Started the week watching Micah at home for Dee while she did some interpreting work. It’s good to spend time with him and for her to get a chance to get back into the working world.
Had our end-of-semester lunch at Chili’s. Nice job by Kent to print off lions for students. It is difficult to let this crew of students head off into the world, but they will make a positive impression wherever they go.
Spent time with Nick G on IST 220 revision Monday-Wednesday. It was great to meet with faculty for Summer ’14 to prep.
I met with Brian C (EA 872 & 875)& Shawn C (EA 871 & 873) about BB Collaborate and talked about how to sign up for room for the future.
Meeting day on Thursday.
I had a PSOCC – DMT on Friday 5/9 (12-1:30). It was good to hear more about the Blackboard Pilot. Jeff Swain talked about a misunderstanding about Blackboard Collaborate v. Blackboard Collaboration We’ll see how this rolls out and how well it is received by faculty & students. Sounds like I’ll be a part of the pilot for Fall ’14. There was an interesting discussion about students assuming that online courses were meant to have collaboration on individual assessments. I also found out about a MOC through Liberal Arts that will have both an ANGEL part (MOC) & Coursera part (MOOC). The cost is $999 v. $2400.
Met with Louise Sharrar from WCLD about the BB Collaborate Pilot. It is nice to be working with members from the old team on this venture.
The weather was quite variable this week; cool in the beginning and warm by Friday. I’ve been running to prep for the Black Moshannon 5K. Last year, I ran it in 7:31/mile or 23:17. I was pleasantly surprised by my time since I hadn’t run anything under an 8 min/mile pace in my training runs. I plan to run M, W, F for 3 miles per run until 5/16 which is next Friday. For the week leading up to the run, I plan to run intervals for 2 miles, M-Th. That really worked last year. I’m also hoping to drop a few pounds. It shouldn’t be too difficult to beat my time since I ran on a full stomach (eggs and bacon). I also wasn’t anticipating the last hill and final stretch downhill at the end. This time, I’ll be able to pace myself and make the final push with knowledge.
I have had correspondence about the baseball team that I’m playing on. We start 5/28 and end 8/27. It will be a great way to start and finish up the summer. I bought a hitting training aid to prep myself. I’ve also been working with all three of my sons on baseball.