Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek

Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek. Similar:A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears …This looks like a deliberate attempt to …Current_EventsBurgh to Burg, episode 2.AcademiaUnmarked assignments in my queue: 0This app, which sports a little red noti…AcademiaTwitter suspends Trump's accountTwitter suspended Donald Trump’s account…Current_EventsBlewsMicrosoft researchers discuss…

Blender 3D Update

Holy ray-tracing, Batman, it’s a Blender 3D update! I have not had the chance to try out Blender 2.61, which features an ocean simulator, motion-tracking, and real-time ray-tracing. blender.org – Blender 2.61. Similar:The poetry of deafnessMy auditory processing disorder makes it…AestheticsThe Supreme Court could soon change the internet forever — here’s what you need to…

Blender Griffin

To celebrate yesterday’s on-time submission of final grades, I spent part of last night and much of today working on this Blender 3D model of our school mascot, the Griffin.   Similar:Teenage Usability (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)Teens often work on laptops with track p…CybercultureTo meme, or not to meme.AestheticsGoogle engineer put on leave after saying AI…

Narnia Lesson Plans: Activities Related to the Musical (based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) — Jerz’s Literacy Weblog

I just posted the latest musical theater education packet, written by my wife, as she aims to make the most of our home-schooled children’s participation in Stage Right Greensburg’s student theater production. 1.10) Narnia, once a utopia or paradise, has become a sad, cold dystopia under the Witch’s rule. Read & discuss other examples of…

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine: Future-oriented College Majors

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine’s December issue features Seton Hill’s New Media Journalism major in a cover story by Kelli Robinson. Similar:Furious Trump orders officials to boycott correspondents' dinnerTrump spent the morning insulting the ne…CultureSmall Changes in Teaching: The Last 5 Minutes of ClassI just ordered the book Lang mentions in…AcademiaThis 1960s teenager knew the neighborhood that inspired…

Losing Face

This story features my Seton Hill colleague, Lee McClain. “It’s kind of like if you are looking at a bunch of leaves on a tree, you could study them, but you’d have to work really hard to tell them apart,” said McClain. That is how she sees faces. “That part of my brain that most…

On the Spot: Campus Diversity

One of my journalism students posted this insightful and well-edited documentary. (She also posted a brief introduction.) HTML5 HTML5 480p FLV360p FLV360p MP4240p FLVFlash Similar:Letter of Recommendation: Fanny PacksWhat other accessory ensures the safety …CultureVoiceover artist Gayanne Potter urging ScotRail to remove her voice from new AI announceme…When I was working in radio news in…

National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed

A national study released Monday suggests there is a smaller percentage of young people involved in “sexting” — sending or receiving explicit or sexually suggestive images via cell phone or Internet — than previous studies found. via National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Wait a minute… who or what is doing the…

And With Your Spirit

My daughter was amused that, even with a cheat sheet in my hand, I automatically responded to “Peace be with you” with the traditional “And also with you,” every time this Sunday, instead of the new translation “And with your spirit.” Not once did I get it right. Similar:Puns really matter to us over here…

Lego Rudolph

Before settling down to finish reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins, my daughter made this Lego reindeer. Similar:Amusing Reference to ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Imagine a scenario in which circumstan…AestheticsWe're Teaching Books That Don't Stack UpOur provost sent this link to English fa…AcademiaTonight's Supermoon.AestheticsThis Is What Summer Vacation Is For: Designing a Steampunk Airsloop with Blender 3DSummer vacation…