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Rock and a hard place

Sunday 27 February 2011 at 20:18
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So far on H800 I've been pretty lucky with availability of time, at the right time, to get things done including reading and participating in the Elluminate sessions.

This weeks was tricky though, two Elluminate sessions to choose from, one on Thursday morning and one on Thursday evening.  Normally the Thursday suits me but this week I had to be on the road so it had to be the Thursday.  However, my parents were visiting today and we were planning on watching our team play (and indeed win!) the Carling Cup Final.

So, in order to get properly involved with the tutorial I had to (largely) abstain from the wine and boot my parents out early.  Oh well, they were understanding even if they thought I was mad for doing the course! smile

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Thankfully optional

Sunday 20 February 2011 at 18:40
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Edited by Stefan Install, Sunday 20 February 2011 at 18:40

Well, week 2 is done now and the main thing I can say is that I am glad some of the activities were optional!

I did the mandatory ones straight away and managed a few of the others but, with the best will in the world, couldn't get the time to fit all the reading and cogitating in so a couple were left untouched.

One of the things I intended to do while studying this course was write up some of the themes/debates from H800  and share them with my colleagues at work.  I was going to start another blog on our intranet for that purpose but I thought I'd instead write them here in this blog and share the whole thing with the world.  Why not?!  Got to be better than managing two separate blogs, especially when one would be in Sh**Po**t!  *shudders*  All I need to do now is remember to make sure I select the 'visible to anyone' setting when making a post!

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Finding the time

Sunday 13 February 2011 at 12:32
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Edited by Stefan Install, Sunday 20 February 2011 at 18:34

The first week is over and the second under way!  Last week worked ok, I happened to be home and with nothing particular planned at the weekend so fitting in study time was pretty easy.

This weekend I am away at the in-laws from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening so finding time to study more challenging.

I brought my netbook with me and opted out of the sunday morning family activities to listen to the webcast, make notes and do my research.  It seems to have gone OK but eveyone will be back soon so my time is nearly gone.

Only one evening free this week as well and I only seem to have done a fraction of the activities. sad

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