Well I am stuck on lates tonight till 7pm so though I may as well update this. Made final amendments to TMA03 today and pressed the submit button which felt really good. TMA04 is completed and off home with me tonight for check over, if good then I will submit that fairly soon.
Wealth/Health and Happiness - This is a really interesting topic and I think I have a great conclusion to the whole thoery. Will post once paper is submitted I think though.
Been playing with the SAFARI tutorial which is quite interesting. ED209 will be a case of finding out information away from the text books which I think is why they give you a bit more time on each assignment.
Home time now but back in tomorrow to do more notes for TMA05 and trying to work out how to layout my report and what headings to use.
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Friday 24 December 2010
Half way through
Well after a couple of rather pointless days at work I have managed to complete TMA03 (Badly) and TMA04 (Fairly well). TMA03 was difficult, there is only so much discourse of city vs country that you can make last 1000 words. TMA04 however was much more interesting and I struggled to stick to the 1500 limit. I am not using any material from outside the course but after looking at ED209 I think I may have to although I may actually get a start on learning SAFARI.
Tried to have a play with Neural Networks as it looked like a little fun, shame however that it won't work with Windows 7!!!!
TMA05 is on Wealth/Health and Happiness and requires a report to be written which will be interesting, will start on that one very soon. With only 3 more assignments to write, I think I might be okay for ED209 come February.
On to watching a video whcih appears to be on coal!!!!!
Tried to have a play with Neural Networks as it looked like a little fun, shame however that it won't work with Windows 7!!!!
TMA05 is on Wealth/Health and Happiness and requires a report to be written which will be interesting, will start on that one very soon. With only 3 more assignments to write, I think I might be okay for ED209 come February.
On to watching a video whcih appears to be on coal!!!!!
Saturday 18 December 2010
Snow day 1
I do love the pretty white stuff but even I was a little miffed after what is normally a 40 minute drive back from work took 3 and a half hours. The snow is a foot high.
Managed to read a bit of the first chapter of book 1 for ED209 on the slow journey home and was pretty engrossed so pretty happy that although it looks like the equivalent of climbing everest, I think it will be interesting. It starts with a theorist who says all children are born evil sinners so I think this is going to make for some interesting TMAs.
Was supposed to be having my old work's xmas party tonight but like everthing else, it has been cancelled so waiting for my chaffeur in a land Rover Defender County to arrive and take me to a friends house to party.
Minor issue I see arising from ED209........... the text is very small in the books unlike DD101 which is a good size!!! Signs of age me thinks.
Managed to read a bit of the first chapter of book 1 for ED209 on the slow journey home and was pretty engrossed so pretty happy that although it looks like the equivalent of climbing everest, I think it will be interesting. It starts with a theorist who says all children are born evil sinners so I think this is going to make for some interesting TMAs.
Was supposed to be having my old work's xmas party tonight but like everthing else, it has been cancelled so waiting for my chaffeur in a land Rover Defender County to arrive and take me to a friends house to party.
Minor issue I see arising from ED209........... the text is very small in the books unlike DD101 which is a good size!!! Signs of age me thinks.
Thursday 16 December 2010
Holy cow - ED209 material has arrived!!!!
Just got home from work to discover that my first mailing for ED209 was on my bed. I really was not expecting it to be this soon. I haven't got a study calender or a TMA guide however it doesn't show these on the list so suspect it must be due later!!!.
Today at work I have written a body for TMA03 and TMA04 so just need to decide on what to leave in or take out and how to break it down. Quite enjoyed the reading for TMA04 and think I managed virtually 6 hours straight with only a few interruptions..... it is being done at work I suppose.
TMA03 I have decided I am just going to lay out the paragraphs as in the assignment guide and I have a fair idea how I want to breakdown the sections. For TMA04 I am going to look at Cohen and Huesmann et al. The reason for cohen is that most of the topic seems to focus around him and the reason for Huesmann et al is that at A-Level I studied Bandura and his bobo dolls which interested me and I understood. I clicked on the wrong 'alternative resource' bit earlier and spent 20 mins reading about pirates before realising I had clicked on the reading content for what I suspect is TMA07!!!!! Doh!!!!
Well off to poker now to enjoy what is left of my social life. Just realised how amazing the timing is for all this considering that my busiest months at work are February and March!!!!!
Today at work I have written a body for TMA03 and TMA04 so just need to decide on what to leave in or take out and how to break it down. Quite enjoyed the reading for TMA04 and think I managed virtually 6 hours straight with only a few interruptions..... it is being done at work I suppose.
TMA03 I have decided I am just going to lay out the paragraphs as in the assignment guide and I have a fair idea how I want to breakdown the sections. For TMA04 I am going to look at Cohen and Huesmann et al. The reason for cohen is that most of the topic seems to focus around him and the reason for Huesmann et al is that at A-Level I studied Bandura and his bobo dolls which interested me and I understood. I clicked on the wrong 'alternative resource' bit earlier and spent 20 mins reading about pirates before realising I had clicked on the reading content for what I suspect is TMA07!!!!! Doh!!!!
Well off to poker now to enjoy what is left of my social life. Just realised how amazing the timing is for all this considering that my busiest months at work are February and March!!!!!
Wednesday 15 December 2010
TMA02 Results
Been away from this blog a while due to my lack of interest in TMA03 and new job starting however need to get back on the horse as one might say as deadline is January 11th!!!
Got TMA02 results back and am happy with these ones, biggest error was my lack of secondary referencing which I understand now.
TMA03 is now driving my loopy, I just want to get it over and done with so that I can get on to the more interesting topic of Social Disorder and writing TMA04 on accounts of Social Disorder. Have written about 1500 words of notes ready to convert to a TMA!! I don't think this one will achieve a high mark so just need to get it done and submitted. Not long to go now before I can archive LC1/2 and The main text book all ready for the next pack to arrive early January.
New job going well, still very early days
Got TMA02 results back and am happy with these ones, biggest error was my lack of secondary referencing which I understand now.
TMA03 is now driving my loopy, I just want to get it over and done with so that I can get on to the more interesting topic of Social Disorder and writing TMA04 on accounts of Social Disorder. Have written about 1500 words of notes ready to convert to a TMA!! I don't think this one will achieve a high mark so just need to get it done and submitted. Not long to go now before I can archive LC1/2 and The main text book all ready for the next pack to arrive early January.
New job going well, still very early days
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