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Wednesday, Thursday

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Edited by Jane Williams, Thursday, 17 Oct 2024, 15:22

A couple of rather "bleurgh" days. Good job I'm well ahead of the timetable, I've got very little constructive done.

I've looked at Unit 2 and done the Plan - that was some enjoyable time with Excel macros working out how best to C&P the list of sections and duration.

Thursday morning, a talk at 11:00 (which I  only just woke up for)

"Stepping up from Access to Level 1 (Mixed faculty) "

https://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/content/stepping-access-level-1-mixed-faculty-17-oct-2024

Some recommended links, which I've investigated since to find they're less useful than I'd hoped.

A demo of note-taking, how not to, from a participant who was trying to copy all the text on the slides (which are provided) by re-typing. I suggested a quick screenshot and drop to a Word doc, but I don't think she got it.

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In kitchen, no specs

Not very with-it today

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Edited by Jane Williams, Wednesday, 2 Oct 2024, 11:13

Thursday. I got quite a bit done yesterday, and don't seem to be with-it today.

Note to self re. energy levels! A full day's work means not much the next day!

Done: 

  • DuoLingo (eventually)
  • chased prescription
  • checked pub for family meet and mailed them re access
  • set up Audacity for a quick memo-taker.
  • set up a new tag here called TODO, meaning that post needs a follow-up. Also, found out how to make the word ACTION bright red
  • caught up on Porcine Aviation emails: I should get that forwarded, or available through Yahoo, too.  (Done, after much arguing with the spam filter)

(Where is the formatting option for a bullet-point list? Ah, that first icon gives me an extra ribbon!)

Waking up a little in the afternoon...

I have a return email about my "too many Outlook 365 accounts" problem, which strongly suggests that they didn't read or understand what I said. Chased...

And following those TODO tags, I could look into mindmapping, or reference organisers. Or how to plant garlic.... (*)

Oh, and I looked at the Freshers Week competitions https://www.oustudents.com/welcome-week/quicklinks/competitions/

To be in with a chance of winning items from the OU Students Shop (worth £100 for first place, £50 for second place and £25 for third place)*, why not take part in our Writing Competition?  

We’re looking for an article, poem or creative writing piece of up to 1000 words on the theme ‘new beginnings’. You could share a story on your study journey, a poem on your experiences or even an article advocating for something you believe in as a result of your story. Interpret the theme how you wish!  

The utter blankness I feel on looking at that shows why I need this course!

(*) It was garlic. Putting my new research skills to good use, checking which sources are reliable

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