A poetic celebration of SITT
A yearly literary highlight of the Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology
Lose Yourself at SITT
If you had only one chance a year to attend SITT,
would you grab that opportunity, or let it slip?
OK. Dr. Andy
We’ve come to the peak of the week,
So try not to freak your freak or
Succumb to internal critique or
Be your typical too tongue-in-cheek
as you rushedly pressure our next presenter.
Tech don’t fail me now;
Just smile and somehow
Learn how to pronounce all the proper nouns:
We’ve got Delmar Larsen, Margaret and Mark and
Cecilia Giulivi.
Oh brain, don’t leave me.
Oh good, my son Jukie has come by to prove he
needs me once again to switch out his movie.
Ope, no burrito
Ope, it’s nice to meet you
Ope, no toasters
It’s a teaching roller coaster
I’m so grateful for the spate-full
Of the frequently heard but difficult words
I get to use when I introduce
You digital formidable summer institute people.
I tell ya, when ya got your agenda
You learn the entire production turns on whether
I can string together cogent introductions
to Talitha van der Meulen and to Heather Hether.
And now we turn to Butner and to Bwalya Lungu;
If you have extra time, fill some with talk of Tor Cross or Janine Wilson.
Dr. Kenji Quides was happy to meet us,
but you know the drill; we’ve spun the wheel:
and we still have to appeal to Professors Jane Beal and Walter Leal.
All of SITT depends on the wit
Of that namby-pamby cotton candy Dr Andy.
I have my doubts, but let’s find out
if our engrossed host with the checklist can persist,
that is, can he stick to our Modus operandi.
Take some final advice,
now that you’ve broken the ice,
Try to preserve your tact,
maintain Zoom room eye to eye contact,
try not to wax,
As a matter-of-fact, if your little pronunciation acts don’t detract,
Then this packed SITT will be on track all year to enact
the advertised roller coaster absent toaster droplet poster
promised thematic big impacts.
Tech don’t fail me now
Just smile and somehow
Learn how to pronounce all the proper nouns.
We’ve got Delmar Larsen, Margaret and Mark and
Cecilia Giulivi
Oh brain, don’t leave me
Now at the end of our day one fun conference debut, as if right on cue,
Jukie has chosen The Emperor’s New Groove, he
Insists that I once again switch out his movie.
Day one of SITT, that’s it.