Saturday, 23 August 2008

Steaming Ahead

Been a busy old week, with moments of panic and worry about whether I was ever going to be able to see the end of my project. A really useful strategy for coping with this was simply standing up and walking away from it doing something else for a while, rather than ploughing on, when I could no longer see the wood among the trees. I have enjoyed also working on my writing early in the morning, I don't think I am any fresher, just less clouded by other things. Anyway long story short the end is in sight .... (or is it the beginning?) I have forwarded the project so far to my tutor for review, and am now contemplating the concluding chapter. It will be great to have this in a draft form by our meeting on Tuesday, and the promise that all that remains is the final edit, the aesthetics and delivery to the binder.

Today I'm off to somewhere I have been intending to visit for some time. I fancy a ride on the train, and the ride out of Bristol Eastbound, through Brunel's manufactured landscape is quite picturesque. It seems only fitting that this should form the start of my visit to Steam, the Great Western Railway Museum in Swindon.

Lots of folk have been talking about Photosynth over the last week or so too, so maybe I could use my visit not only to learn a little more about the great man and the people who built and worked on "God's Wonderful Railway," but also to frame a Photosynth project. There are a couple of things I want to write about on my Teaching and Learning Blog too, As well as completing the Podcast Series I have begun, I want to get some work done with the Disgo Camera I picked up at the beginning of the holiday, and file conversions for the Podcast Series. Steaming ahead to these I need some context and content, and today will be a chance to play as well.

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