Edited by Stefan Install, Sunday 20 February 2011 at 18:33
OK, the course-proper is starting now and I'm using some down-time on Saturday morning to get on with some of the activities.
I read all the introductory text a week or so ago using the iPad while sitting on the sofa which worked really well but of course I didn't make notes so now I need to back and re-read so I can capture my thoughts. I know the activity asks for initial thoughts about the writing but I'm not exactly blessed with a brilliant short-term memory.
Mind you, that might be more to do with the fact I keep skipping about in my activities. Right now I'm half way through one piece of reading and I've side-tracked to contribute to the forum and write this blog post.. Focus Stefan, focus!
I've imported all the reading material (and the activities for that matter) into OneNote and am highlighting the reading material as I go through and greying out the activities as I do them. Not sure if I'll keep this up but I thought I'd try and formalise a way of studying/working that helped me keep track of what I had/hadn't done and also archived everything for perusal at a later date. I never read any of the things I wrote for my BSc or my PGCE because they are in a box in the attic, I'm hoping technology will make my work on this course more accessible to me in the future.
Let the studying commence!
OK, the course-proper is starting now and I'm using some down-time on Saturday morning to get on with some of the activities.
I read all the introductory text a week or so ago using the iPad while sitting on the sofa which worked really well but of course I didn't make notes so now I need to back and re-read so I can capture my thoughts. I know the activity asks for initial thoughts about the writing but I'm not exactly blessed with a brilliant short-term memory.
Mind you, that might be more to do with the fact I keep skipping about in my activities. Right now I'm half way through one piece of reading and I've side-tracked to contribute to the forum and write this blog post.. Focus Stefan, focus!
I've imported all the reading material (and the activities for that matter) into OneNote and am highlighting the reading material as I go through and greying out the activities as I do them. Not sure if I'll keep this up but I thought I'd try and formalise a way of studying/working that helped me keep track of what I had/hadn't done and also archived everything for perusal at a later date. I never read any of the things I wrote for my BSc or my PGCE because they are in a box in the attic, I'm hoping technology will make my work on this course more accessible to me in the future.