Right time to start thinking about reflecting on what I have
learnt so far (sorry rather overdue), although I have to say the whole keeping
a blog thing is a good exercise generally in reflective practice. It has
certainly given me the opportunity to follow a sort of ‘identify, do, consider,
discuss’ course which is good for keeping me organised and thinking! I identify
what needs to be done, have a go at doing it, consider what I’ve gleaned from
it and then have a witter about it on my blog. Indeed, I have to say that out
of all the things I’ve done so far through the course, keeping a blog has been
a bit of a revelation! I enjoy making postings (keeps me amused if no one else)
and it is good to look back over my old postings and see how far I’ve
come! Feels like a rather bizarre online
time capsule, if you will! Something I can open up at a later date and think
‘oo is that really how I felt about so and so?’, ‘why on earth was I worried
about that?’ or ‘oh crumbs, I still need to do that!’
The most important
element that I have gleaned from cpd23 which I will integrate into my working
life is without doubt confidence! I have
learnt a vast range of new skills and tools, but the confidence this has
afforded me will be invaluable. I am now far braver about trying new things and
giving things a go. In particular things such as creating an online presence
for myself was previously really rather daunting and the thought of ‘putting
myself out there’ was something I had admittedly shied away from in the past,
but I have definitely grown to see the value of this now!
Through cpd23 I have learned and gained a massive amount-
from organising myself with things like Google Calendar and EverNote, keeping
up to date with RSS feeds, interacting with the wider library community through
social networking and sharing and the potential for collaborative projects with
things like Google Drive and different ways to present ideas with things like
Jing. I’ve also really benefitted from
hearing other people’s experiences, learning from everyone at different stages
in their careers- from trainees to professionals. I definitely feel more poised to go into the
workplace and make more of a contribution now that I am armed with the tools
that I have learnt and hopefully I can share this with others too!
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