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:How Technology Has Changed The Way We WriteSocial media services have put writing t…CultureNarrative, Creativity, and EvolutionMy students are finishing up Hayles, My …AcademiaChurnalism SearchAt the University of Virginia, one summe…CultureLove This Headline: "He took a date to…
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…
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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:Come see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27. CultureLook what I found on my shelf in a closet. #history #archaeology #media Look what I found on my shelf in a cl…PersonalSnarky Error Message Comments on "the transience of linked information in the…
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:Looking up an elevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3D project. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsThe daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.The daughter is performing now Twin Lake…Personal“If music be the food of love, play on!” I may…
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:Five myths about daylight saving timeNo, Daylight Saving Time was not created…BusinessStunned by Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and the rest of the cast in Ma Rainey's Black…
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:As if 2021 wasn't already bad enough, it managed to get Betty White. Beloved actress, comedian and American…Current_EventsDespicable Me 2 "Bottom" gag will do for A Midsummer…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:The girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsSignage failure at Seton Hill, c. 2008.PersonalCarolyn as Hodel and Peter as Lazar in the Stage Right homeschool Fiddler on the Roof.PersonalCandyland is a masterpiece of game design (John…
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:The Last Soviet CitizenInteresting reflection on the collapse o…CultureEvery family has one.PersonalA selfie with a Chekov action figure after learning of Anton Yelchin's deathCurrent_EventsPictures from opening night…
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:It was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom.…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:My basement dehumidifier was flashing an error code. YouTube had a tutorial with a possibl…My basement dehumidifier was flashing an…PersonalFamily outing to the Pittsburgh National AviaryPersonalAfter the haircut. The girl seems to like it.PersonalYork Plays 2025: Five cameras,…
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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:Support the arts in your community! @geyer_pac Hello Dolly!AmusingOn the way to closing night of "Orphans."Personal#PPTPlaytime adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.Top — nonverbal addition with Jessica an…DramaCarolyn is the Production…
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'm honestly not sure where that came from.For my summer project, teaching myself t…AestheticsMy student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would…
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