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[tinyjo]

So, one of the things we have to do as part of my GTP course next year is apparently to keep a reflective journal covering our training and teaching experiences. Of course, being the terrifying geek that I am, I immediately thought "Ooh, I could do that as a blog". I asked and the trainer said I could but that I might want to cut and stick things in it so I should think carefully. I think this is because she doesn't yet know about scanners.

It has to be accessible to our trainers (i.e. they can ask to look at it) but not necessarily to our mentors so I'm thinking of making an LJ for it - that way I can make another account for the trainer and make locked posts for stuff I don't want to share with my mentor or needs too much anonymising. Still, I'm open to suggestions...

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I include the option to use this LJ and etc because this LJ is basically inextricably linked with my real name - google charman and oxford and you get my tinyjo.net website, for a start - and I accept that so anyone interested in me as a teacher will find this anyway. On the other hand, that doesn't mean I might not choose to set up a new internet identity for blogging about teaching and keep this one for writing about my outside interests, which is probably the most sensible route.

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I mentioned jottit

[jinty]

...because I think that creating a userid for someone else who doesn't actually use LJ is a bit of a palaver for them, and not guaranteed to work. A simple password-protected site would be a lot easier for them to use.

However, you're going to be the main user, of course, so at the end of the day it's whatever you find easiest / most useful.

(I smiled at the comment about not knowing scanners existed! But will you actually get round to scanning things in good time? I have a small pile of stuff that I intend to scan, oooh, sooon. A digicam photo might be quicker & easier?)

Re: I mentioned jottit

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Actually that's true - now I have a good digital camera, I'll probably end up using that rather more, unless it's for something in really small print.

I'll have a look at jottit and see what I make of it - I haven't played with the Caption version yet.

Are you still on the committee mailing list?

[jinty]

That's the only place that the CAPTION one's been briefed out. I think it's not a bad way of working actually.

Re: Are you still on the committee mailing list?

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yep, but I only scan most of the mailings. I'll check it out and see how it feels.