Is it worth it?

How much information does a person want? I recently put my brown leather corner sofa accompanied with a footstool on Ebay for a £10 starting price. I had originally decided to give it to charity but as it did not have fire resistant labels they would not accept it! I had stated there were a few scuffs and that it had been in storage but still had a few years wear left and would be great for someone starting out. Within the hour of the auction started I had been messaged several times, with questions ranging from "can I have your Postcode" to "please can you tell me if it will fit in my living room" but the best one would have to be "sorry this will honestly be my last question". I decided that it wasn't worth it and withdrew the sale, has anybody else ever felt like this before? Seriously I don't think I could buy 2 chickens at Tesco or Asda for £10!!!

Mother's day madness!

Last minute should be my second name! Thanks to technology my mother will be one happy lady this mother's day. With a press of a button I was able to download and print off a gift voucher from the online retailer Not on the high street, and I am safe in the knowledge that I don't have to step foot in a shop to buy overpriced flowers!

Catchphrase!

Pot luck! The children in reception class would love to use this package. A fun package with lots of uses.

Modelling

My daughter was asked to model for her friends GCSE photography coursework. She wanted to work against a variety of backdrops so they chose an old colliery site and a forestry theme. It is amazing how much airbrushing you can do on a apple mac. Hair and make-up were corrected at a touch of a button and the backdrop images enlightened or enhanced. However a Fuji instax mini 90 poloroid camera was also used to catch some natural photos.

Frustration

Frustrating day in work today, the only computer in the playroom would not co-operate and once again the children were unable to access ICT while spending time in this area. Also a frustrating time for my work colleague who was trying to complete inserts for the Easter cards. After the children printed off their inserts there were only blank pieces of paper to collect from the printer! 

International Happiness Day!!

Well what a fabulous morning! I was awoken this morning with Pharell Williams telling me that it was International Happiness Day! I know you want me to tell you how. Well unfortunately it wasn't in person or by phone call :( I received a notification on my Instagram account accompanied by a photograph of the legend Nelson Mandela with his famous quote "Tread softly, breathe peacefully, laugh hysterically." It put a spring in my step and I decided to spread the happiness when waking my two daughters for school. They both thought I had gone mad, as the mornings are usually chaos. I also spread the happiness with my work colleague and friend Lisa Lewis, and uploaded a couple more happiness quotes to my Facebook profile. Without the resource of technology I probably wouldn't have known about International Happiness Day or have been able to spread the happiness!!

Iphone 5s

Within minutes of arriving home to an empty house, my phone started ringing. The caller Id told me that it was my oldest daughter calling, when I swiped accept call, I was startled to hear her out of breath! She quickly told me that she was in the forestry with her best friend and that they had just completed a 2 kilometer run. I was puzzled and also concerned, as she is not at all sporty and how the heck did she know that they had run 2 kilometers. It soon became apparent, she had downloaded an app on her IPhone 5s that tracks the distance and time of your run, to say I was impressed was an understatement! When I was younger it was all about estimating how far you had run by using landmarks as markers and as far as timing it a good old stopwatch never failed!

Homework

It is Sunday evening and I have just had half an hour to take a look at the website www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective. I managed to complete some of the quizzes getting most of the answers right which I was very pleased with. I have taken notes, however I feel the website is such a valuable resource I will be revisiting it in the future for a more in depth look and to help me through my studies.

Technology and me

I enjoy using technology, although I do find it a little bit daunting. I mostly use ICT at home where I feel confident as it is my own Ipad or computer and if anything goes wrong I wouldn't be so worried. At my setting the ICT is not so good and up to date as other schools in the area. Throughout the school we have 20 Ipads and 2 interactive white boards for 260 children that attend the school.I feel that ICT resources are very poor and the children are disadvantaged.

About me

I am studying for a Degree in Learning support. I am enjoying the studying but find it hard when I have a home and full time job. I would sometimes like a bit of me time! The regular things like having a an eyebrow shape. I enjoying walking my dog and spending time with my family that I adore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family

Here it goes

I am currently sitting in the ICT suite at Swansea Met University as I would like to further my education. I am currently studying for a Foundation Degree in Learning Support!! I am a dinosaur when it comes to ICT......