Another (short) era over…

So far this month things are happening well.

At the beginning of the week I finished my Graduate Certificate at the University of New South Wales, and signed up to be RPL’d for a certificate IV in Frontline Management with a connection from work. And I’m also enrolling in a Cert IV Trainer and Assessor. Even though my Bachelor of Learning Management permits me to be a registered teacher I’m not qualified in the VET sector- hence the TAA. What’s another qualification, hey?!

I’m feeling a bit under-whelmed with finishing Uni. I was expecting to get sick or something. You know, because I’d be relaxing, taking my eye off the ball etc. But no, no sickness. I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve just transfered my intensity into other areas of my life (example: work, sewing etc), and I’ve kept up that intensity etc., or if I just actually wasn’t that stressed when I was doing Uni.

I have a feeling it’s the second one, which makes me pretty proud.

Seeing as this is my blog, I will the take the opportunity to brag on myself, because I feel like no one has fully appreciated what the last semester has been like for me. I mean, I’ve been working full time, in a management position, and doing Uni every night after work until all hours of the night. This, coupled with cooking, cleaning (abeit, not much of that went on…), and a stack of social functions we couldnt miss (birthdays etc), I am pretty gosh darn proud of myself! I even had time to post on here, catch up on some blogs (apologies to everyone I’ve been unreading… I’m catching up- slowly!), AND I’ve stayed current with my Creative 365 journey!

Anyway, rant over.

Speaking of my Creative 365 journey…Do you ever pop round to have a look what I’m up too?

I’ve not only been doing the creative things each day, but I’ve been uploading them too! It’s a miracle! Well, maybe not particularly a miracle.. probably more to do with the fact that I have just finished Uni!

I’m feeling pretty proud of the things I’ve created. I would love to have pop round here and tell me what you think.

Summary of June's creative things... http://taliacarbis.tumblr.com/

You might also remember our June Challenge? I’m pleased to say that we’re right on track with that too. We’ve had a few nights of toasted sandwiches, that would have normally been Thai nights, and quite a few lunches which consisted of just cup-a-soups, but we’ve survived! I’m getting more organised, which is a good thing, and tomorrow will be our first check in to see how much we’ve saved so far!

I’ll post up a bit of a summary of this week’s menu (We’ve been eating lots of Jamie Oliver recipes), and next week’s menu in the next few days. In the mean time, go have a look at what I’ve been up too!

Tags: creative, creative365, jamieoliver, journey, junechallenge, qualifications, tumblr, Uni, Work

Where My Learning Journey Is At…

I had a great conversation with a few great friends on Twitter yesterday about quality, not quantity when it comes to followers.
It started with this. http://twitter.com/Sunshinetalia/status/1351072633

The conversations that sprung from that really cemented in my Ming some if the learning Ive been doing about the importance of quality networks.

I add people to my networks for the following reasons.

1. To learn from- usually other teachers and eLearning professionals who I can converse with about issues we deal with professionally.

2. To teach- generally in the same area as above.

3. Other geeks, usually female. I network with these people because we share a common interest and talk about similar things in our networks. Its a great opportunity to have fun and stay informed, as well as hear a variety of opinions- many I dont personally agree with.

4. Friends. While my current major use of social networking (except facebook) is for expressing either the teacher side of me, or the arts side of me, I recognize that social interaction with friends I see regularly is important. Social media is a great way to accomplish that, and to make collegues, friends.

So these are my qualifiers if you like. There are people I am networked with who dont fit into these categories, and thats fine. Some of them stay, some dont, as long as were mutually beneficial, then Im happy.

What are some of the reasons you add people to your social networks?

P.S. I wrote this all on my iPhone, proud of me?!

Tags: education, elearning, Friends, journey, learning, networks, social