Weeknote #16
This week I have been mostly…
Sorting out my presentation for ALT-C
I’ve never been to ALT-C, mainly because it’s:
- Right at the start of the academic year (a difficult time to get out of schools)
- Focused mainly on further and higher education
This year I’m presenting with a colleague on behalf of JISC Advance. I’m really looking forward to finding out more both to aid the mobile and wireless technologies review I’m currently undertaking and my Ed.D. thesis. Lots of top-notch people are going to be there! 🙂
Launching a new blog
I’ve been looking for blogs relating to mobile technologies in education and have found there’s a dearth of them. I contacted Nick Dennis who agreed to start a new tumblr-powered blog with me at http://mobilizingeducation.tumblr.com. I’m sure he’ll get around to writing a post sooner or later… :-p
Getting up early
I’ve been up before 5am twice this week (I’m usually up at 6am) to work on my thesis. I’m much better at thinking clearly in the mornings and need not to be disturbed by a certain 3 year-old! The planned regime until I finish my thesis (which wasn’t quite achieved this week) is:
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday – work 4.30-6.30am on thesis, do weights in evening
- Tuesday, Thursday – go for 3 mile run in morning, work on thesis during lunch break
- Saturday – go for 3 mile run in morning, work on thesis all afternoon
Feeling like I should be on holiday
Working in the education sector during August is like being in a ghost town. There were only two of us in the office yesterday afternoon at JISC infoNet and almost everyone you email is their Out of Office autoreply on…
Sometimes a simple idea strikes you whilst planning a presentation. This time it was:
