Thing 19

Mother and calf by David W. Siu on Flickr
 (available under the Creative Commons Licence)

I am so sorry that in struggling to catch up I have even managed to be late for the catch-up "Thing"!

I found Jo Wood's guest blog about fitting professional development into your life really interesting. I especially liked  her comments about not trying to do everything and that it is OK to say "no" to people sometimes. Rather than being forced into doing something that takes up valuable time and doesn't really interest  me.

I am determined to attend the new Umbrella conference next July as Jo's comments about attending one really good conference rather than several average ones really hit home. Up until now it seemed that I was  only allowed attend anything that was a) local and b) free. Perhaps  I try to include it in my next development review as Jo suggested.

When reflecting on CPD23 on a personal basis I have to confess that being able to create my personal brand in Thing 3 was really exciting and is something that I want to develop.

Whereas I found that having the opportunity in Thing 17 to develop my Prezi skills has been the most useful to-date in terms of my current work role.  

Thing 18

Apples by soundslogical on Flickr (available
under the Creative Commons Licence).

A hectic few weeks at work followed by a well- deserved holiday (not far from where they make lovely Herefordshire cider)   has meant that I have fallen behind in doing the "Things". 

So I am determined to try and complete at least two this week, starting with Thing 18, which is all about screen capture and podcasting...

Jing

I really like the idea of screen capture tools and at work we already use a similar screen capture product from Adobe called Captivate to produce short video tutorials for the students as part of our induction package. I've had a play around with Jing but have not produced anything worth sharing and am not sure if I can justify using it at the moment. 

 

Audacity for Prodcasting

I've used Audacity in the past for converting / editing music files but have never gone down the podcasting route. I'm not sure that it is really me and since there is currently no requirement to produce podcasts in my workplace I don't feel that it would be worth spending time investigating this "Thing" further.