Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Not falling behind
It's only Wednesday, but already I have done more reading and "study" than I did for my whole HSC - many, many, many years ago. I am really scared that I will relax for a moment or 400 and find myself so unbelievably behind that I can't catch up. My husband says this is a good thing that will keep me on task, but waking up at 2.30 in the morning worrying that I haven't done enough yet is not going to do me much good. I guess it's about finding the happy medium - somthing I hope to do soon.
Saturday, 25 February 2012
2nd attempt
After almost 1 hour, I think I've finally made it to the writing bit!!!! I knew I should have waited for my teenage children to come home to help me, but I guess I wanted to show them that I could do it by myself - as all 3 think it's simply hillarious that their old mum is attempting something like this.
I'm feeling very nervous, frightened, and to be honest sh*t scared at the moment. I haven't studied in 19 years and I really don't know where i'm going to find the time in my very busy and full life. I used the timetable tool in ETL401 to see where I can find time, but it is nowhere near the reccommended 20hrs a week.
Guess I'm going to have to sacrafice some relax time and family time to get this done - after all, it is only 8 months!!!
Attended a 2 day training course in Sydney for DEC staff - SO glad I went. It really helped me get my head around what is required of me this year - it also helped to know that what I did in our library last year was right on track with 21C libraries - was beginning to doubt this after feedback from the older members of staff - "...but Joyette never did that!!!!"
I have a real vision as to what I want our library to look, sound and feel like over the next few years - which is quite different to how it has been over the last 25 years according to the afore mentioned staff, and I feel good knowing that the subjects I am studying this semester will help me achieve this - I was quite worried that, like most of my earlier teaching degree, the subjects would be all theory with little relevance to actual teaching. But after the 2 days in Sydney I can see how useful and practical they will be.
I'm feeling very nervous, frightened, and to be honest sh*t scared at the moment. I haven't studied in 19 years and I really don't know where i'm going to find the time in my very busy and full life. I used the timetable tool in ETL401 to see where I can find time, but it is nowhere near the reccommended 20hrs a week.
Guess I'm going to have to sacrafice some relax time and family time to get this done - after all, it is only 8 months!!!
Attended a 2 day training course in Sydney for DEC staff - SO glad I went. It really helped me get my head around what is required of me this year - it also helped to know that what I did in our library last year was right on track with 21C libraries - was beginning to doubt this after feedback from the older members of staff - "...but Joyette never did that!!!!"
I have a real vision as to what I want our library to look, sound and feel like over the next few years - which is quite different to how it has been over the last 25 years according to the afore mentioned staff, and I feel good knowing that the subjects I am studying this semester will help me achieve this - I was quite worried that, like most of my earlier teaching degree, the subjects would be all theory with little relevance to actual teaching. But after the 2 days in Sydney I can see how useful and practical they will be.
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