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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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:10 Developer Tips To Build A Responsive Website [Infographic] – ReadWrite The first thing to think of when…CybercultureStupid Puns For the WinMy daughter just trounced me in a pun wa…AmusingTwo decades of Alzheimer's research…
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:The Duolingo owl has been judging my German every day for the last year.Education2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Exasperating MasterpiecePosting this mostly to prove that I can …AestheticsAdding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #b…AestheticsChipping away at the total as the final submissions…
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:Jerz Nerdcation 2013On a visit to the Washington DC area for…CultureIf You Check the Source of an Inspirational Prayer You Shared on Social Media, You Might B…I needed this prayer yesterday. I checke…AmusingEmily Dickinson’s Singular Scrap PoetryThere’s…
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:Reading Literature on Screen: A Price for Convenience?Because all of my Seton Hill students ge…AcademiaThe Life and Times of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯But, in addition to symbolizing despair,…CybercultureWatching ‘To Kill…
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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:Airport retro video games collect spare coins in SwedenFliers arriving at Swedens two biggest a…AestheticsUnion siege cannon, printing press, and "From Slavery to Freedom" were the highl…PersonalSpace Shuttle Challenger (Destroyed 28 Years Ago Today)I…
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:A surprising detail in bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Iris…A scholar uses bank records to track the…BusinessAnother delightful section of #neovictorian #steampunk…
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:Daughter Carolyn plays Cherry in Prime Stage's production of The…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class When it came time for me to make sugge…CultureCarolyn Jerz featured on Tap Titans TodayI love watching my daughter perform. Her…AestheticsWhy the…
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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:Practice, practice, practice. Making many things in #Blender3D. Arranging them to make a t… AestheticsThey figured it out.PersonalZooming into the abyss: Black squares don’t contribute much to the learning environment.PersonalWhere…
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:Top deck of a #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser needs an airlock at the top of the spiral s… AestheticsUndergrad Danielle Sidoti…
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