Keeping things in the proper perspective at 4Cs: Praise for my delivery of a line from Star Trek.

Already met a lot of good people and found opportunities for following up. I’m here through Saturday morning. For now, though, I’m eating a sandwich. Similar:Introduction to The Cherry Orchardhttps://youtu.be/8o_4Bjcfl0Y   …AcademiaShare a Coke with "Pepsi"AestheticsActually, this post really *is* about ethics in journalism.People – journalists and non-journalists…Current_EventsHeadlines matter. Were they migrants, people who happened…

My buddy JTK helps me make a key point in my slideshow. #4c18 #b29

Putting speaker notes on an iPad is always more fun when using a typeface that invokes TNG Okudagrams. Similar:Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aestheti…AestheticsI came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I came of age playing too many CD-ROM po…AestheticsDetails drive the news…

So this is Pi Day

My wife says she bought the pies intending to use them for a math lesson, but she just ended up letting the kids start eating them. Similar:Delighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalIN-ZOOM (A world-premiere 10-minute play)A very current short play by Bill Irwin….CultureAmazing McDonald's "Maestro Burger" CommercialJaw-dropping. So…

Midterm Grades Submitted.

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Multimodal Composing, Sketchnotes, and Idea Generation

Using the mixed media of sketch notes, animation, and voiceover, this video explores the field of composition’s relationship between multimodality and composing. The piece illustrates how multimodal strategies such as sketchnotes can enhance idea generation and learning and provide classroom strategies for multimodal composition. […] We must remember that, yes, digital composition is multimodal but…

The science of fake news: Addressing fake news requires a multidisciplinary effort

The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age. Concern over the problem is global. […] Our call is to promote interdisciplinary research to reduce the spread of fake news and to address the underlying pathologies it has revealed. Failures of the U.S. news media in…

Good example of ‘do NOT remove things from photos.’

Hat tip to my former student Kiley Fischer, who brought this story to my attention saying “Good example of ‘do NOT remove things from photos.’” Longtime City Paper reader Edward King-Smith, 37, of Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood was among those who alerted Deitch that his publication included a photo of a woman tattoo artist wearing…

The Media Pyramid: “Any content where ideology leads to falsehood is bad for you.”

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For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned.

Farhad Manjoo says he’s a better, more-informed person thanks to his decision to try getting his news only from print sources. Turning off the buzzing breaking-news machine I carry in my pocket was like unshackling myself from a monster who had me on speed dial, always ready to break into my day with half-baked bulletins.…

Again with the chess.

I try to go to Planet Fitness or chess with my son each day. Did not get to either yesterday. Similar:Happily masked in center row C. (The daughter is dance captain.)DramaAnd again I ush.PersonalSome editing and cropping makes this cartoon a perennial. EthicsEnjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s chair from the #steampunk bedtime…

Enjoyed watching “Queen of Katwe” (Ugandan girl chess prodigy movie)

I enjoyed watching this chess-themed coming-of-age, based-on-a-true-story movie with my son today. Good storytelling and cinematography. I liked the bit during the closing credits when we saw the real people alongside the actors who portrayed them. Similar:Book geyser. My latest #Blender3D practice.In a peaceful grassy setting, a geyser o…AestheticsI let her tend the rabbits.Great production…

Among today’s major professional accomplishments: installing this hook. #springbreak

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Chilling analysis of organized, anonymous disinformation campaign against Parkland survivors (impressive journalism from The Washington Post)

Forty-seven minutes after news broke of a high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the posters on the anonymous chat board 8chan had devised a plan to bend the public narrative to their own designs: “Start looking for [Jewish] numerology and crisis actors.” The voices from this dark corner of the Internet quickly coalesced around a plan…

If You Check the Source of an Inspirational Prayer You Shared on Social Media, You Might Be Embarrassed. Check the Source Anyway.

I needed this prayer yesterday. I checked the source today. Quote Investigator The frequent ascription to Mother Teresa stems from the misreading of a book about the famous Catholic charity worker called “A Simple Path” that was compiled by Lucinda Vardey and released in 1995. The page preceding the appendices was titled “ANYWAY”, and it…