Hey,
Sorry I haven't blogged in a few days, things have been rather hectic.
Uni was good yesterday, we had our first proper lesson with Rachel and it sounds like it is going to be very much about facts and figures, law and policies etc. Something that does interest me as I love the way that society is formed and how people will conform or in many cases not and why.
We had to discuss our newspaper clipping stories which ranged from smacking to how some women treat their children like employees and it might be hard for them to differentiate from work life and home life, giving children targets and critique etc.
We finished early which was good as it gave me a chance to get some stuff sorted at home.
Today, I have done two of my reflective pieces and I am trying to work out how to structure this Study Skills module and which bit to put where but I am sure that it will all come together eventually.
Anyway better go as I have to go and get a new PC chair as mine has disintegrated and am now sitting on the floor which isn't that comfy, more cold.
TTFN byee xx
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Right, Day Three....
Today was very interesting, in the morning I managed to get there quite early, luckily at that time of day there wasnt much traffic.
Trying to catch up on everything that has gone on in the week, this week there just seems like there hasn't been enough hours in the day.
Its Study Skills this week and we are going to have to complete our assignment by next Thursday. That will be here before we know it.
Today first of all we tried to complete our PowerPoint presentation that was done between me, Helen and Rachel. The thing that I was most impressed with was mastering the hyperlink and I am going to try (it may not work) but try to post a video on here just to see if it actually works.
Excuse the post, its just something from when I was a kid and made me smile :D
I think that we worked well as a team and managed to actually get a spider diagram of ideas and then plan around that. Our presentation was on how TV makes an impact on children aged between 1-5 years. But the referencing is something that I'm struggling with. So any help it would be much appreciated (hint hint).
I spent most of my morning trying to figure out what I do everyhour per week and I didn't realise that I spent about 58 hours a week sleeping!! Disgraceful. If only I could do that in one go and then everything would be sorted.
We also had to solve a moider (thats murder to most folks). This involved us in our group trying to sort out little pieces of paper to form a story and then work out who out of 3 characters, who was murdered, who commited the murder, what the motive was, what the murder weapon was, the location and the murder weapon was.
It only took about 45 minutes I think and 3 people were observing. We learnt that in every group there is a certain structure and there is a certain pattern that most groups go through, according to Tuckerman and Belbin.
When doing the murder task we fell completely into the roles that had been discovered. Questioner, clarifyer, joker etc. There was also a sub group that went away and tried to come up with some ideas themselves and then reported back to the main group. The sub group seemed to be the group where the jokers were and they chipped in every so often which really helped lift the mood of the main group. It was difficult to get your voice heard in a large group but patience was a huge factor, I personally feel that if the jokers hadn't been there I would have got a lot more frustrated and maybe started to get annoyed but this didn't happen so I understand how useful they can be in the group dynamic.
After lunch we then went back into the PC room and I just tried to make some headway on the study skills module but i didn't do as much as i had hoped.
Anyway, back at home now, dinner then back off to work 18:00 - 22:00 wish me luck.......
C xx
Trying to catch up on everything that has gone on in the week, this week there just seems like there hasn't been enough hours in the day.
Its Study Skills this week and we are going to have to complete our assignment by next Thursday. That will be here before we know it.
Today first of all we tried to complete our PowerPoint presentation that was done between me, Helen and Rachel. The thing that I was most impressed with was mastering the hyperlink and I am going to try (it may not work) but try to post a video on here just to see if it actually works.
Excuse the post, its just something from when I was a kid and made me smile :D
I think that we worked well as a team and managed to actually get a spider diagram of ideas and then plan around that. Our presentation was on how TV makes an impact on children aged between 1-5 years. But the referencing is something that I'm struggling with. So any help it would be much appreciated (hint hint).
I spent most of my morning trying to figure out what I do everyhour per week and I didn't realise that I spent about 58 hours a week sleeping!! Disgraceful. If only I could do that in one go and then everything would be sorted.
We also had to solve a moider (thats murder to most folks). This involved us in our group trying to sort out little pieces of paper to form a story and then work out who out of 3 characters, who was murdered, who commited the murder, what the motive was, what the murder weapon was, the location and the murder weapon was.
It only took about 45 minutes I think and 3 people were observing. We learnt that in every group there is a certain structure and there is a certain pattern that most groups go through, according to Tuckerman and Belbin.
When doing the murder task we fell completely into the roles that had been discovered. Questioner, clarifyer, joker etc. There was also a sub group that went away and tried to come up with some ideas themselves and then reported back to the main group. The sub group seemed to be the group where the jokers were and they chipped in every so often which really helped lift the mood of the main group. It was difficult to get your voice heard in a large group but patience was a huge factor, I personally feel that if the jokers hadn't been there I would have got a lot more frustrated and maybe started to get annoyed but this didn't happen so I understand how useful they can be in the group dynamic.
After lunch we then went back into the PC room and I just tried to make some headway on the study skills module but i didn't do as much as i had hoped.
Anyway, back at home now, dinner then back off to work 18:00 - 22:00 wish me luck.......
C xx
Monday 20 September 2010
First Day!!
Today is the first day of the next 4 years on Early Childhood Development BA (Hons), sounds more scary when you put it like that!! I wasn't actually nervous until I found myself sitting in the class room...
You will probably find me rambling on these things as at the mo I don't know what I'm saying until I start and then it all flows out, not always relevant though.
There was so much information to take in today, the most difficult was trying to master the technology at NWHC. It seems to have a will of its own and takes its own sweet time.
I get the feeling that I'm not alone with the apprehensions that I have and hopefully these will subside as I go but I feel like its going to go through peaks and troughs.
Being given our first assignment.. sorry report was scary, being out of school for a while, you forget all of the useful stuff that you learnt in regards to writing technical pieces of work. Also as you may see my spelling and grammar is TERRIBLE!!!
I think time will tell, writing this has been quite relaxing so I think I will probably be emptying my soul on here quite often.
Anyway I am rambling, signing off. Byeeee xx
You will probably find me rambling on these things as at the mo I don't know what I'm saying until I start and then it all flows out, not always relevant though.
There was so much information to take in today, the most difficult was trying to master the technology at NWHC. It seems to have a will of its own and takes its own sweet time.
I get the feeling that I'm not alone with the apprehensions that I have and hopefully these will subside as I go but I feel like its going to go through peaks and troughs.
Being given our first assignment.. sorry report was scary, being out of school for a while, you forget all of the useful stuff that you learnt in regards to writing technical pieces of work. Also as you may see my spelling and grammar is TERRIBLE!!!
I think time will tell, writing this has been quite relaxing so I think I will probably be emptying my soul on here quite often.
Anyway I am rambling, signing off. Byeeee xx
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