Ian Bogost Has Won a HuffPo Badge for his Anti-Gamification Comment on HuffPo

Daniel Donahoo: Gamification in Education: Should We Play?. Similar:Restoring the first websiteVery important bit of history. For a st…CybercultureAs part of an ongoing feud over the rights to use a particular shade of ultra-black paint,…As part of an ongoing bid to get his han…AestheticsALL ABOUT 'ARCHIE' – Jason Robert BrownA few years ago, my daughter…

Save The Words

In honor of the cold I am fighting, I just adopted the word “gleimous,” meaning “slimy, full of phlegm.” —Save The Words.   Similar:The elements, in haikuEach element of the periodic table gets …AmusingThank you, male ballet dancers everywhere, for making moments like this possible.AestheticsBeautiful News Writing: "Rampaging rooster attacks girl."I don’t want to make…

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Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive

Stunning collection of thousands of hours of video clips documenting the moment our world changed. Each image in this sequence represents about 30 seconds of what CNN was airing. Clips are also available from Moscow, Paris, Baghdad, and elsewhere.   Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive. Similar:What You Need To Know About WordPress 3.9 Users…

Science Fiction Used in IPad Lawsuit

Samsung notes that “the tablet disclosed in the clip has an overall rectangular shape with a dominant display screen, narrow borders, a predominately flat front surface, a flat back surface (which is evident because the tablets are lying flat on the table’s surface), and a thin form factor.” You don’t actually see the actor interacting…

Seton Hill Grotto Parking, 6:02.

Look at all these open spaces, thanks to the new employee parking lot. Similar:Annie Sullivan on teaching:  Helen Keller, rendered blind and dea…CultureKirby Delauter SagaLet’s hope many, many more journalism st…HomeSchadendrücke: Click-shameHomeA New Talent EmergesI tried hard to frown disapprovingly whe…HomeHypertext as a Teaching Tool — Brown University Poetry Classroom 1974This short film documents an…

Awesome Modular Tables

Maura 331, where I’ll spend 6 hours a week teaching has been refitted with these awesome modular tables. Our great CIT folks took out the huge, blocky, immobile PC stations. Since students have their own MacBooks and iPads, there is no reason to clutter up the space. I love the freedom this setup provides. It’s…

I’ve Stopped Creating Syllabi. Now I Create Syllabuses.

At some point, using “syllabi” as the plural of “syllabus” started to bother me. Being “correct” about egg-headed words such as phenomenon/phenomena or criterion/criteria is among the most visible markers of education and class — and insufferable pedantry. For instance, those who wear tinfoil hats while blogging from their parents’ basements are likely to wave…

Photographer Says No To Senior Pictures For Bullying Students – High School Playbook – Main News Story – WTAE Pittsburgh

Freelance photographer Jen McKendrick won’t take pictures of “ugly people” — that is, the high school bullies who were doing what bullies do on Facebook. “If you are ugly on the inside,” says McKendrick, “I’m sorry but I won’t take your photos to make you look pretty on the outside!” A WTAE-TV article explains it thus: McKendrick…

Commonly Misused Words: ALL RIGHT and (Slang) ALRIGHT

For more on ALL RIGHT, ALL READY and ALL TOGETHER, see Grammar Girl. The slang term “alright” is always slang. Similar:Can AI write good novels?I expect that this is probably the year …AcademiaBe Kind, for Everyone You Meet Is Misattributing This Quote in a MemeBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighti…AmusingThe Random Pulp Science…

Commonly Misused Words: THAN and THEN

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