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:Mars Curiosity rover sings 'Happy Birthday,' dares Earth to collect royalties One year ago today, NASA’s Curio…AmusingMore #steampunk control panel bits for a #neovictorian #blender3D project. I have a master…AestheticsI rather like my instructional page on writing effective dialogue. I created this new grap…HumanitiesDog and TP WallAmusingThe Physics…
Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:NYPD's Lt. Cattani offers heartfelt apology for "wrong decision" that threw his reputation…Cops are trained to make snap decisions …Current_EventsHigh School Poems in a College Writing WorkshopPoems that you wrote in high school to c…AcademiaChoiceScript tutorial for making…
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:Why We’ll Never Live in SpaceAs much as I love escapist science ficti…BusinessReally enjoyed Prime Stage Theater’s video presentation of Mockingbird.Obviously I would have preferred to see …AestheticsBP Lawyers Cheat by Adjusting Line Spacing…
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:A student who is writing her research paper on Taylor Swift made a passing reference to Ka…PersonalSpring 2020 Quarantine Grades SubmittedPersonalDear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureToday's 10 sq cm of #blender3d #steampunk control panel.…
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:Digital Storytelling: Empower the Multimodal Writing Classroom with Scratch How can the busy writing teacher interes…AestheticsEquus. Powerful theatre.PersonalThe Key To Better Work? E-mail Less, Flow MoreWhat the researchers found was that the …BusinessRespect the Text: Teaching Textual…
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:White House photo access controls public imageRather than permit photojournalists to s…CultureDelightfully geeky news story about a legal kerfuffle over typefacesI’m very amused at this nerdy news…
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:Elderly ballerina hears familiar music from 50 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owb1uWDg…AestheticsWhat employers really want? Workers they don’t have to trainI do teach a number of very practical co…AcademiaTwitter suspends…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:The chief engineer of a fantasy #steampunk flagship needs a small booth for shift change r…AestheticsThesis Critique Activity: Another Use of a Class-edited Google DocA few weeks ago, I had students in my up…AcademiaThe…
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:Q-Less (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Shenanigans with Vash and QRewatching ST:DS9 In the teaser, Bash…DesignEngrossing but difficult to watch: "Man in Cave" documentary on…
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:Carolyn as Hodel and Peter as Lazar in the Stage…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:NASA | A View From The Other SideA number of people who’ve seen NASA’s an…AestheticsCandy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards It is a game absent strategy, requi…AestheticsIn September, 2000, I was blogging about PICK UP AX, Bellamy's…
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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:The Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I … AcademiaSubtle Stylesheet Tweaks for Mobile SiteOn the mobile version of my WordPress we…AestheticsAs yearbooks die,…
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:Pippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureThere are two factions working to prevent AI dangers. Here’s why they’re deeply divided. We are…
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