Yippee – the proposal documentation has finally been emailed off today (1.34pm to be precise). Now all that I have to do is start preparing for my viva confirmation meeting on Friday. I will certainly be glad when this week finishes…
Monday, 12 November 2007
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Meeting with Supervisors
I had a meeting today with my supervisors today to go through my draft proposal document. They came up with some very relevant comments and ‘food-for-thought’. The consequence of this is more work! They need my proposal by Monday, so I better get my skates on.
Friday, 26 October 2007
Planning and Finishing Off
I frantically spent the day trying to complete my very short paper on the Digital Divide. My mind has been focused, my ix monthly viva and ‘confirmation’ hearing is approaching in just three weeks. I need to seriously get to grips with defining my and thatching out my proposal in the next week.
Thursday, 25 October 2007
DialogClassic Lesson No. 2
I delivered my second lesson today, is section on the MSc course is a comprise of a set of four. After many years of being a student it certainly was strange to see the class from the other side of the fence. This shift or perspective change was hammered home, when we stared to discuss their assignment and I was giving them pointers which allayed their some of their fears.
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Lesson Planning
OK – today I diarised the morning for preparing for tomorrows lecture. As unusual, it took far longer than I pencilled in. By the time I wrote a lesson plan, power point and arranged some additional exercises it took the whole day. I also amended my CV and biography for the University’s webpage’s http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/inn/Christopher_Walker.htm
Lesson Planning
Today I spent my time dusting off my old notes from my PGCE course completed some years ago. Tomorrow the department is letting me loose on a group of real fee paying students. My job for the next four Thursday morning is to teaching the MSc group DialogClassic searching. A command based suite of databases. Well, they can’t say that I am not prepared!
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Day at the Leisure Club
OK – today no work. It is the schools half term and by boy Sam is off. So off we go to the ‘gym’ as a family for swimming and something to eat. By ‘gym’, I should calling by its proper title ‘leisure club’—that sounds a little too fancy for me!