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:Epic Game of Thrones pun battle. Carolyn Jerz Vs. Greg KerestanHere is the transcript the girl provided…AmusingIrrational Geographic : snopes.comBoosting the signal. This is a real Nati…BusinessAssociate Dean of What?The idea of students as…
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:He Googles for some random memes to connect with weak prose, but what he does next is shoc…BusinessForward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… AestheticsLetter of Recommendation: Fanny PacksWhat other accessory ensures the safety …CultureNew…
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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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:Above the ready-room desk is the captain's power-napping loft, because self-care is i…AestheticsI am very happy for these folks, who spent 20 or so years tweaking an…
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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:Plato's Allegory of the CaveIn The Republic, Plato uses an extended …AcademiaAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk #neovictorian control panel. Not the end product. Just prac…AestheticsTurnitin's slick new iPad app almost erases years of…
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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:An afternoon with Ben Franklin. CultureNerdling spots typo in space…
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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:One of my students is demonstrating the perceived value of brand-name vs no-name products…. PersonalI am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts…
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:Testing out my new greenscreenFriendly advice… If you are practicing…AestheticsThe State Of Media EmploymentThis is why I require my “new media…
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