A poetic celebration of SITT

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.