Fellow bookworms

As a child my nose was constantly in a book, i have flown fighter planes in both World wars, set off on many an adventure with the famous five, scaled the turrets in Mallory Towers, plop the owl became my best friend and had tea with Alice and her friends in wonderland, all from the comfort of my home. Books for me were the oppourtunity to explore and learn.

In the prehistoric times of my youth, its was books. Todays youth has the world at their fingertips (literally at their fingertips). Ipad, tablet, phone etc, all this wonderful exciting oppourtunities to climb the highest peak or dive to the depths of the ocean.... to fulfil any adventure known to man through the words in a book but no, what do you see? Angry Birds, facebook or twitter to name a few.

How on earth could you possibly ignore the chance to participate in so many adventures, to stretch imaginations to their limit. I really dont understand. Maybe i am missing something? Is the draw of a bird smashing through a wall more exciting? Maybe its my prehistoric age thats the problem ?

Bubblus reflective learning

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Ict Technology in everyday life

Technology is a funny thing, when thinking of how i use technology i was under the impression that it was not something that i use often…. boy was i mistaken. In any given day i can use technology every half an hour. This ranges from asking my new best friend a question (google), to window shopping on line.
A typical day for me would start by checking social media, emails and bank accounts (whilst having my morning wake up coffee). Any emails received then need to be actioned and this is within the first 30 mins of waking, throughout the day there are texts to send/answer, accounts to check, deliveries to track, shopping to be ordered, traffic routes to check, help to find myself when i am lost in the wilderness, a second in life to capture for ever in a photo and then somethings will catch my eye and of course i need to know everything about this, so here comes my best friend google. Personally technology for me is like my third arm, smart phones have made my life bearable and has saved me hours in something that may have taken me and hour now takes seconds.
It certainly makes me think how an earth i managed before the days of the smart phone

Day one of blogging

Day one in the blogging world ...... and my first thought is what the hell is going on??????
Up until this point i was under the illusion that i am techno competent, boy was i living in a world of illusion!!

I have to do a blog and up until now i could barely spell blog let alone know what the hell one is, so what do you say in a blog ... is it something like here i am blogging my little boots off, or is it something like ... i am in uni writing my blog for the first time. I have no idea what so ever, all i know is i don't really have much of a clue what i am doing apart from aimlessly typing a load of words. Maybe i should start with an introduction. I am Alyson, 37 years years old and a Uni student ........... again ! School wasn't exactly what you would call a productive stage in my life. The transition from Pad brat to civvy street didn't exactly go as smooth as it could have. After completely ignoring the educational opportunities that were available to me at school, i partied alot (all paid for by myself via the wages of mundane jobs). Fast forward a few years an i find myself just around the corner from 30 and panicking, as up to then i had not achieved much in my life (Apart from a memory bank full of amazing partying days). One coffee and a chat with the manager of the local community learning centre and i am enrolled in a part time degree, fast forward 6 years and i am the owner of a BA Hons in Humanities. Then i start the what am i going to do now scenario, Education isn't quite out of my system. After a meeting with a career's advisor i find i can achieve my little girl dream of becoming a teacher, onto the PGCE PCET i go........ 37 Years old and a Uni student again.