NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Do Grades Make Sense In The AI Era?

Tech & Learning: I’ve always been uncomfortable with the grading part of being a professor. As a student, I loved learning, particularly writing, but dreaded the judgment of an instructor and the harsh disapproval of their red pen. When I started teaching, grading was my least favorite part of the job. I’d obsess over minor discrepancies and second-guess myself constantly.

Moment Factory designs an interactive botanical world

AV Magazine: An immersive experience that invites visitors to explore a vibrant botanical world that responds to their every movement has opened at the Futuroscope theme park in France. Entertainment studio Moment Factory was brought in to turn the park’s 360 into an attraction that shifts guests from observation to active, free-flow engagement.

Every show should be captioned for deaf audiences, petition demands

www.thestage.co.uk: Theatre owners ATG Entertainment, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres and LW Theatres are being urged to ensure every performance at their venues has captions in order to be accessible for deaf audiences

'Water for Elephants' Is Theatrical by Leaps and Bounds and Puppets

onstagepittsburgh.com: The live show takes its inspiration from the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, in which an elderly man reflects on finding love, passion and a new home when, as a young man who has lost everything in 1931, he hops a train with the crew of a traveling circus. Seen through the eyes of his older self, Jacob’s adventure becomes “a poignant reminder that if you choose the ride, life can begin again at any age.”

New research aims to improve battery safety for theatre technicians

CMBE | The University of Sheffield: Props, set design and special effects are used widely in theatre productions and these often rely on power from lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Being subjected to constant wear and tear means repairs or alterations to these items may need to be done, in-house, by technical staff. As a result these modified items may no longer meet the same design, build, or safety standards as consumer-grade products which could increase the likelihood of failure.