Monday, March 1, 2010

Ode to an Online Class Sonnet 18.1

All apologies to William Shakespeare…this was first delivered on March 1, 2010 at the NROC Member Meeting, March 1 in Monterey, CA.

Ode to an Online Class Sonnet 18.1

Shall I compare thee to a classroom class?

Thou are more digital and interactive.

Online games do shape the minds at play,

And Twitter's speed makes knowledge just one click away.

Sometimes too long the page of learning takes to load

Like Polaroid's 60-second excitement of old

Yet, like a Facebook page revised

Learning now individualized

In context, from experts writing virtual, afar

But never texted from a car

Oh classroom now what is thy fate?

What use now for your lectern so great

And where will sit your faculties so fine

For now, so long as learners learn

So long fair classroom, I learn online.