Monday, 12 September 2011
Thing 19: Catch up week on integrating 'things'
Wow, isn't the programme progressing quickly! It barely seems two minutes since I was writing Thing 3 about personal branding and yet we're now only a few things away from completion.
It's time for a little bit of a breather and some reflection on what you've gained from the programme so far and how you might continue to use what you've learnt. We've covered a number of social media tools (e.g. blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter, LinkedIn) and productivity tools (e.g. Google calendar, Evernote, Google Docs, wikis), as well as considering a number of different elements of our professional development (e.g. personal branding, reflective practice, advocacy, events). You can see a full list of the things we've covered so far here.
The purpose of this week is to look back at your previous posts and consider which elements you have found most useful and how you might integrate them into your working routine. You might already have done this, so feel free to blog about how you have done that if so. Maybe you've started using RSS feeds or Twitter during breaks to catch up on news. Maybe you're using LinkedIn for group discussions on professional topics or to share updates about your professional developments. Perhaps it's a technical solution you have discovered which updates multiple services at once or enables you to manage a number of different things. Or perhaps you haven't had chance to think about integrating anything yet. Now is your chance to review the previous tools and think about how you might continue to use them. Choose one or two (or more if you're feeling ambitious!) and share your thoughts in this week's blog post.
P.S. We haven't forgotten about thing 17 - it will be posted soon.
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18 weeks already !!
ReplyDeleteI recently graduated and was almost immediately recruited. Being new at a job has its own downsides. Couldn't practice a lot of stuffs but still this program was great help and truly continue professional development course.
The topics dealt with were good and the references for further reading was of help too.
If possible could you incorporate a course on how webinars on internet are hosted. I wanted to be part of many free webinars which are hosted but couldn't because of work. I wish if you could identify resources which exclusively host free webinars on library science field.