These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay

These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Next up for the girl: Cherry in "The Outsiders" (March 6-15)BooksSupport the arts in your community! @geyer_pac Hello Dolly!AmusingFeeling classy while I lose. Feeling classy…

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.   Similar:The Child –Antoine Bardou-Jacquet –The Child…AestheticsFantasticks (Theatre Factory, Oct 18-27)  AestheticsStage Right Theatre Company's 'Fiddler' all about family, on, off stageI am thrilled to be part of this great c…Current_EventsThe Girl Has Started Rehearsals for PICT Classic Theatre’s Jane EyreI’ve chauffeured the girl into Pittsburg…BooksBeautiful day…

#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown.

#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown. Similar:"It's called an amphora," the artist says.AestheticsPac-Man on Atari 800 @setonhilluniversity discussion of Summer reading book #readyplayeron…PersonalThis long-nelected CD-ROM case tucked away behind my monitor holds almost as many portable…PersonalNext up…

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh.

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Come see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27.  CultureWhen she isn't playing Hodel, she'll be dancing with a bottle.PersonalConundrum (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 14) You Get Amnesia! And YOU…

The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh.

The writer, director, and one of the cast members talk about the play that my daughter Carolyn is getting ready to open Friday. Tickets: https://veryberrydead.bpt.me/ Similar:Heart of Stone (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 14) Odo tries to keep Kira's spi…Rewatching ST:DS9 In a runabout, Kira…CulturePittsburgh in the Round review of The Outsiders”It’s due to…

So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies.

So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Apparently Facebook Doesn't Know Me Very WellI’m actually rather happy at the thought…AmusingA slave who works in a junk shop naturally builds a protocol droid. Right.He could have built, you know, a junkyar…DesignDaughter…

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:Another 10 sq cm of details for a #steampunk control panel. Just background eye candy, not…Aesthetics#Blender3D practice: #Steampunk control panel #trimsheethttps://youtu.be/4j7qAzaDg3w   …AestheticsAirlock for a #steampunk #blender3d project featuring #neovictorian #greebles. #blender3da… AestheticsOpening night. Support local artists in your community!PersonalSCUBA Diving at the PoolBecause a beautiful sunny day…

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Another homeschool year ends successfully. Here are the kids with their external evaluator…PersonalThe girl was cast as Luciana (the younger sister) in The Comedy of Errors in the PPT's sum…Show is July 28 at the O’Reilly Theater….DramaOne deck below the bridge, the chief engineer coordinates with his…

I’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to convey a sense of what the streets might have looked like. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #simulation

I’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to convey a sense of what the streets might have looked like. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #simulation Similar:Celebration of Writing — a big presentation day for freshman writing classes.PersonalLonely Among Us (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 6) Crew-posessing spark roams and a droid …Conflict…

Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d

Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:A very happy geekling playing Dungeons and Dragons on her one free evening. #llapGamesPictures only hint at her passion and can't capture how smart she is. I love you, daughter… Current_EventsLoud as a Whisper (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5)Rewatching Star…

Google, AI Announcements, and the Future of Learning

Glenda Morgan does not sound that impressed with Google’s latest promises about AI and education. [T]hus far I am unconvinced that the kinds of tutoring currently offered via AI matches the concept of watching a student’s thought processes and identifying the core issues they aren’t understanding. Instead, AI tutoring today seems to consist of breaking…

“Gen Zers know the difference between rock-solid news and AI-generated memes. They just don’t care.”

Over the past couple of years, researchers at Jigsaw, a Google subsidiary that focuses on online politics and polarization, have been studying how Gen Zers digest and metabolize what they see online. The researchers were hoping that their work would provide one of the first in-depth, ethnographic studies of Gen Z’s “information literacy.” But the…

Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

Modular support craft from the #neovictorian #steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell my now adult children. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics Similar:The Measure of a Man (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 9)Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CultureFaculty/staff orientation begins @setonhilluniversity PersonalLovely set for @prime_stage Frankenstein. The daughter joined this cast less than a week a…PersonalSon Doong…

Choice of the Journo: A Branching-path Phone-friendly Role-playing Simulation for Journalism 101

How can a nostalgic, branching-path story-game encourage my 100-level journalism students take risks and learn from their mistakes? Using the ChoiceScript programming language, which features a robust stats system that can remember and respond to player choices, I coded up a “writing your first news story for the student paper” scenario, which unfolds as a…