Crossing the Miles on a Snowy Work Day

Yes, it snowed today. And the roads were slick. And I worked all day today from home due to the technology that brought me here in the belief that this college had invested in ways to connect CMC across the miles:

So I met with colleagues form across the state in Second Life, and we talked about how Intercambio has a place in Second Life and how we could share that with Intercambio classes at CMC and another Colorado CC.

I met with teammate Yuliya who is one hundred or so miles away. We discussed upcoming workshops and what we’ve learned since Webadvisor can now be used to register for professional development workshops.

I discussed Web2.0 class activity options for an online course with Nicole also one hundred miles away.

And created two Blackboard working spaces for training and the Common Reader 10 Committee.

And I took a shoveling break (Picture, Round 1).

With the arrival of the true winter snow, I am once again reminded of Robert Frost’s, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” I love his work because he is known to have captured American speech rhythms with unrhymed, iambic pentameter.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20519

And I can also appreciate the parody of the greats. Garrison Keillor informed us of the songs we can sing this poem to. I personally like singing it to Hernando’s Hideaway. (It reminds me of a Christmas party at a former college…)

This post documents Keillor’s options for singing Frost’s Poem:

http://doghouseriley.blogspot.com/2005/04/poetry-month.html

That said, safe travels, good skiing, and, “Be well, do good work,” as my fellow Minnesotan says. Last, thank you for all you are doing for CMC learning.