Introduction

Being one of those few people left in the world who believes that peoples private lives should remain private, I am one of the last strong holds against Facebook, and while in general I would rather that nothing could be found of me on the Internet, my current history course requires each student to post blogs as the semester progresses.

The course, I believe, will be very interesting as it pertains to something that I believe will be very important for me to know as I embark upon a career in teaching. Public History is the name of the class, and it has been described to me as a course focusing on presenting and teaching history to non-academic audiences (middle and high school students, for example). I am really excited that this course will touch on new and interesting ways of presenting and teaching information as well as how to integrate local history, that which is probably closest to students, into the classroom.