Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday night rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame. “This is your fault!” one attendee emphatically yelled, pointing at individual journalists as he approached the fence line separating them from attendees.…
Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Things are not going well when the other king and queen stop by for such an intimate visit…AmusingA snifter of brandy helps a supporting character deliver exposition & set up for a nic…PersonalMarching in a parade and watching…
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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:Carolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue contest. Finals ar…CultureMidsummer opens tomorrow.PersonalThe Defector (ST:TNG Rewatch; Season Three, Episode 10)…
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#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:The Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I … AcademiaTerm grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.Academia“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)https://youtu.be/NeoVD3prQWYPersonalI…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Yes Virginia the Musical coming to ConnellsvilleCarolyn Jerz may be only 11 but is alrea…Current_EventsSo important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful …So important to be teaching…
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:My colleague @crissycp offers warm soda bread and tea every year, as part of her authentic…AcademiaSo this is Pi DayMy wife says she bought the pies intendi…AmusingStudents must learn how…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:Scientists should be goggled and in the lab, where they belong. Shut up and make me a vacc…Am I doing the tribal rage thing right? …CultureMasked up, so I don't infect you, in…
I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:"A Mushroom at Last… A Mushroom Forever"I asked my 10yo why she was moping. “…AmusingThe girl will be Mrs Lovett in Stage Right's Sweeney Todd at the end of July. #3week #musi…DramaEclipse!PersonalThe Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesHow Not to Be a…
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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 Similar:Two classes will turn in final revisions at midnight Sunday, and final multimedia project…Still plenty of work to do before I fini…AcademiaStill shot from a flyover video…
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d Similar:I can’t fix this broken world but I guess I did okay using #blender3d to model this wedge-… AestheticsBrother Stuck in the BathroomThe girl posted this story on Instagram …AmusingI haven't seen this show since freshman year at Bishop Denis J…
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…
When scholars of journalism study the effects of the shrinking press corps, they usually focus on how it hurts civil society. Vast swaths of the country are at risk of becoming “news deserts,” with limited access to reliable local journalism. This state of affairs makes it harder for people to make educated decisions and is…
Not bad for a couple hours of work. #blender3d #blender3dart #steampunk #neovictorian I painstakingly created every knob and switch as a 3D object two summers ago. Now I can slap these textures anywhere. Similar:Self-referential capitalism; paradoxical fusion of idealized pop culture and mass-produced…AestheticsAttending the Texture Contemporary Ballet.PersonalLGN Launches Quandary to Develop Ethical Thinking through PlayThe…
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…