This is a challenging writing task. Presidential biographies are a staple of children’s book publishing, and of classrooms across the country. Nonfiction for children is a surging category, particularly in light of a Common Core mandate that schools put greater emphasis on it in their curriculum. Publishers like Penguin Young Readers, Scholastic and Time for…
All of us with Facebook accounts do work for Mark Zuckerberg. Our tagging, sharing, and liking gives Facebook valuable information that advertisers use to reach us. This article describes how Facebook has been courting news organizations, asking them to provide content tailored to Facebook’s needs. Facebook is not interested in an informed, educated public that…
My kids have never seen The Princess Bride. (This is an odd pop culture gap for my 80s-obsessed girl.) Similar:The girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Gre…CultureAnother social media post attacks journalists for doing their jobs — Updated Elijah McCla…If you’ve been following the sad story…
A literary work is a powerful tool for simulating what it’s like to inhabit someone else’s life. Not just tolerating difference, or grudgingly giving “the other side” equal time; but generating real empathy for the diversity of humanity. There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a…
It’s extremely important to understand what a wide range of people are thinking about, and that includes being exposed to influential ideas that I disagree with. I’d rather not hide from an idea that has power, especially if it turns out I can do something about the issue. The headline is a little misleading… there…
NASDAQ.com throws shade via Reuters: Snapchat is popular among people under 30 who enjoy applying bunny faces and vomiting rainbows onto their selfies, but man yon Wall Street are critical of its high valuation, slowing user growth and lack of profitability. Joel Randewich, NASDAQ.com Similar:Yes, it's happening here at Seton Hill. Quidditch. AcademiaSam Shepard Giggles, Doesn't…
Free speech is valuable. It’s dangerous to set the precedent that it’s okay to censor speech as long as you side with the censor and against the position being silenced. A New Jersey school district has suspended a teacher after yearbook photos of two high school students were altered to remove President Donald Trump’s name…
Similar:Star Trek: Voyager Premiered 20 Years AgoI remember wanting to like Voyager a lot…CultureMe as a highshool photo-bomber, I presume at the cast party for The Music Man.DramaCombined, base color, roughness and metallic passes. #Blender3d steampunk control panel. AestheticsStill More FaceTime FunI realize that video-chatting teenagers …MediaThe captain will shortly address the officers and crew.…
Similar:Educated, uplifted, boosted, and fed. Block party celebrating August Wilson continues thro…CultureAdding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #b…AestheticsElmo? Yes, I do mind. I learned far more from Bert.Like plenty of people my age, I grew up …AestheticsThe Most Toys (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 22) Data Abducted by…
Similar:Happy Easter 2020 CultureLiberal Arts Classes Could Teach Neil deGrasse Tyson a Thing or Two about the Path from Da… Your mileage may vary, but I immediate…BooksifMUD IF discussion | Emily Short's Interactive StorytellingEmily Short on the limitations of parser…CybercultureWhat employers really want? Workers they don’t have to trainI do teach a number of very…
Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. Best case scenario? A virtual reality game that is either based around Portal or Half-Life, or unites the franchises into one experience. Valve has invested heavily in VR and clearly values the technology as an entertainment phenomenon – the Portal demo for Vive is one of the…
Similar:I played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my familyI played hooky to go see Wild Robot this…Aesthetics“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)https://youtu.be/NeoVD3prQWYPersonalSportsWorks Adventure at the Carnegie Science CenterI confess that I have never been all tha…CultureImaginary vs Real Office SpaceHere’s a fantasy workspace, that I built…AcademiaYou aren’t doing it wrong……
Similar:Now that I have polished so many details, I'm working on more selective lighting. #steampu… AestheticsMisplaced Auto-playing ABC Video Clip (with No Pause Button) Diminishes the Value of the S…The video clip on this page does not mat…AestheticsThe daughter is doing another thing, this time in Galway, Ireland. AestheticsQ Who? (ST: TNG Rewatch, Season 2,…
MTV recently ditched the “Best Actor/Actress” awards in favor of “Best Actor,” which suggests the gender-specific term “actress” is less popular among MTV’s target audience. I added that detail, fixed some broken links, and updated the graphic. See Writing Tips: Gender Neutral Language. Similar:On Their Last Day, Student Newspaper Editors Cover a Shooting on Their…
With the money I saved by working on the car (watching a lot of YouTube tutorials) I bought a new midrange zoom, in the hopes I won’t miss shots by swapping lenses. And now my camera bag won’t quite zip shut. #ConspicuousConsumption Similar:Spring 2024 Grades: SubmittedSpring 2024 Grades: SubmittedPersonalLooking forward to Part 2 of #PPTPlaytime’s…
Similar:Richard Scarry unfinished manuscript to be publishedSome of my happiest memories of fatherho…AestheticsOne Child, One Laptop … And Mixed Results In PeruBecause you couldn’t go online, everythi…CybercultureThe Google Classroom TeaseJoshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed: “Google Cl…AcademiaGraduation procession #classof2017PersonalMore #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dartAestheticsI played hooky from work to see Wild Robot…
Similar:The girl as the Spanish Soloist in @laurelballettheater & @westmorelandsymphony The Nutcra…AestheticsCanadian teen's short film captures Spring 2020Not graphic, but emotionally powerful. …CultureShe was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she could pract… https://youtu.be/718e4XsNvGY Leap…AmusingI am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support…
While doing some spring cleaning around my computer desk at home, I noticed that there are scores of old PC games that are still stacked up within arm’s reach, even though I no longer even use a computer with an optical drive at that workstation. But these are games that have sentimental value for my…
Oppressors deny their own agency and dehumanize their victims by using the passive voice. I want my students to recognize this deliberate strategy, and to look for hidden actors and dehumanized recpients of injustice. (I try to teach about active and passive verbs in a more lighthearted way, but I only bothered to photograph and…
The voice of Wallace has died. The silly, plummy, character-driven steampunk/sitcom hybrid Wallace & Gromit films were a big influence on the tone of the “Captain Gearhart and the Magnificent Blimpship” steampunk bedtime stories I used to tell the kids. Peter Sallis has died at the age of 96, his agents have announced.The actor…