Abigail Swingen
@abigailswingen.bsky.social
EM British & Atlantic history. Competing Visions of Empire (Yale, 2015). Now: Britain's Financial Revolution & Moral Crisis. She/her. New Englander (usually) in Texas. Views my own. Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2023.74
It mostly worked well. It takes up a lot of class time, and I had to provide extra time outside of class for those who didn't finish in the allotted time, but it was easier to handle that than pulling my hair out over GenAI answers.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It mostly worked well. It takes up a lot of class time, and I had to provide extra time outside of class for those who didn't finish in the allotted time, but it was easier to handle that than pulling my hair out over GenAI answers.
I did a lot of in class writing for my surveys this semester, I called them "reflections." Basically gave them a prompt based on primary source readings. They had the sources ahead of time (hard copies) but not the questions. They could have the sources in front of them while they wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I did a lot of in class writing for my surveys this semester, I called them "reflections." Basically gave them a prompt based on primary source readings. They had the sources ahead of time (hard copies) but not the questions. They could have the sources in front of them while they wrote.
I mean I'm 50, so it's nice he still thinks I'm young, too.
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I mean I'm 50, so it's nice he still thinks I'm young, too.
Reposted by Abigail Swingen
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...