Rudai23 2017 workbook

Thoughts so far.. contemplation by Rene van Haeften cc by-na-sa 2.0 We are now a quarter way through Rudai23 and its flown by so fast its hard to believe. I signed up to this years Rudai23 course to begin to learn new skills and tools as I have fallen behind in keeping up with new mobile technology developments.  I had engaged with the Gibbs cycle in college and always found it made writing a report easier as it gave a useful framework on which to build your ideas on a topic. I was however always thrown by the "Feelings" portion of the cycle. I have never really had any strong feelings about any task, either could I complete the job or I couldn't. The first task we had to accomplish was to set up a blog. I had set one up before for the last time I did rudai23 but I didn't want to use the same one. I had hoped to keep writing at the time if only for a record of events I attended and courses I took part in. I tried wordpress this time but found it a ...

My first Rudai blog post Hello! My name is Emmet and I've been a qualified librarian for eight years now. I have worked in a wide range of information centres and libraries. I became a librarian because I like books, people, organising and researching or finding information.  I studied the granduate diploma of library and information studies on a part time basis in UCD. My favourite modules were the teaching librarian and children's literature. These two are the ones I have asked about most in interviews.  I'm not working in libraries for the time being. I am currently cleaning databases of clutter before they get upgraded.  I did the Rudai23 course the first time out in 2015 and really enjoyed it. It had a wide range of topics from images, podcasting, presentations, augmented reality and many more. The "things"were all useful for a workplace setting and I have used what I learned in several places of employment.  I look forward to learning new ...