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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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Editorial: Video Games and The Great Train Robbery Through the development of crosscuttin…AestheticsMy Father's Day adventure included replacing the family gaming computer (a 2011 Mac Mini…..One of the benefits of working at Seton …AcademiaDesigning Cabinets in Blender3D –…
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:Writing skill matters in the workforce.BusinessWordPress 3.8 “Parker”No time to play with this, but looking f…CybercultureSad that NASA is taking a back seat to a private company, but still nerding over an Americ…BusinessCanon Australia…
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:"I’d never heard of this play before now, but I love it." — World Drama studentA gifted graphic design major in my Worl…AestheticsHappy memories of PC games I played with my son (now 19) sitting on my lap.While doing some spring cleaning around …CultureShowcase of…
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:A professor examines why her students seem to act so helpless (essay)This essay on college students acting he…AcademiaI was 'raped' in VR – the effects can 'mirror' real sex assaultsThis is offensive, deeply troubling, and…CultureWork / Life…
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:Kinetic Theatre's "Hound of the Baskervilles" was hilarious. Kinetic Theatre’s production was ful…BooksVincent Connare, Inventor Of 'The Most Hated Font,' Defends HimselfA typographic engineer, Connare was work…AestheticsABC News…
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:One Author Breaks Down the Reality of Violent Games in the MediaChris Person posts a link to this very c…AcademiaHow Humans Respond to RobotsThe play that coined…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Pfully Pfizered and pfeeling pfine so pfar. Current_EventsMore details in the powder room of my villain's lair. #Blender3DAestheticsParable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of societyA very clever interactive essay…
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:In April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student newspaper article about in…BooksExcessive Copyright Strikes Again in 2016Current US law…
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:Confessions of a Nerdy Homeschooling DadAre you unexpectedly home-schooling your…CultureMaking…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:Siblings gotta sib.PersonalTonight's Supermoon.AestheticsStudents Produce Breathtaking 3D Simulation of 17thC LondonThe haze effect lying over the city is b…DesignEvita in Zelionople CultureGround-nesting Yellowjacket WaspsWhile my 16yo son was mowing the lawn wi…CultureYour Students Learn by Doing, Not by…
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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:I feel juvenile enough today that this headline made me snicker.AmusingMy current Zoom backdrop. #blender3d #partylikeaprofAestheticsBacon Starry Night MemeI’ve no idea where the “Bacon Starry Nig…AestheticsGreat energy at our Comp &…
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:Vincent Connare, Inventor Of 'The Most Hated Font,' Defends HimselfA typographic engineer, Connare was work…AestheticsCarnegie Science Center: Roboworld (and a bit…
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