My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
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A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…
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About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:The daughter introduced me to this wonderful Martin Freeman comedy. Kind of like School of…PersonalApple’s new diverse emoji are even more problematic than beforeThis author did a great job articulating…AestheticsA stranger approached me today.A stranger approached me today. I was a…CultureUnderstanding 9/11: A Television News…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with a bunch of kids”This movie has so many cliches in it,” …CultureDan Rather reflects critically on the so-called "Heroic Age" of TV newsCBS’s Dan Rather infamously dismissed…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:Journalists prefer in-person interviews. Emailing questions to strangers and expecting the…An interview means a real-time give-and …EducationPAC-MAN: The Untold Story of How We Really Played the GameA…
I’ve had a lot of fun in this new ensemble audio storytelling series. Did I do a good job convincing my friends I really saw a time-traveling elephant? Similar:The overlooked masterpieces of 1922In literature the response to the challe…BooksAsteroid 2012 DA14 brushes by EarthAn asteroid is making the closest known …Current_EventsOne Does Not Simply: An…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Me waiting for students to drop by during office hours. AcademiaSnow White: The Musical Opens Fridayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIRCoHoN…AestheticsFacebook’s News Feed: Often Changed, Never GreatI’ve never liked Instant Articles — Fac…BusinessA Thursday throwback to end 2015.PersonalProgress.PersonalChristopher Robin…
How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d Similar:The Rivals #PPTPlaytimeA great production of a delightful play.CulturePrime Stage Theatre Makes A Statement With Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” For Carolyn Jerz, who plays Viol…CultureTalkback session after the…
My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Today's workload included requesting a "less-depressing used chair" #lowexp…PersonalGeorge Stone…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:‘A slow-motion disaster’: Journalism museum in talks about possible building saleLast year, SHU did not sponsor a bus tri…BusinessElmo? Yes, I do mind. I learned far more from Bert.Like plenty of people my age, I grew up …AestheticsThe…
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First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:A snifter of brandy helps a supporting character deliver exposition & set up for a nic…PersonalElderly woman who botched religious fresco demands royalties – TelegraphThe elderly Spanish woman who ruined a…
Thank you, 1993 Dennis, for documenting this low-resolution (the background image was 640×480 pixels with 16 colors) simulation so thoroughly. I hope to bring it back to life and upgrade it to 3D soon. Similar:Hermann Zapf, the font designer behind Palatino and Zapf Dingbats, has died at 96Hermann Zapf, the designer of fonts such…AestheticsLook how the…
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