Author Archives: Leia

Write or Die!


A useful tool for procrastination avoidance! Removes all excess distractions and lets you set a target work count or time limit. But hesitate too long and you’re treated to a horrendous noise to ‘encourage’ you to crack on, or worst … Continue reading

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Full Potential


Go on… build us a giant Robot of Death, we promise we won’t complain…

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Big Ambition Wales


A newly launched Welsh focussed ICT Career website has launched this week.  Big Ambition Wales is full of careers advice, real life case studies from the IT industry, videos and interactive activities to get your ICT career started.

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Lost Keys?


A set of keys have been handed in to reception. I’d check before going home that you’ve got yours!

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Something to aspire to!


The winners of the Wales blog awards are now out – worth checking out to look for good ideas! http://walesblogawards.co.uk

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Are Video Games an Art form?


Maybe of interest to those of you blogging at the moment BBC News (Audio): Are Video Games and Art Form

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Timekeeping


Don’t forget that ITeC training starts at 9.30. That’s 9.30 in the room ready to work…  (Not 9.30 putting the kettle on and then eventually starting work 20 minutes later) This is Work Based Learning – lateness would not be … Continue reading

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Help a tutor with THEIR project!


None of us ever stop learning at ITeC and I’m on a training course at the moment.  As part of it I have to do a project on Problem Solving, and the ‘problem’ I’m looking at is how to make … Continue reading

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The I and the C in “ICT”…


Some things to think about as you embark upon your ICT Key Skills project… ICT – Information and Communications Technology. The Technology bit is not that important. It’s very powerful, easy to use, and it can look after itself very … Continue reading

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Starting Blogging


For those of you in the September Group, we will shortly be starting the blogging workshops — this will contribute to your ITQ “Using Collaborative Technologies” if you’re doing Option 1 and and your Essential Skills Wales ICT qualification if … Continue reading

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