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luscious_purple) wrote2020-06-14 10:48 pm
luscious_purple) wrote2020-06-14 10:48 pm
The weekly catch-up
So, still chugging along. Still plugging along on the boring assignment for the European marketing firm. It's having a "team meeting" via Zoom tomorrow morning (that's mid-afternoon in Stockholm). Maybe I will get some brownie points for it.
At some point last week I had to push aside the boring assignment to get my information together for teaching a Virtual University of Atlantia class. After a hiatus of several years due to general laziness, I decided to teach "Medieval Lithuania" again, especially since I could do a screen-share on Zoom and use slides. In a physical classroom (or classroom tent as at Pennsic) I feel weird about doing the PowerPoint-and-projector thing, because it's such modern technology. But since we are unabashedly using high-tech teleconferencing stuff anyway, why not use it to full advantage?
Because I'd registered for other classes earlier in the day, I didn't have time to practice the talk, but my students seemed to enjoy it. I had students from at least six different SCA Kingdoms, including two from Lochac (Melbourne, Australia)!zhelana was one of the students too, from the Kingdom of Meridies. It was great to hear voices of people I know only online, even if it was just for a moment. (Yes, Mistress Sigrid did a lot of the student talking....) Today, several *other* people posted on Facebook that they'd like to hear the class, and Mistress Teleri wants me to teach it again at one of the Storvik A&S gatherings ... so I think I'm starting something here....
In terms of weather, today was absolutely gorgeous. Gorgeous! I had to spend a lot of time on Zoom, though, because it was our church's annual meeting, and we had to have it virtually because of the pandemic. I was especially interested to hear what people thought about the proposed budget, because I've been on the budget team, but then I zoned out during a procedural discussion. Toward the end I ate some leftover pasta for lunch, and later I took a mid-afternoon walk around the local lake.
At some point last week I had to push aside the boring assignment to get my information together for teaching a Virtual University of Atlantia class. After a hiatus of several years due to general laziness, I decided to teach "Medieval Lithuania" again, especially since I could do a screen-share on Zoom and use slides. In a physical classroom (or classroom tent as at Pennsic) I feel weird about doing the PowerPoint-and-projector thing, because it's such modern technology. But since we are unabashedly using high-tech teleconferencing stuff anyway, why not use it to full advantage?
Because I'd registered for other classes earlier in the day, I didn't have time to practice the talk, but my students seemed to enjoy it. I had students from at least six different SCA Kingdoms, including two from Lochac (Melbourne, Australia)!
zhelana was one of the students too, from the Kingdom of Meridies. It was great to hear voices of people I know only online, even if it was just for a moment. (Yes, Mistress Sigrid did a lot of the student talking....) Today, several *other* people posted on Facebook that they'd like to hear the class, and Mistress Teleri wants me to teach it again at one of the Storvik A&S gatherings ... so I think I'm starting something here....In terms of weather, today was absolutely gorgeous. Gorgeous! I had to spend a lot of time on Zoom, though, because it was our church's annual meeting, and we had to have it virtually because of the pandemic. I was especially interested to hear what people thought about the proposed budget, because I've been on the budget team, but then I zoned out during a procedural discussion. Toward the end I ate some leftover pasta for lunch, and later I took a mid-afternoon walk around the local lake.