Had a week's holiday earlier this month (a few days in Weymouth, lovely weather, swam in the sea!), came back to my desk to a bit of a backlog. At the end of that week our lovely Schools Liaison Officer left us for pastures new, and my boss was off on her hols for two weeks, so there was quite a lot to sort out before they went. As a result, the Things got a bit neglected. However, fortunately quite a few of them were things I was already familiar with - here's a quick round-up of comments:
Screen-casting: This was new to me, and I can see that it could be very useful. The Cambridge Admissions Office used this technique to explain to applicants how to fill in the Supplementary Application Questionnaire, I seem to remember, and it was very successful. However, I don't think it's going to be something I will need in the near future - just as well, as the college system was very reluctant to let me load Screencast-o-matic.
Doodle: I've been using this for a while, mainly in the book groups I belong to (three, at the last count!) and guess what - I was introduced to it by a librarian! Brilliant tool, and I plan to indoctrinate my office colleagues as soon as a suitable opportunity comes up.
Google calendar: The Admissions team use this as a means of keeping everyone in the loop as regards who is in the office on a specific day, who is on school visits, when Open Days are scheduled etc. I have separate calendars for work and personal commitments, but the Admissions Tutor doesn't discriminate between the two, so occasionally we come across events such as children's dental appointments, Brownie meetings or Pilates classes too. Very useful, but we have found it a bit fiddly adding new people (new SLO starts next month) and giving them access to each other's calendars. Not always very intuitive.
OK, will stop there for now, and do Week 5 Things in a separate post.
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