Peter Strawn

@pstrawn

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nerdy or not, math quizzes are fun! I got 3/3, what about you? Game 26 is here:

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Wrote an assignment prompt for a short project using ChatGPT. The prompt requires students to get an assignment idea relevant to our current unit from AI, solve it using AI, and document and reflect on the process. My prompt to them is simply the output of my ChatGPT exchange. Christopher Nolan levels of meta happening. Now let’s hope the idea actually works in practice!

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Same. I love all things Elden Ring and FromSoft, but Astro Bot really surprised everyone. A level of polish and quality and just pure fun that also celebrates the medium itself.

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Balatro all the way. It has no shot of winning in this category (it should in both indie categories), but it’s my favorite game of the year by miles. Probably 150+ hours across PlayStation, Steam, and no iOS. Once it gets its hooks in you, there’s no escaping.

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Tuesday’s Guess the Movie—crushed it and earned $LUM! 🎬 Can you get today’s right? Game powered by @percs

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Do you have any resources to share if I wanted to do some basic lessons on blockchain / crypto for HS-level students?

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Not officially but I’d be open to it. I’ve finally hit a good groove with my teaching that I would have the capacity for something like that now. Hence my reason for being here now.

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Love the sound of that! I’ll have to start exploring that channel.

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That’s super cool. The HS where I teach had a crypto club 5+ years ago, but the few students passionate about running it graduated. Maybe I’ll have to nudge it back into existence.

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My coffee maker of 10+ years decided to die this morning. On a Monday morning. Coffee routine thrown into chaos. I fear this portends bad things today.

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I hadn’t seen that clip. That’s awesome. As much as it pains me to admit, he is fallible. He also messed up momentarily during a cover of Like a Rolling Stone for Howard Stern’s birthday. Great video on YouTube. Epic guitar playing throughout. But he recovers so smoothly that it’s nearly impossible to catch.

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100%. Assuming you have the intrinsic drive to motivate yourself to keep at it without external accountability (and can wade through all that’s out there freely…some of whose quality is dubious). Pick a project or focus and dive in. My self-taught journey started with CS50. To me it’s the gold standard.

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Thanks! That’ll be a good connection to make. Appreciate it.

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All the blame / credit goes to @mcbain. I want to start building side projects and doing things for the betterment of myself professionally and my students. Figured I should just dive into a new social space, and this seemed like a great place for just that.

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Thanks for sharing this. I’ll definitely check it out. I was Jesuit educated as well (and currently continue passing that along as a teacher at a Jesuit HS). We may have a few common acquaintances since I work with a couple Bellarmine alums / former Bellarmine teachers.

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Really intrigued by this space. Social networks have been a lifeblood for me since my LiveJournal days. As a CS teacher, I am curious about building tools that empower my students and make me a better educator. Is there a space for educators here? Or am I a lone wolf at the moment?

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As for Mayer…Slow Dancing or Gravity from Where The Light Is (I was there for it in 2007!). Good Love Is On The Way and Try from the live Trio album recorded in 2005. Neon for face-melting acoustic insanity. His Dead & Co versions of Althea and Franklin’s Tower and Deal. I’ve seen him live 36 times, so I could go on and on…

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Oh man…that’s a great question. You want to balance the satisfaction of creating something cool with the importance of learning some fundamentals. I’ve only done a bit of Unity and Godot, so I’m not familiar with the Unreal tutorials. I will say my favorite beginner YouTube channel is The Coding Train. Dan Shiffman is the Bob Ross of programming lessons. He has a video game track that’s super cool. It’s all Processing and p5.js. Visual. Colorful. Animated. Simple game engine. I always recommend starting with that or CS50 depending on age.

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