Tag: school

  • Ink on my hands

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    I started a new project this week. Writing every day for November reminded me how much I love creative work (the invisible kind I do at school, but also the kinds with more concrete outcomes), so over the weekend I bought a sketchbook. It’s my first sketchbook since high school, and I’m nervous each time…

  • I asked a bunch of people, “What is MM?”

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    “D and D without all the papers and things to remember. And it changes depending on who’s telling the story. Crated by people who were astonishingly bored and had an astonishing knowledge of D and D and medieval times and magic. It’s a combination of what the DM wants to have happen and what the…

  • WikiTrails from 11/4

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    Even with Ryan upstate, @timotree and I ran WikiTrails in its normal Tuesday time slot. We used the “random article” button to generate our start points, and we took turns choosing our end points. We had a full half hour scheduled, and I expected to get one or two rounds in before GeoGuesser time. We…

  • Why I’m cool with day-long Doctor Who marathons…

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    Yesterday, Adin came in and offered to host a 5-hour Doctor Who marathon. The projector glow mingled with the hum of recorded voices, and the resulting spell pulled passers-by through the door to the Red Room. Some kids powered through the whole marathon while others dropped in and out as they pleased. I was invited…

  • Tools and Practices: Set-the-Week in ALCNY

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    Every Monday we have a meeting called Set-The-Week (STW for short) where we schedule our classes, events, and trips for the week. During the meeting, we record these “offerings” on a whiteboard with columns for each weekday. After the meeting, the offerings get posted on a daily schedule board in the lobby, on individual kanbans…