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…
What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Twitter, after 10 years, hasn't been a money-makerRake-thin and bearded, Dorsey radiates a…BusinessAnd the People of the Book of Face Were Deceived “And I looked up and saw a sign, and…Aesthetics15 Grammar Goofs That…
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:Italian journalist to be beatified for helping Jews escape persecutionJournalist who helped saved Jews from Ho…Current_EventsSiblings gotta sib.PersonalKids Turn Bratz into Star Wars Rey DollsSometimes, I catch myself thinking there…AestheticsThe Essayification of EverythingThe word Michel de Montaigne chose to de…EssaysOn the upside, no fake 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:My undergraduate connects the Leontes/Polixenes conflict in The Winter's Tale to a pro wre…Today’s class on The Winter’s Tale was v…DramaThis 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You SmileIn a homeless shelter in Manhattan, an 8…CultureHow reading fiction…
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:When you hear your daughter the understudy is going on for a sold-out show. Live theater i… CultureYes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be…
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:I was part of a nerve-racking, thrilling attempt to break a world record I drove the girl and myself to the Pal…AestheticsI just caught myself thinking, “This…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Before the haircut. PersonalNew utility chair and appliances from the service areas of my fantasy #steampunk #blender3…AestheticsNASA | A View From The Other SideA number of people who’ve seen NASA’s an…AestheticsOwner of former Latrobe Athletic…
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:Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprofAcademiaStudent journalists assemble! The Setonian club fair table is looking spiffy.PersonalWhy I Like Papers, PleaseAt a certain point, the transit papers…
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:I've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels,…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Carolyn and spider friends performing "Power" from Stage Right's Sleeping B…PersonalHexagons Are the Bestagonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs…AmusingScoutship Flyby — #Blender3d and #MakeHumanhttps://youtu.be/8bgqZ_-iBcEAestheticsThe other day I did a socialize with some of my Humanities colleagues. (I am proud of myse…PersonalIdlewild's Story Book…
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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:After a pretty crappy day, I found shreds of joy in this clip of socially distanced salsa.In my discipline, teaching small seminar…AestheticsLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghLooking forward to this! @thepublicpghDramaThe daughter…
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:Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.CultureWhat's wrong with the way I…
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