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Using Gather.Town for Theatre
Hello. This is a post about using gather.town to teach theatre, especially theatre history. Gather is a website that allows you to create an online world in the delightful style of a 90s 2D RPG (think Pokemon, or Zelda, on the Game Boy). You can then wander around that world, invite your friends to it,…
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Between the Acts: English Theatre, 1660-1737
I launched this third-year module at Newcastle University in 2018. This post provides an overview, a sample of various module materials, and some links to student work. If you have any feedback or questions about this work. Please get in touch with me.
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‘The God of our Idolatry’: Shakespeare’s Fame (HE+)
I created these materials during my PhD as part of the University of Cambridge’s HE+ initiative, which aimed to provide activities for able students who were ‘looking for ways to explore [a] subject beyond the curriculum’. The materials are divided into four activities and some concluding reflections: Activity 1 – The Price of Shakespeare Activity…
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The Verb Gymnasium
I wrote this program back in 2011 in order to learn JavaScript and to test my knowledge of Ancient Greek verb conjugations. In order to try if for yourself, click on the picture, or download the files from onedrive, unzip and double click on agon.html.