The elusive workshop work!

I have been unable to retrieve some of the exercises we have undertaken in ICT class. Partly this was a consequence of an initial problem with my ID which has meant that on at least two occassions I have had to 'borrow' the lecturers ID. On another occassion I borrowed a fellow students memory stick.

The theory component of the course is more within my terrain and reflects my interest in ideas and theories. It will be interesting to apply this to teaching practice when the opportunity presents itself.

A recap of the period 20th-27th November 2010

The relatively long period since the last blog has been rather busy on a personal level and to a considerable degree this has encroached on my studies and the progress of the assignments. Just before this period, on 16th November I returned to the family home to attend the funeral of a family member and also used the opportunity to visit several people and places and attended to various practical tasks in the parental home. My family, and that of my partner, will engage in the annual ritual of coming to stay with us throughout the festive season.
There have been other considerations; My original plan to become an Educational support officer, thereby placing my finances onto a more secure footing and also fulfilling the course teaching practice requirements, failed to materialise due to the inept practices and organisational failure of the agency that acted in my name. Instead, I have had no alternative other than to look for alternative employment, no easy task in the depths of a recession!
During last weeks (21st Nov) lecture we were reminded that the blogs should include references in order to give them some academic veracity. I shall try my best to weave them into the narrative (but not for this blog!) but it does seem a rather odd requirement for a semi-formal, reflective exercise and in this regard there seems to be a considerable excrement quotient!
My mind is exercised by concerns about finding a teaching placement. Oh well, the bells of yuletide ring ever louder, so tommorow we are going to erect and decorate our magnificent Christmas tree.

Prematurely aborted blog!

I've been rather remis with the blog messages during the last fortnight or so but I shall try and make good this great moral/organisational/psychological/ontological...er...biological failing by committing myself to a bit of 'events'- inspired doggeral.
As usual, the technical, IT elements of the course conspire to confound me and I end up feeling like a proper nincumpoop! Nevertheless I feel that some progress is being made and that  formerly delphic knowledge has revealed itself! I can't continue with this particular blog because I think I've fallen victim to a computer virus! I'm off to try and resolve the problem.

A break-through (relatively speaking!)

Ahhaaaa!!! As is usual the case with me the blindingly obvious has resulted in a step forward in my burgeoning (but still fairly rudementary) understanding of ICT. As overelaborated in the previous blogs I understand the principles of the various functions but often come a cropper with the technical side of things. The latest technilogical revelation is a case in point; having been unable to access my blackboard account since week one, as a consequence of confusion with the various passwords for other sites (and having spoken to the IT administrator, who was very helpful), I discovered today that the missing password had been written on a disenbodied piece of paper wedged in the middle of my notebook at the begining of term and had been available to me all along!! Dear lord! I was immediately able to access the blackboard account and the days of having to borrow an electronic identity either from instructor Jan or a fellow student have ended! Another good thing in a naughty world!
As I write I'm waiting for Charles and Tim to arrive for another study jamboree!