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Derek Lackaff retweeted
For a program our size, this is *especially* gratifying. Long live @EloniMedia !
Derek Lackaff retweeted
.@LR_Coordination launches urgent plea for language data to support cross-border communication for refugees in the Ukraine crisis.
Seeking data donations of bi- and/or multilingual corpora for #Ukrainian to train an easily accessible, free and fast automatic translation system.
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Spoke with @TrahantReports about what the war in #Ukraine means for the climate and how this senseless invasion will impact our Indigenous-led anti-fossil fuel fights back home. indiancountrytoday.com/news/…
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Not your average Winter Term. @EloniMedia students traveled to Puerto Rico for the program's signature experience. They worked with two nonprofits and collected and produced content for their projects. Read more about their experience here: bit.ly/34aVj0Y
Derek Lackaff retweeted
What if you mixed Lily's sass with Zari's enthusiasm and sprinkled in Bea's teacher-like helpfulness?
You'd get ME, writing for @duolingo's new biweekly advice-ish column, Dear Duolingo!!
Send your ⁉️ about language & learning to [email protected] or use #DearDuolingo
ALT Duolingo-style illustration of the Tweet author, Cindy Blanco. She has wavy black hair partly covering her forehead and eye, she has a long face and nose, is slightly smiling, has a dark blue shirt, and is wearing her very favorite wedge earrings
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Well, @lackaff ... Iceland has done it again.
Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets.
Introducing, ✨Icelandverse✨
#icelandverse
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Come work with me! My department at @elonuniversity is seeking a new colleague to work with @EloniMedia + our undergrad programs in Communication Design and/or Media Analytics. Thanks for RTs!
Assistant Professor of Communication Design
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Derek Lackaff retweeted
"Just like in the multilingual places we admire abroad, language diversity is something to be marveled at and celebrated here at home."
What living in #Luxembourg taught me about #tereo #Māori
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Derek Lackaff retweeted
Only 19% of biographies on Wikipedia are of women. @AIGAdesign Executive Director Bennie Johnson asks, "How can we use the power of our communities to rectify this?"
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ICYMI: Want to change your career path ... this Saturday? Come learn about our 10-month Interactive Media graduate program, which is hosting an open house at 9 a.m. INFO: bit.ly/iMediaOpenHouse410.
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Game diplomacy! Students in NYC, Atlanta and Detroit will be paired with students in Israel, UAE and Bahrain to learn game development in this new virtual student exchange program by @StateDept @StevensInit @G4C. #GBL
U.S. State Department announces new video game diplomacy program wapo.st/2Ow7EFK
Derek Lackaff retweeted
One interesting thing: Prechecked recurring payment boxes are basically prohibited in Europe as a consumer protection. (See Article 22 here: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont…)
In U.S., efforts to reign in "dark patterns" have been focused on privacy, not payments. nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/po…
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Some of the #geldingadalsgos series so far.
Having so much fun painting the friendly eruption and looking forward to going to see it myself.
#brassiart #mfpa
ALT Daytime eruption
ALT Two craters in the night
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Check out the amazing @EdFelten’s new podcast!
Humanity is at an inflection point. Explore how artificial intelligence is shifting every major story, trend and event in our modern lives.
🎧 Subscribe to the A.I. Nation podcast from WHYY and @Princeton wherever you get your podcasts → bit.ly/2PggmIx
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Your can still register to join this online event on April 6th!
✅ I’ll summarize the MSc Voice Technology @CampusFryslan
✅ @daanvanesch talks about open-source tools to learn, teach, and study languages
See you there!
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Looking forward to this public talk by @daanvanesch hosted by @CampusFryslan's new Voice Technology MS program: "Building Language Technology for Everyone" 6 April at 14:30 CEST / 08:30 EDT
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Derek Lackaff retweeted
Out of curiosity I dug into how NFT's actually reference the media you're "buying" and my eyebrows are now orbiting the moon
Derek Lackaff retweeted
A new case studies series examines social, ethical, and policy challenges of present-day efforts in computing with the aim of facilitating the development of responsible “habits of mind and action” for those who create and deploy computing technologies. mitsha.re/Ifup50DZzMN
Derek Lackaff retweeted
We are pleased to announce we are now accepting proposal submissions for the (virtual) 17th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference on June 10th! We are excited to be hosting James M. Lang (@LangOnCourse) as plenary speaker. Details here: ow.ly/Yllk50DK3Fi
Derek Lackaff retweeted
“Noah instinctively knew how to inspire his fellow @EloniMedia students, project collaborators, and – yes – even the faculty,” @williamj said. “He left an indelible mark on us and will be remembered fondly for his graceful approach to everything he did.” bit.ly/NoahBuntain
Derek Lackaff retweeted
Why folks in tech and design should care about #indigenous and #minoritized language speakers on this #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #InternationalMotherTongueDay
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