Well, as long as we're all waiting for really important news, I thought I'd toss in the following pictures, just as a distraction.
Starting Monday, I'll be teaching a five-credit (five-days a week!!) class on "Public Speaking" to about 20 to 24 students at Walla Walla Community College. As part of my effort to prepare for this dramatic shift in focus, from writing to talking, I did a little recon on the classroom where all this higher learning will occur.
I was particularly eager to get the view from behind the podium, which has a built in laptop (Windows XP) and controls for the video projector with really clear, dummy-proof controls. Well I hope they're dummy proof because I really, really want to be able to gracefully move from projected image to blank screen to new image etc. thus creating the illusion of Master Communicator effortlessly plying the tools of the trade. I fear that Mr. Murphy and his Law have not been repealed - - yet, but I'll try to keep the sputtering confusion ("is this thing on . . . which button do i push") to a minimum.
You may now resume normal pacing and waiting . . .
1 comment:
What an exciting opportunity! 5 days a week sounds like it might be brutal. But this must for for 10 weeks?
Looks like a nice facility, I can't wait to hear how the polished professor does it! Keep us up to date!
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