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:Where are Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, etc. in your "American Literature" syllabus?The following comment appeared recently …AcademiaUpdating a handout I originally wrote in 1998. #tech #writingA mechanism description analyzes (that i…AcademiaPublic, Private, Political: Social Theories and Blogging PracticesPublic, Private, Political:…
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:100 Careers for English MajorsAnyone with an English degree will tell …AcademiaThe super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse This was probably the wealthiest, most…BusinessIrrational Geographic : snopes.comBoosting the signal. This is…
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:4 Skills to Help You Stand Out In Any Job InterviewAn employer will never ask you to write …BusinessWhat about Socialization?Sometimes, I worry that by homeschooling…Current_EventsBrass desk lamp, with translucent green shade and glowing light bulb filament. #blender3dPersonalTwitter / Search – "couldn't remove your contacts"…
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:She was a musical ingenue Sunday, filmed a slasher movie past midnight Monday, and was pre…AcademiaFormer NFL receiver Antwaan Randle El regrets ever playing football“There’s no correcting it. There’s no he…BusinessCarolyn and her friend Travis on Twin…
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:I felt a great disturbance in the Fandom”…as if millions of voices suddenly cr…AestheticsReally enjoyed Prime Stage Theater’s video presentation of Mockingbird.Obviously I would have preferred to see…
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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:Let's talk about AI art (long, scrollworthy post from The Oatmeal)https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_artAestheticsA slave who works in a junk shop naturally builds a protocol droid. Right.He could have built, you know, a junkyar…DesignEaster collage 2018.PersonalBabylon 5…
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:Digital Storytelling: an Efficient and Engaging Learning ActivityA digital story is essentially any combi…CybercultureCNN Profiles Former White House "Chief Calligrapher"Today was the last day of the manuscript…AestheticsOne…
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:One deck below the bridge, the chief engineer coordinates with…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand TextFar from being “stochastic parrots,” the…CybercultureThe Fantasticks (Oct 18-27, Theatre Factory) https://youtu.be/SYp1jQaSwjo …CultureA picture of puffy white clouds floating in a blue skyAestheticsMy meeting was cancelled, so I spent the morning assembling…
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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:First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer codeLeslie Wu, a doctoral student in compute…AestheticsMy precious is fifteen. PersonalA 27-Story Vertical Forest Grows in MilanBosco Verticale was conceived in…
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:"She even disgraces the name of Linton." –Heathcliff, on his simpering wife Isa… PersonalSinéad O'Connor's open letter to Miley CyrusI was never…
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