My voice has gone on holiday!

I have been struck down with the dreaded lurgy!!!   After laughing at everyone else for having to take time off I have had to eat my own words.  I am sitting here now feeling sorry for myself and full of cold but rather than sit here watching Jeremy Kyle and Escape to the Country all day I thought I would reflect on last week.

Over the last couple of weeks, as I have mentioned, it has been death by referencing so when Mandy (ICT lecturer) told us we were going to learn how to use Word as a referencing tool, I have to admit I was looking for the nearest door.  However, this may have been one of the most useful referencing lessons we have had.  It would seem that by using Word you can input the information directly and it will sort it for you and make your life easier.  This to me sounds like a fantastic idea although after having a small go myself it was not as easy as Mandy make it look.    As always though I will persevere with it and see where it takes me.

We were also asked to look at Education past, present and future and how things have and will change over the years.  I have been given education 10 years ago which apart from the use of technology we do not think has changed that much.  I left school over ten years ago though and think children do learn easier now, therefore there must be something which has changed.  We will research this more this week to see why this is.

We have an exam tomorrow, so I am determined to shake this cold off, get my voice back and pass the exam.  Fingers crossed!

Work is Piling up!

We are now well and truly into the first term and as Christmas quickly approaches so does the deadline for our first assignment.  I have to admit this was not really worrying me, the assignment that is not Christmas, until today's lecture on referencing.  Where as before I thought there was no chance of me ever committing plagiarism, now I am worried I will do it without even knowing it. The assignment we have been set is for History of Education and I have decided to concentrate on the 1944 Butler Act.  

In 21st Century learning we have finished looking at learning styles for the moment and have started to look at multiple intelligence.  This I am finding really interesting especially as I had no idea there even was a multiple intelligence until last week.  It makes a lot of sense and is something I believe is very important to highlight when teaching children.  Everyone is different and good at different things and it is important to encourage children to look at the positives of what they are good at and not what you think they should be good at.

I am sure if you are reading this you have also seen what we have been doing in ICT.  You will find below a series of seven Photographs taken by myself, which show a story.  My story is about my dog Bournville and what he got up to when the door was left open one day.