/u844gbe1oi34/)
How could this be used in Library instruction?
I wonder if you could modify this so people would take on "types of sources" and have them tweet about what would be published about an event.
Reminds me a bit of what the Massachusetts Historical Society is doing. They are tweeting the line-a-day diary entries of John Quincy Adams (http://twitter.com/JQAdams_MHS), beginning with his journey to Russia on 5 August 1809. Turns out he wrote his diary in convenient chunks of 140 characters or less.