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…
Did you see that guy’s license plate? Similar:Midterm Grades Submitted.AcademiaIf you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.AcademiaHearing "Godzilla on My Mind" author Wiliam TsutsuiPersonalHappily masked in center row C. (The daughter is dance captain.)DramaThe "Best" E-mail Signature Is Actually the WorstI have no particular opinion about how t…BusinessUChicago College…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Take my feedback if you want to pass.As my students in a compressed online co…AcademiaThe Post drops the ‘mike’ — and the hyphen in ‘e-mail’When I announced these style changes, an…CultureEssay on the flaws of distance educationThe web…
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:Why teens are leaving Facebook: It’s ‘meaningless’However, there’s a silver lining for Mar…BusinessThe Google Classroom TeaseJoshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed: “Google Cl…Academia"This paper is going to read like smooth jazz." AcademiaFamily Feud: Tense Thanksgiving for…
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:Still in her make-up from her scene as Marley's ghost, with script in hand standing i…PersonalThe Child (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 1)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureCreating Games for JournalismWe as journalists can learn a lot from v…CybercultureThe Fantasticks closes today at 2.PersonalEnjoyed watching…
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…
Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh Similar:More modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the nex…More modular low-poly background buildin…AestheticsCarolyn as Hodel and Peter as Lazar in the Stage Right homeschool Fiddler on the Roof.PersonalLast weekend I roughed out shapes to represent buildings, in order to provide some sense o…Last weekend…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games onlineClassic video games from the 1970s and 1…CultureGood example of ‘do NOT remove things from photos.’Hat tip to my former student Kiley Fisch…Business13: The Musical Promohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MbeApiX…CultureWhat gives you comfort?…
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:Apology of Socrates, By PlatoAristotle classified Plato’s work, repre…AestheticsDid you put enough donuts in the elevator shaft of your #steampunk #neovictorian cruiser t…https://youtu.be/lSgv5L0sXtc &nbs…AestheticsHello, Dolly! (Apr 27,…
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:That time three-year-old me spotted a Mary Cassatt painting at the Art Institute of Chicag…My mother had a framed print of Mary Cas…AestheticsOh the Overthinks You Can…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:What’s My Cue? Let’s Talk Shakesepare with Andy Kirtland Virtural #BritsburghCulturePhotos inspired by Wuthering HeightsA photographer blogged about taking phot…AestheticsPicking a rubric in Canvas should not be so frustrating that it makes me want…
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:What About “The Breakfast Club”?I made three movies with John Hughes; wh…CultureJANE EYRE Steps In and Out of Darkness at PICTJane Eyre is not a two-person show, and…
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:Daughter made a Rainbow Loom Marty McFly. Note vest jacket…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Masked up, so I don't infect you, in case you are in a vulnerable group. Feeling healthy. …CultureObamacare's broken website cost more than LinkedIn, Spotify combinedMuch of the criticism of Healthcare.gov …CultureRichard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolutionWhile I appreciate the efficiency of uni…CultureHappy Father’s Day One of my favorite pictures of my fa…Current_EventsTricking the eye to see 3D details in geometrically flat surfaces for my #steampunk #blend… AestheticsVinyl Chairs, Lace Tablecloth, and…
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:I created about a dozen basic building shapes, with textures to add variety. #goodenough #…I created about a dozen basic building s…AestheticsI spent Thanksgiving break building a #trimsheet for steampunk control…
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:Blender 2.8 Released. Please leave us alone together for a few days.I’ve been using the beta for months, but…CybercultureMy mom’s Lionel…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. –Mr Dooley on the function of journali…“Comfort the afflicted and afflict the c…CulturePew finds embattled newspaper industry still pulls in more than half of all news revenueRevenue is not the same thing as profit,…BusinessHere's to the grim-based photojournalist who saved…