Saturday, August 1, 2009

Where to begin?

After attending the GTAQ Conference today, I was blown away by the amount of resources I obtained, hard copy, visual, and digital..... So it got me thinking..... over the last four years of my degree I have gathered so many resources, only to file then (physically or digitally) never to be seen again, and if and when I do need them- when I'm teaching, how will I track them down.

Well of course for my some of my digital resources (the ones I've remembered to save on my computer) I could just do a general search and I would find it... but there is no real way of giving the file a description or comment (there probably is I just don't know yet).
Then there's the web sites you get told about in passing, it gets written on a scrap of paper and never to be seen again..... or you put it in a safe place, file it and magically it disappears.
Also, I'm always emailing fellow classmates resources and handy web sites to visit in their spare time (procrastination time), in between facebook posts. So I decided that I could 'hit 2 birds with the 1 stone', I would blog my resources - both Home Ec and Geography, and give a brief description, that way I know what the resource is and where to find it..... along with anything else that might pop up..... we'll see how we go.


1 comment:

  1. Hey Nay, I followed your facebook link, its Andy in Tas. Doesn't trying to keep everything filed just do your head in... Im an unintentional information gatherer and have a pretty poor ability to discern what I will and wont need later so save everything. I do it with text, and images.

    Both have the same issue in that its tough trying to balance how you structure things... do you keep you categories wide or create a zillion subcategories? Obviously its a balance of the two but its a constant challenge, whether its in folders in your filing cabinet, in folders on your computer or in tags on your blog!

    Tag wisely, good luck with it :)

    I just started a blog aswell myself. Its to share all the entertaining or cool music/guitar related stuff I find online aswell as promo my new net biz Im starting at the moment. feel free to check it out and pass it onto any music inclined friends!

    www.nailguitar.blogspot.com

    Muso or not you might find some of the stuff entertaining. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

    Andy

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