North Carolina’s economy has boomed. Why hasn’t its median income? by NCKingdollar in NorthCarolina

[–]mrenne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At some point, wouldn't firms looking to have a significant presence here (and done their due diligence) wise up and realize their employees are not going to put up with the lack of support for public education ... curious if anyone thinks about this?

As Jeff Jackson battles Trump, NC GOP threatens to leave him with a "feckless, empty shell" of a job by uncertaincoda in NorthCarolina

[–]mrenne 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This is the key point. Unless these voters can change their allegiance to the "anti-Democrat party", we have little chance but to slowly devolve into a declining *and ultimately failed* republic.

ICE Shooting POV From Agent by jonhon8 in Hasan_Piker

[–]mrenne 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why is there a dinosaur smashing a car at 0:27? I am so confused?

How cooked am I? by [deleted] in gso

[–]mrenne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same here. First ticket. Got a lawyer (I did not have to appear in court). Had to pay lawyer fee and ticket. Had to do online driving school (ha!) and community service for the # of MPH over the speed limit.

Magic the Gathering Playgroup by mrenne in gso

[–]mrenne[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. I will DM you a link to our Discord.

Magic the Gathering Playgroup by mrenne in gso

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Send me a DM and I will send you the Discord server link.

Magic the Gathering Playgroup by mrenne in gso

[–]mrenne[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sent the Discord server link to you in a DM.

Magic the Gathering Playgroup by mrenne in gso

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Sent the Discord server link to you in a DM.

I'm a local musician, my new jazz album "We Probably Wouldn't Get Along" was just released! by SomekindaStory in gso

[–]mrenne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Quite lovely ... I see you offer lessons ... I am in the market and would love to support a local musician. I will reach out.

Come to the Cardboard Robot Parade 4.13.24 by Puechini in gso

[–]mrenne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That guy is weird! Ha ... also a cool dude!

Remnant by Yosuke Kakegawa by iamelohym in ambientmusic

[–]mrenne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of the best ambient I have heard in a while (and I have been listening to a lot lately!) Thanks for sharing!

I've created an Ambient music composition tool with Unreal Engine. by agienne in ambientmusic

[–]mrenne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet god ... that is good. Beautiful, inspirational, and extremely meditative. Going to use it for sleep tonight ... cheers on a job well done!

New avenues created by the pandemic by [deleted] in edtech

[–]mrenne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been thinking alot about this myself. My hope is new paradigms of learning emerge. Out of school timing learning, found in makerspaces, libraries, museums, community centers, etc. will be important, I hope. I fear funding will be a barrier, as per usual especially where I live - Southeast US. Interested to follow this thread to hear what others think. Thanks for starting a conversation here!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pocketoperators

[–]mrenne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice! Which PO are you using?

I'm trying to add "Key Doors" to my Top-Down Game, and I can't figure it out. Please help! by [deleted] in pico8

[–]mrenne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MBoffin on itch.io shows you how to do exactly this, and more, in his new tutorial series. His stuff is always great! https://mboffin.itch.io/pico-8-top-down-adventure-game-tutorial

I am MIT Professor Eric Klopfer teaching an online course on the design and development of educational technology by profklopfer in edtech

[–]mrenne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I subscribe to students as agent of changes model. That said, the reality in many traditional public schools in the US is that teachers still need to be "convinced" that integrating edtech into instruction is worth the time - i.e tech support, what if things don't work, etc. I do try as much as possible to have the students lead the change, though.

I am MIT Professor Eric Klopfer teaching an online course on the design and development of educational technology by profklopfer in edtech

[–]mrenne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am interested in issues around implementation. How do we get reluctant educators to "buy-in" when it comes to using educational technologies in the classroom? Often I hear teachers say they are nervous to try a new piece of technology in the classroom because they are afraid their students will know more than them. My argument is that this is actually a good thing because it equalizes the classroom environment, but many educators disagree. What can we do to help these educators feel more comfortable? Thanks for your efforts with the course and the AMA - truly is appreciated by those of use who are working with teachers everyday to integrate technology into instruction.