#23 Is this really the end? or just the beginning...

YAY - it's over.......................



well .... is this really the end? I can honestly say that it has taken way longer and been a lot harder to do than i expected. 45 mins a week i don't believe. Trying to fit it into work - impossible. DOing it at work almost impossible. trying to finish it at work really hard. I stayed back for several hours after the library had closed so i could concentrate with no one around.
i do believe there is a benefit to having others completing it around you so you can discuss things and help each other out. I have found looking at others blogs helpful when i haven't fully understood something.
I could imagine having a group of people undertaking Learning 2.0 together in a room and having a couple of days to really play and show each other what they have found - everyone looks for different things so that would be a good way of seeing/learning more than just by yourself. You have a dedicated time frame to work in as well which is enforced which would be much easier. Trying to run branches and concentrate on new things can be quite difficult. Everyone's motivation is also different so it might motivate people more in a group environment.
Trying to fit learning 2.0 in has been a major juggle - but am i glad i have perservered and made myself finish by the completion date.......?
Yes i am. Having a date to complete by has made me complete the task. i don't want to put it off and then never finish. i have learnt an amazing amount about what is available at our fingertips. To be honest - i thought i knew a bit but know i realize how little i know, and we have only just touched the tip of the iceberg.
I am pleased that i made myself finish - i may not have had a chance to search and discover everything avaialable on some of the tutorials but i do believe i have a good understanding of what is behind most of it. To be able to recommend to others or help with questions is a good reason to have completed.
To others struggling to complete learning 2.0 i suggest you really try to make the time to do it - you can put as much effort in to it as you like but at least you have tried and it really is suprising how easy some of the things are to search and use.
I really want to make sure that i use some of what i have learnt - making myself complete more than half of it in 1.5 days has been hard - but i am determined not to waste what i have learnt.
i'm thinking of revisiting each thing in our work environment and trying to see what we could use to make our job easier or better. It really does seem to be time keep up with technology and embrace change.
Personally i enjoyed all the image generator stuff - i like the idea of playing around making cute things.... i know i will use that!

so...... ask me in 3 months how i'm going - hopefully i'll be able to teach you a thing or two!

I would like to apologise for all my typos - good lesson to be learned - don't leave yourself too little time to complete something well! sorry....