Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch.

Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch. Similar:And if my point of view is somewhat misty-eyed…And if my point of view is somewhat mist…AestheticsShe…

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:Touch Me Now: York Plays 2025A cast of hundreds participated in a pub…AcademiaLook at the adorable little tape casette. Adventure International / Scott Adams Inc.…

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.

Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.   Similar:Solitaire ChessSpent a relaxing evening in playing soli…AmusingHooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhillunivers…Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into…PersonalThe Offspring (StarTrek:TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 16) Data Experiences FatherhoodRewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….CybercultureThe barbican at Mickelgate was pulled…

#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:He checkmates me in two moves. I lasted about a half hour, and went down fighting.PersonalThoroughly enjoying Collaborators at Quantum Theatre.PersonalIf I don't design the control panels for my fantasy #steampunk…

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:Yesterday we took advantage of a rare free day.At the Carnegie Museum of Art. AestheticsMake America Meme Again! Create your own Trump executive order.Now all the powerful visual rhetoric of …AmusingWhat It Was Like…

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:Credible case that a lost Shakespeare sonnet has been identified A dedication in the script of a 1603 B…AcademiaLiberal Arts Classes Could Teach Neil deGrasse Tyson a Thing or Two…

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:How Fake News Happens: It's simple! A governor tweets a Fox News graphic from a story that…How dare President Biden be invoked by a…CultureToasty Warm Bed (designed by drunk AI neural net)AestheticsKelly Gallagher…

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier

Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:I’m really enjoying the embossed labels. #Blender3D (Making props for my fantasy #steampun…AestheticsBefore the haircut. PersonalDelighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalProcession #classof2017PersonalElmo? Yes, I do mind. I learned far more from Bert.Like plenty of people my age, I grew up …AestheticsTips to…

The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.

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The daughter sings and performs Shakespeare at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival today

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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:I try to create one brand new element, modify one existing element, and reuse existing ele…AestheticsAfter a productive run-through of West Side Story, the girl decided to…

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

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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:Sweet Lenten RegretsThis Lenten evening / Your orphaned feas…AestheticsThe daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre'…The daughter missed her graduation cerem…AcademiaHow Not To Make Professional ContactsTowards the end of…