Friday, October 23, 2009

Essay 1: urbanization and econ. dev.

When Mark came by my office to chat about stuff, I remarked to him that putting together a 10-minute video clip is way too much of work.  I first have to have my talking points ready.  Then the camera and mic have to cooperate.  Finally, there cannot be too many screw-ups.
Well, guess what?  Things never go well!  It is typically a second or third "take" that I share with the class.  Not that I am entirely happy with the product, but I just tire of the attempts :-)
Why this rambling preamble?  Because I have for you here a video of a few thoughts related to the essay question.  It was my second attempt--the first one I had to ditch after 7-plus minutes because my talking points paper flew away!  So, even though I am not quite satisfied with the second video, well, here it is:
(BTW, my plan is to complete the grading before the weekend is over.)

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