Day 18, 2 April 2020
The Ultimate Zoom Tip* Can’t believe I haven’t seen this one anywhere yet: *Also works for other video conferencing platforms
Day 17, 1 April
Marathon training Over the weekend I resumed my half marathon training plan. It was getting a bit more manageable to fit in multiple runs per week that require a bit of concentration and dedication. It’s good to be a roadrunner Continue Reading …
Day 16, 31 March
(Rube) Goldberg variations: Scanning without a scanner My scans were always perfect. I tamed the photocopier scanner to behave as I wanted, and I made beautiful 300dpi scans of homogenous page size to stick through ABBY Finereader for text recognition. Continue Reading …
Day 15, 30 March 2020
Structured I need a plan. I need to lay out clearly what I do every hour of the working day, because otherwise with a vague “Oh I’ll do this, and then I’ll do that and then I’ll have a look Continue Reading …
Day 14, 29 March 2020
Golden rules of a balanced media intake Today I paid more attention to what I was doing, so I managed to put up the materials for this week’s course almost without further mishap. I’m lucky my students will reach out Continue Reading …
Day 13, 28 March 2020
Reset run I pride myself on making conscious efforts to make my course materials a bit more accessible. I try to get captions on videos I use. We host our videos on Kaltura, and you can request captions, done by Continue Reading …
Day 12, 27 March 2020
Living in Absurdistan There is something very surreal about the life I live now. I am fully aware of the Covid19 crisis, and how it’s not getting any better, in particular here in the US. Yet today felt in many Continue Reading …
Day 11, 26 March 2020
I got rhythm (I think); I’ve certainly got hippos I’m starting to fall into a rhythm with the courses, and I think it works. But we’ll find out next week, when we go in for the control repeat. Essentially it Continue Reading …
Day 10, March 25 2020
Lockdown Lockdown in all but name. In Lehigh county, where I live, the amount of cases keeps increasing. It’s not anywhere near as bad as the stories you see from NYC, but I am glad we are taking measures before Continue Reading …
Day 9, 24 March 2020
We took it for granted, and now it’s gone I’m heartbroken for our seniors, who won’t get their final semester. For our freshmen, who’ve got the weirdest college experience as part of their foundational year. For our sophomores and juniors Continue Reading …