Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Brilliant New Year =)
Hope you all have a good one!
Year: 2009
1 down 4 to go…
One essay out of the way, now just another four.
Its going to be a busy Christmas and Birthday =(
Departmental Blogging
What do you think?!
There was talk of mine and Nick Jackson’s blog being combined and made into one so that when and if any more students were to be employed, they could keep a similar blog and it would all be in one place.
HOWEVER…
I thought it was a good idea at first and then thought about it.
The blogs wouldn’t really be all that individual because they’d been put into one.
SO…
What about making a ‘homepage’ as such, and having individual blogs coming from that?!
I like it!!
Kind of like the Library Blog.
Now, departmental blogging, I think that sounds good too!
I’m going to see what everyone else in the department thinks!
What’s on and What’s Been on!?!
Well…
On Friday I went to give a little demostration on Google Docs over in the Chancellor’s office to someone who worked over there and it didnt work out as planned which was a bit of a pain. So number 1 on the agenda is to find out why it didnt work and tell the lady I demonstrated it to, make a help document for sharing files and shoot myself because it was so embarrassing!
Number 2 on the agenda is to investigate the portal. David Raines may be starting me on a project with the Portal but first I have to complete a task in ‘Portal Demystified’.
And then on the student side, I need to kick my bum into gear and get my assignments written!
Practically living in the library in my spare time!!
The only problem…the heating is up and down like crazy…I need heat!
That’s It!!
Well flyers are out for the Wireless Printing, they’ll be seen dotted about the library.
Fingers crossed everything goes ok!
What’s occurring
Well, on Tuesday I took a trip to the GCW top floor to discover where the posters for the wireless printing could be put. I think the idea is to introduce the wireless printing in short bursts so that if things don’t work out as planned it won’t be a huge blow and won’t have too many students complaining at once.
I don’t have a huge amount to report about work as I haven’t really been doing too much.
However, I have been asked to possibly give a 1-to-1 tutorial about Google Documents, which could be quite interesting and some good experience too.
Despite not much going on in work life, there’s loads going on in student life.
I have just signed up to be a part of the Lincoln Law Clinic that should be up and running again within the next week or so. I will be giving legal advice to some 15,000 people within the University, and those with links to the University. I have also signed up to something called StreetLaw, where I will have the opportunity to visit colleges and schools to give presentations on aspects of law.
Alot going on and hopefully alot going on the C.V. =D
An Apology
I really should make an apology to David Raines, Creator of the Portal, for a previous post I wrote. He found my post and I don’t think he was too happy! So to prove that the Portal isn’t as useless as people may think, he helped me find useful documents =) And I have to say, they are a big help! I specifically wanted documents on the University Regulations with regard to Assignments etc and information on Plagiarism, and Dave found them for me.
(Please note, it was Dave who found them, so I feel there is still a problem with finding things. I find it to be very ‘busy’.)
Also, after looking around Blackboard Dave found some Communities that I could enrol to that give information on Plagiarism and Exam techniques. Absolutely brilliant!
The thing is…I never knew these existed. So for the past 2 years I have been completely oblivious to these guidelines because the academics didn’t tell us about them! Why they wouldn’t tell us about something like this is unbeknown to me.
Better late than never I suppose.