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:To DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaSlicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four va…PersonalThe 1982 Tron Holiday SpecialSides: split. Gut: busted. Milk droplets…AmusingEverybody Dies (Shakespearean Tragedy Infographic) The image (by Magee and Griffin) is an…AestheticsCookies. That is all.AestheticsWhat if I design a…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:News Feed FYI: Click-baitingIt’s hard for me to think of Facebook as…BusinessI've missed doing this! Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d …AestheticsLong Live The English Major—If It’s Paired With An Industry-Recognized CredentialWhat does this…
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:Defend the Open Web: Keep DRM Out of W3C StandardsThe DRM proposals at the W3C exist for a…BusinessReaders Are Liars: The 1928 Study That Predicted the Future of NewsThe invention of the telegraph and…
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:Blender 3D Flyover of Fantasy Steampunk Spacecraft When my kids were small, at bedtime …AestheticsWordPress 3.8 “Parker”No time to play with this, but looking f…CybercultureAnd to think… I had just decided to retire this meme because the last time I used in cla…AcademiaThe amazing daughter…
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:My Son Plays Mozart Too Fasthttps://youtu.be/gXAtRI1NLxs He says “M…AmusingMy son teaching chess to a young pupilCultureNext up for the girl: Amy, the youngest sister, in Little Women: The Broadway Musical. Nov…Personal"Oliver Twist" is a story of redemption for PICT Classic Theatre.Carolyn started rehearsals for PICT Clas…BooksMy project starts to get…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:How are you holding up? What difficult choices have you made? How can we all help each oth…Carolyn and were recently cast in a hist…CultureWinnie the Pooh saga turns 100 years old todayOne hundred years ago today…
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:The Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesAll of Your Co-Workers are Gone: Story, Substance, and the Empathic PuzzlerHowever, running parallel to…
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:Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentientWe’ve all encountered this scene in all …CybercultureThe Digital-Humanities BustDinosaurs evolved into birds. Not all of…AcademiaItalian…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:A 20 sq cm section of #steampunk #blender3d goodness. #blender3dartAestheticsShirley Temple Black, Screen Darling, Dies at 85 Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled,…CultureMy journalism students just gave me this wristband: "What would Jerz…
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:Snow White: The Musical Opens Fridayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIRCoHoN…AestheticsDid you see that guy’s license plate?Did you see that guy’s license plate? …Amusing8yo who found 1500-year-old artifact in a lake: “I…
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:First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Fake Graph: The Actual "Dunning-Kruger Effect" Is NOTHING Like I Thought It WasFor years, I’ve been teaching a fake gra…AcademiaNow I can relax a bit. (But just a bit.)Personal6 Problems with our School SystemI spend a lot of…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:Little green owl, if your emotions depend this much on how often I practice, that’s defin…Little green owl, if your emotions depe…PersonalAnother section of a #steampunk control panel. Useful for a cutaway shot after a character…AestheticsWhy Our Brains Make Us Click on ListsThe article-as-numbered-list has…
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:The stair railings on my #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser need some realigning….AestheticsLook at the unusual colors chosen by the three Russian cosmonauts who just arrived at the …PersonalRelics (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch,…
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:I broke the garage door when I left for work this morning. Fixed it when I got home.PersonalCarolyn's performance as Ariel…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:Carolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little…Another fun show! Great job, cast and cr…Current_EventsPower Play (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 15) Troi, Data and O'Brien Take Host…Rewatching ST:TNG The Enterprise foll…CultureIn Defense Of Metaphors In Science WritingWe live…