Website

Well, I made a class website for a couple of fictional classes that I teach. All I can say is, I feel bad for those fictional students, with all the fictional homework that I fictionally assigned them. At any rate, here is the link:

https://sites.google.com/site/mrvancesushistory/

I struggled a bit with the format of one of my pages. I was repeatedly frustrated in my attempts to get two gadgets to line up side-by-side. But eventually, I prevailed. Right there, on the homepage, you can see these two gadgets that gave me so much heartburn--on top of what I was already experiencing from a potent combination of Coke and goldfish crackers.

I embedded a Goodreads bookshelf, which I figured I could use to suggest books to students. There were times that a subject really sparked my interest, and I would have loved to have someone point me to additional literature. It's not going to be for everyone, and I suspect that my fictional students will mostly fictionally ignore it. But I suspect that there are at least one or two who will develop a fictional affinity for one of the subjects I will never actually teach to those nonexistants.

Another gadget I embedded was a newsfeed from Google. I figure that current events will eventually turn into not-so-current events. I was observing a history classroom today that had a newspaper, touting Obama's election, hanging on the wall. That didn't seem like it was that long ago, but it's already an important part of American history. I just hope I don't have a classroom of fictional Republicans.

To any of my classmates who feel the urge to check out my website, be warned: I may have stolen some of your ideas. I'm sorry, but the devil made me do it. Fictionally.