Assignment one
I was relieved to hear that my blog is simple to use, as this will make it easy for visitors to find and read my work.
I said in part one that I struggle with managing my time, and getting some help from my tutor was great. My tutor advised me of the 888 principles, so I investigated this more (Kit.,2020). Planning eight hours of study, eight hours of ‘me time’, and eight hours of sleep will assist me in better managing my everyday life. I may not have the exact schedule, but it offers me something to plan for.
My tutor also advised me to use a stopwatch for me to sit and study for a designated time such as an hour, so I did this as a test and it did stop me from being interrupted by social media, phone calls, or coffee breaks. She also suggests that I use a Gantt chart to visualise time I have available for each assignment. I researched it, but I also found a very user-friendly app called the Todolist. I have now added all of my upcoming tasks to this app. It is useful since I can now see the work I have to perform in the upcoming days, weeks, and months. To further help me keep organised, I have also created a computerised daily schedule. Both of these new strategies will make it easier for me to calculate how much time I have left to study. There is also a choice to add personal events to the daily schedule.
My tutor has suggested a book to help with writing about art, (Barnet, 2014) which I will borrow from the library, and I was relieved to find that, despite my dyslexia, my written work is developing positively.
It was discouraging to learn that my citations were not correct. Every time I have written something from a source, I have ensured I included references. I was unaware, however, of the unreliability of Wikipedia and the Tate as research sources and that my format was incorrect. It was fortunate that my tutor pointed out that I was not properly referencing because she informed me that the university library offers a tutorial that would teach me how to do it correctly.
It is interesting that my tutor said it might be time for me to launch a website; this is something I have been considering doing for a while. I currently have a digital portfolio that needs additional work still, but it is not a website. I have not felt prepared to do this because I have thought the only work I can show is what I have done during this degree. Reflecting on this issue it has made me realise I ought to be producing work that I enjoy doing in my leisure time, too. Now that I have a time management strategy in place, this will be simpler to do.
The last assignment of part one helped my practice by allowing me to think differently about making mistakes and being more confident. Hopefully, I will remember to practise this skill throughout the rest of the course.
Overall, I have learned a lot from the work produced in part one of this course and can now go forward with new ideas and new strategies of working.
Bibliography
Barnet, S. (2014) A short guide to writing about art, global edition. 11th edn. London: Pearson Education.
Kit., C. (2020) 8–8–8 Rule: Living a Balanced and Happy Life. Singapore: CKSPACE. Available at: https://youtu.be/hZizLOgrVBo.
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