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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What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Empty InboxMy to-do do list and my “Follow Up” fold…CybercultureHow important is the look 'n' feel of your website?”The look ‘n’ feel of your website is im…BusinessA surprising detail in bank records helped a…
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:Some problems bringing #Blender3D models into the #Unity3D game engine. The pink represent…AestheticsAfter the haircut. The girl seems to like it.Personal'Dream' casting a family affairAmong actors in Cabaret Theatre’s upcomi…CultureThe Other 21st Century Skills User Generated Education.AcademiaMemorizer (Memorization Tool)A Midsummer castmate shared a link to th…CybercultureLooking up…
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:Find yourself someone who makes you plomeek soup like Nurse Chapel makes for Spock.PersonalTaking a break from my syllabustering in order to design some stairs. I’ve learned so much…Taking a break from my syllabustering in…Personal'Little Mermaid' brings…
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:Tom Bissell writes a letter to Niko Bellic about Grand Theft Auto VI haven’t played GTAV, and probably neve…CultureI’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls.…
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That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:After my conference talk, a post-audition, pre-Jane-Eyre-performance dinner with the girl.PersonalMe (glares in iambic pentameter)Me: I need to post the opening lecture f…AcademiaBetween static hand-coded HTML pages and modern content-management systems, there used to…
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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:In a literature class, the author's words matter more than the author's life and times, or… Updating the graphic for a…
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