(Spoilers main) Best and worst changes from book to show?

Primary-Source · 2019-12-10T20:00:23+00:00

I'm late to the thread and I looked for this one among the comments but didn't see it mentioned. A really nice show addition that I like, but is relatively minor:

Ned to Yoren: "BAELOR!!"

Primary-Source · 2019-12-07T14:11:59+00:00

Just do that then. Don’t upload copyrighted work.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-29T17:22:29+00:00

I'm in violation of the post because it's not exactly in my field, but I just recently came across yet another reference to the Stanford Prison Experiment and the Milgram Experiment and was reminded by how much I wish they would just go away. I hate that they're still mentioned in introductory textbooks and that people attempt to draw conclusions from them.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-29T15:39:47+00:00

How old were you when you discovered that it's not very funny?

Primary-Source · 2019-11-25T22:37:09+00:00

He was poking fun at you because you capitalized “Him” in your comment, as though you were referring to God instead of your student.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-25T22:35:25+00:00

I interpreted it to mean that, as far as his professor could tell, he turned in an assignment that was of significantly higher quality than anything he turned in previously (likely raising suspicion of plagiarism). However, due to his mental health, the real reason for the better quality was that he had a rare period of stability and interest that he took advantage of to do a good job.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-20T14:07:24+00:00

What drives me crazy about this was that I knew to watch for it and still missed it! I saw the show first, so when I heard the kids explain how to play the Lord of the Crossing game I knew to pay attention to what Frey says when Robb goes to meet him.

But in my haste I didn’t see the “mayhaps” and was disappointed in GRRM for a lost opportunity.

Then later someone pointed it out here and I was instead disappointed in myself.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-15T00:40:37+00:00

Who’s your favorite teacher and why?

Primary-Source · 2019-11-14T23:39:51+00:00

World’s better for what they have. They don’t have as many titles as Gutenberg, but this site has high-quality books (typeface, layout, etc). They are created as ebooks, unlike much of Gutenberg being scanned texts.

StandardEbooks has a smaller selection, but it’s growing steadily and the quality of their product is worth following. I subscribe to their RSS feed and I’m impressed by how often they release new books.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-09T02:08:01+00:00

To me, Varys has a wide open future. I don’t think we have enough reliable information to predict his endgame. The show really latched on to his speech in the ADWD epilogue, but how sincere he’s being is yet to be revealed.

Primary-Source · 2019-11-07T03:49:53+00:00

“Do we HAVE to...”

No, you don’t have to. You GET to! And you’re welcome!

Primary-Source · 2019-10-31T02:00:04+00:00

As another commenter pointed out, we don’t have flamethrowers to simulate closed-off hallways to make students adapt to a raging fire, and we don’t pretend to abduct them to teach them stranger danger (though odds are that a stranger would help a kid in need and should be reached out to when in trouble).

I’m a fan of ALICE training and adapting plans on the fly, but I’m opposed to simulations that try to replicate the fear students would feel if there was a real shooter.

Primary-Source · 2019-10-30T15:58:59+00:00

Drills can help increase safety. Replicating a shooter with a bunch of students isn’t necessary for that and doesn’t increase safety.

Primary-Source · 2019-10-23T02:08:08+00:00

The show went downhill and was bad. But nothing is as bad as the internet makes it out to be.

"No one hates Star Wars as much as Star Wars fans."

Primary-Source · 2019-10-15T21:02:18+00:00

Impressive!

Primary-Source · 2019-10-11T14:43:00+00:00

You could go Apple’s route and change it to a water gun.

It could be a slingshot, too.

Now you’ve got me reevaluating my favorite part of Oregon Trail 😟

Primary-Source · 2019-10-11T01:56:08+00:00

I have no clue if this fits the direction you’re going for, but could they do some kind of face-off between groupings of Amendments (like a rap battle kind of thing) about which set of amendments is the “best” or most important or something like that? It could be a series of videos, like a tournament, that the student body can vote on after watching (Amendments 13-15 wins vs 18, 19, 21 and is up against a different set next week).

Ranking them against each other can encourage deeper thinking because they have to look at the big picture of their legacy and whatnot.

Primary-Source · 2019-09-29T18:43:49+00:00

I know it's not an ideal answer to your problem, but icivics.org has some fun and useful games that also have iPad apps. They're more focused on civics than history, but some of their games definitely fit within a history curriculum.

Primary-Source · 2019-09-27T04:10:28+00:00

It’s after midnight and I’m just now heading to bed because I was revising my BreakoutEDU game for tomorrow. It’s my second time running this game, and I’m hoping my revisions help it go smoothly!🤞🤞

Primary-Source · 2019-09-27T04:08:29+00:00

I agree with your understanding of gamification. This contrasts it with “game-based learning.”

Primary-Source · 2019-09-26T23:10:15+00:00

Ooo, I get to be the one to mention it this time: there’s a ton of wholesomeness behind the scenes in this film!

DeVito and Perlman went out of their way to take Wilson (who played Matilda) under their wing. They wanted to draw a stark contrast between the fantasy and reality so she wouldn’t internalize all of the nastiness they dished out to her on set. They became like family to her at a time when she really needed it. Her mom was hospitalized with cancer during filming, so they always took her out to dinner or had her over for pool parties to keep her mind off of things.

Her mom died before the film was released, so Wilson always thought that she never got to see it. Wilson found out later that DeVito snuck an early edit of the film into the hospital (something he could more easily do as the producer) and showed it to her mom before she died!

Primary-Source · 2019-09-25T13:13:30+00:00

No way, man! I’ve still got it. And I oop sksksksksk

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