My students were awesome. So many thoughtful final projects. So much growth. A stressful, rewarding, unforgettable term.

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Motivation Amid Crisis (Autotrophic Bat)

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Final grades are due tomorrow. My Fall 2020 is almost over. I survived.

Final grades are due tomorrow. My only unmarked assignments are just a handful of final projects with some components I couldn’t evaluate, mostly for some technical reason. It’s been a pretty rough semester, but I’m glad I started prepping for it in July, rethinking and reorganizing and rebuilding lesson plans and assignment sequences with a…

“The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster (a reading)

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The reflection should show what’s about 60 degrees above the shuttle, not what’s in front of it. #startrek #tng jerz.setonhill.edu/the-devils-due

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I spent Thanksgiving break building a #trimsheet for steampunk control panels, because why not? #blender3d

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The disinformation system that Trump unleashed will outlast him. Here’s what reality-based journalists must do about it.

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You’re Doing It for the Exposure!!

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In November 2000, I was blogging about the US Presidential election, mirrors, Arts & Letters Daily, and more

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Dr Jerz I think your microphone glitched

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