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:8yo who found 1500-year-old artifact in a lake: “I had to give the sword to the local muse… I was crawling along the bottom of the…AmusingBasic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project….Basic details for #medievalyork city wal…PersonalA full minute standing ovation after that…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Every day on my fantasy #neovictorian interplanetary cruiser features glowing green ether … In the backstory for the interactive…AestheticsThe State Of Media EmploymentThis is why I require my “new media jour…BusinessA gangway, flanked by still more #steampunk control…
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:What employers really want? Workers they don’t have to trainI do teach a number of very practical co…AcademiaMicrosoft lays off journalists to replace them with AIMicrosoft is laying off dozens of journa…BusinessNational Headline Contest…
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:Look what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history #archaeology #media Look what I found on my shelf in a cl…PersonalThe Last Soviet CitizenInteresting reflection on the collapse o…CultureIf you care about things like acting, or people, go see "Orphans." I'm over…PersonalA Brief…
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:Only a Dad (Edgar Guest poem, read by Carolyn and Peter Jerz for WAOB Audio Theatre)Carolyn and Peter Jerz recite “Only a Da…CultureStunned by Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and the rest of the cast in Ma Rainey's Black Bot…Stunned by Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman…DramaYour first #blender3d retractable #steampunk landing wheels…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:SHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip Up the HillJoAnne Boyle liked talking about traditi…AcademiaThe Dish (2000 Australian comedy)I try to watch this every July to commem…CultureUneasy Lies the Head — Tyrant: Shakespeare on…
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:Giving Obsolete Books an Afterlife as Theatre PropsOnce, someone really cared about these o…AestheticsSo I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschr…So I’m…
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:Copspeak, "the past exonerative" tense, and punching NazisIn the Constitution, any suspect is inno…CultureWhat are 'Judeo-Christian values'? Analyzing a divisive termblock of American society. But for crit…AcademiaWired…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:1,000-pound rosary sends heavy message: PrayThe rosary that retired quarry worker Be…AestheticsUntil next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments. #fistpumpUntil next term, I have zero more unmark…AcademiaBefore and after making a meme of…
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:Any pasta can become a pasta salad when the office microwave stops working!CultureCookies. That is all.AestheticsifMUD IF discussion | Emily Short's Interactive StorytellingEmily Short on the limitations…
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:Beautiful News Writing: "Rampaging rooster attacks girl."I don’t want to…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulat…Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a…EthicsHappy Easter 2020 CultureAn Hour of Monastic Silence in Media Studies Class (plus an awesome drum…
Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow. Similar:Yes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsBrother Stuck in the BathroomThe girl posted this story on Instagram …AmusingGiving Obsolete Books an Afterlife as Theatre PropsOnce, someone really cared about these o…AestheticsChristopher Robin made for a pleasant…
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:Starting my “Writing about Literature” class by having students react to a John Donne sonn…PersonalHere is an example of how I teach with Inform 7.Here is an example of how I…
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:Want a tech job? Study this. Advice from Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr and moreStudents often say they hate group work….AcademiaThat should be…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:Another chess tournament with the boy.GamesCaptain’s Holiday (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 19) Picard’s Archeologica…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….AmusingReading fiction early in life is associated with a more complex worldview, study findsThis study relied in part on the reponde…AcademiaToday's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel.…