Good thing I waited on creating that new slide show: the professor asked me not to talk about a particular painting (Arnolfini Wedding Portrait), because she was going to spend an entire period talking about the symbols in it.\u00a0 That painting was going to be the cornerstone of my presentation!\u00a0 Since we were meeting today, I decided to make a list of all the art I was going to use and see if there were any other paintings to avoid.<\/p>\n
It was great to see her again.\u00a0 The school and the classroom looked the same.\u00a0 On the way up the stairs, I did some mental calculations about how long it had been since I was a student here.\u00a0 I had to check my math twice because it didn\u2019t seem right \u2013 I was a student here 18 years ago!\u00a0 Man, it seems like yesterday, yet, my son was born after I had attended Mission College, and he\u2019s 17.<\/p>\n
The one thing that had changed in the classroom was the advent of computer technology (Yeah!).\u00a0 She had a video projector and a computer, yet also still kept her slide trays in the back.\u00a0 I was unfamiliar with her way of presenting the slides (she used some sort of media library), so I asked if I could do mine in powerpoint.\u00a0 She said that powerpoint would be fine.<\/p>\n
It was a good thing I had my list of paintings with me, about half of them were off limits for one reason or another.\u00a0 Still, I definitely have enough to work with so I can start creating presentation #2 tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Good news, I will, in all likelihood, also teach in her ancient to medieval class sometime in November, so I can use the slideshow I created yesterday.\u00a0 My day wasn\u2019t wasted!<\/p>\n
For now though, I must create an engaging slideshow on Northern Renaissance symbols which will be 30-45 minutes in length.\u00a0 It\u2019s a little longer than I had hoped for, but she said that I have no actual constraints \u2013 when I\u2019m done, I\u2019m done.<\/p>\n
Though not expecting this, I also get a small honorarium for guest speaking.\u00a0 $50.\u00a0 And here I was happy just to get a free parking pass and an opportunity to speak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Good thing I waited on creating that new slide show: the professor asked me not to talk about a particular painting (Arnolfini Wedding Portrait), because she was going to spend an entire period talking about the symbols in it.\u00a0 That … Continue reading