Edited by Jonathan Jewell, Saturday 21 November 2015 at 20:26
...that no-one is actually viewing this, which is disappointing, albeit what I have to say is unlikely to be crazy exciting!
Still, to give an idea of the kinds of things that associate lecturers do in their spare time.
Today I woke up early. I lay around in bed think about all kinds of things that would make the day productive and, after about 30 minutes of pondering, decided that I would push for today to be mostly focused in three areas:
1) Marking assignments (although these only came in yesterday, I feel that it is time now to start moving things along at a pace).
2) Forum development (including answering fears my students have about their grades and preparing for an online tutorial tomorrow...urg, a Sunday!).
3) Learning to program. Okay, okay, don't worry, I CAN program (so as not to lose all my credibility with my computing students!) What I want to do is learn a new programming language, specifically Erlang (Erikson Language).
Maybe, actually, the big lesson of today is really going to be learning about personal limitations, resource constraints and the importance of prioritisation. All the lessons I should have learned through 19 years of study!
FOLLOW UP: I've ditched Erlang, I'm no longer interested in that. My new language is the AMAZING 'Julia' which hopefully I will one day blog more about.
It would appear...
...that no-one is actually viewing this, which is disappointing, albeit what I have to say is unlikely to be crazy exciting!
Still, to give an idea of the kinds of things that associate lecturers do in their spare time.
Today I woke up early. I lay around in bed think about all kinds of things that would make the day productive and, after about 30 minutes of pondering, decided that I would push for today to be mostly focused in three areas:
1) Marking assignments (although these only came in yesterday, I feel that it is time now to start moving things along at a pace).
2) Forum development (including answering fears my students have about their grades and preparing for an online tutorial tomorrow...urg, a Sunday!).
3) Learning to program. Okay, okay, don't worry, I CAN program (so as not to lose all my credibility with my computing students!) What I want to do is learn a new programming language, specifically Erlang (Erikson Language).
Maybe, actually, the big lesson of today is really going to be learning about personal limitations, resource constraints and the importance of prioritisation. All the lessons I should have learned through 19 years of study!
FOLLOW UP: I've ditched Erlang, I'm no longer interested in that. My new language is the AMAZING 'Julia' which hopefully I will one day blog more about.