http://salena.blogdrive.com/ salena's journal Wed, 24 May 2006 12:25:04 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/51.html Wed, 24 May 2006 12:22:18 GMT I have finished my last assignment, I can' believe it is over http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=51 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/50.html Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:12:12 GMT Today I had a "critical incident" at work. I mentioned to my colleague that I sit next to about having to do an exhibition about my research as I realised that I really had to start thinking about booking a venue and organising my actual display/materials etc. She was really enthusiastic and said that would be "cool". I was surprised by her reaction and explained why I felt that it was absolutely the opposite of "cool" and that I felt it would be perceived the wrong way as the focus of my research is the development of my job role and I really wasn't excited about doing it, more nervous and... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=50 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/49.html Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:42:52 GMT I have just read through all of my recent blog entries and realised (again!) that I have a real problem with concisely recording things, I go off on really long descriptions. Short and sweet observations and thoughts are just something I cannot do! I need to make sure that I work hard on concise descriptions when trying to describe 6 months of research in my exhibition! http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=49 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/48.html Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:09:27 GMT After surviving the 2 close deadlines and getting marks that I was really really pleased with and some really useful targeted feedback I am feeling quite positive about the next module. Although I am really nervous about the exhibition module I feel that through reading the discussions, the hotseat and the module guidance I am relatively clear on what I am meant to be doing. I have a real concern about how to pitch my exhibition. Because the research focus is developing my job role I am worried that it will come across as a self glorification exercise, so I need to work out how to meet the... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=48 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:41:01 GMT Well as usual, I haven't used this space to record my reflections as much as I intended to. It has just been so hectic this term, however looking back, I have used it at key moments, and it has been useful to record those key moments in a way that I can point to for assessment purposes. I was really over the moon with my mark for the first assignment. I am sure the second assignment won't get such a goood grade, however having one top mark to start the year off should go some way to make my average mark acceptable by the end of the course. The good grade really was a boost as I was feeling... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:24:12 GMT I am working on getting the review and planning module finished and although there is a whole week until the deadline (an amazing first for me) I have nearly finished now and am less panicked than I was before, which I haven't had time to reflect on here, but messages within my learning set clearly show my fragile state of mind these last couple of weeks! This organisational first and lessening of panic isn't because I am fully up to where I need to be, it is because finishing the first module ahead of time is the only way that I will have the slightest chance of handing in the second... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:22:52 GMT I have had a good day today. My agenda for what I intend to do in my new job for the next 6 months was well recieved by the Senior Management Team. I was worried it wouldn't be as, in line with the Action Enquiry way that I am approaching the development of my new role, it is quite open and makes it clear that I am going to see where the staff and community groups lead me through meetng with them and discussing what their issues are, and what they see my role doing to be the most effective to them. It is not the usual sort of Agenda that SMT get given when someone has been asked to... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=45 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:17:12 GMT Prompted by my last journal entry, I have thought about my AE proposal and I am considering changing focus for my AE. Where I am doing AE in creating my post, it seems more sensible and worthwhile for me to use that as my UV focus, with the loose working title of "How can I develop the post of Community Liaison Manager from paper concept to effective reality?". It is central to my job so will be of real use to me and will be truer to the ethos of AE; starting with a "wooly question", acting +reflecting resulting in a less "wooly" question (there is an exact quote by Bob Dick to this... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:59:56 GMT is paved with good intentions. I confess it has been a month since my last entry, even though I had such good intentions. However, it has been very different to my lapses last year. This time I have been engaging in the communities more, working through my ideas with co-researchers, getting to grips with what I need to do this year with my AE. It has also been a really stressful month, as the reorganisation has finally happened and I started my new job on Monday. I have quickly realised that as well as planning and carrying out my specific AE this year, I have to treat my new job as an... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://salena.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:27:36 GMT Reviewing my key learning from the last 2 years has been helpful in getting me enthusiastic about year 3 and in helping me identify areas within both potential jobs that will interest me sufficiently to focus my AE on them in year 3. What I have found though, is that at first I approached reviewing the learning as a methodical chore: re-reading my assignments etc etc and making notes about key learning. When this got boring and felt like I was doing something for the sake of doing the activity, I decided to put the notes away and just read through my assignments for the pleasure (and... (more) http://salena.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42