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…
Did you see that guy’s license plate? Similar:Father-daughter bonding between takes.That’s a prop knife in my right hand. AestheticsThe Missing Will, by Agatha Christie (WAOB Audio Theatre)I had a great time playing Hastings in t…CultureKLINGON STYLE (Star Trek Parody of PSY – GANGNAM STYLE)Silly fun, just in time for the 25th ann…AestheticsThe lighting doesn't really…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:The Future of College Is Facebook Meme GroupsInteresting to see how large groups of c…Academia12 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes About Grammar Mistakes MakesDescriptive grammarians rejoice. Formal…CultureJournalist Nellie Bly Began her Around the World in 72 Days Tour…
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:Healing the WebThe lessons I learned in just over an ho…BusinessThe Anatomy of an Amazon 6-pagerIn the halls of power at Amazon, busy ex…BusinessWe were a Neilsen ratings family during the pandemicIn March 2020,…
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:Writing Computer Games with InklewriterIf brass lanterns or slathering-fanged g…CybercultureThey grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clic…Today’s students have many strengths. Th…AcademiaI had a grand time recording this little story about a misunderstood genius who just…
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…
Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh Similar:I both like and hate that Canvas tracks the number of unmarked assignments that await me. …I both like and hate that Canvas tracks …PersonalLooking forward to another visit to Illyria. Support humans who create art in your communi…PersonalI've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser,…
She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:The Journey That Changed Geoffrey Chaucer’s LifeHis status as a deputy on a mission from…BooksHomeownership in America Has Collapsed—Dont Blame MillennialsYes, the article is interesting, but I’m…AmusingPAC-MAN: The Untold Story of How We Really Played the GameA…
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:The first officer's office adjoins the officers' pub, because of course it should. Working… AestheticsCaptain, the Fake News Detectors are Offline! Slate has a good article about…
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:How Television Covered the Kennedy Assassination – a 1964 TV Guide ArticleIt was a new, shocking, traumatic thing …CultureFacebook's Mike Hudack rants about the media: Why won't…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Why We Forget Most of the Books We ReadIt was pleasurable to encounter a famili…BooksSkin of Evil (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 23)My rewatch reflection on the Star Trek:T…DesignIn a hole in the ground…
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:Carolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue contest. Finals ar…CultureAn Hour of Monastic Silence in Media Studies Class (plus an awesome…
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:I am at that stage of life where I am…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clic…Today’s students have many strengths. Th…AcademiaIt was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning GamesNASA: No, The Eclipse Won't Blind…
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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:Reader, I ushered him. @pictclassictheatrePersonalYour Students Learn by Doing, Not by ListeningToday one of my students gave a final pr…AcademiaIs this Wonka's factory, or the presidential picnic @setonhilluniversity ? PersonalWe Had No…
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:Another 10sq cm section of a #neovictorian control panel for a personal #blender3D #steamp…AestheticsMe: Carolyn, are you ok? Carolyn:Just reminding myself…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:Salesman at Pittsburgh Public Theatre. PersonalMy adorable daughter (Easter 2021) AestheticsAlphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape: pop-up book by Kelli AndersonA fascinating concept. (Thanks for the s…AestheticsSound Design and the Wilhelm ScreamAhh-aaggh! https://www.youtube.com/wa…AestheticsIn praise of the sci-fi corridorCorridors in science-fiction movies. I l…AestheticsFacebook Spot-tests New Local…