Well I finished my 1st course with Professor Schatz and I must say it was a Whirlwind Finish...
Finals week just before Christmas week and a flurry of assignments culminating with the Final exam.
Grades Posted on Monday morning just a week ago.....96.2 "A" for the course. I guess you can teach an ancient mariner how to sail a new course....and he will make port!
So I am now enrolled in the next Semester Course with Professor Shaughnessy. Refueling, loading books and making a payment on my Tuition bill before leaving port on the next leg of the voyage towards that final port; Masters in International Logistics Management.
Here we go again!
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Into December
Thanksgiving has come and gone. Lots of discussions within the course. Lots of new assignments also.
It appears that most everyone is learning their way around Canvas and has become comfortable posting and discussing and submitting assignments. Personally I have posted with both Word Docs and Adobe PDF's. There is an option to use Goggle Docs but have not found the need to do so.
Mid terms exams have been submitted and now the Professor will have to read and grade them all. Having been in his shoes, I must say that us students have the easy end of Mid Terms!
We were reminded today by the Department Chairman that the course is rapidly coming to a close. Not very much time left. Evaluations for the course are submitted via an on line Survey. I guess this is the way it should be for this kind of a course.
So I am off to do the Survey......
Just a reminder to take a look at Kiwi Spirit and Dr. Stanley Paris who is in his first week of a solo unassisted around the World single handed and non-stop voyage in an attempt to beat the current 150 day record. Hew is also writing a blog so Google Kiwi Spirit Stanley Paris and start tracking him.
It appears that most everyone is learning their way around Canvas and has become comfortable posting and discussing and submitting assignments. Personally I have posted with both Word Docs and Adobe PDF's. There is an option to use Goggle Docs but have not found the need to do so.
Mid terms exams have been submitted and now the Professor will have to read and grade them all. Having been in his shoes, I must say that us students have the easy end of Mid Terms!
We were reminded today by the Department Chairman that the course is rapidly coming to a close. Not very much time left. Evaluations for the course are submitted via an on line Survey. I guess this is the way it should be for this kind of a course.
So I am off to do the Survey......
Just a reminder to take a look at Kiwi Spirit and Dr. Stanley Paris who is in his first week of a solo unassisted around the World single handed and non-stop voyage in an attempt to beat the current 150 day record. Hew is also writing a blog so Google Kiwi Spirit Stanley Paris and start tracking him.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
New Opportunity
Last week I spent a couple of days in NJ at TOTE SERVICES INC. I am assisting in the restructure and relocation of the Company from Moorestown NJ to Jacksonville FL. This gave me the opportunity to log in remotely to the class it certainly reinforced the fact that high speed internet connection makes life a whole lot easier. A couple of places had poor connectivity and it was abysmally slow and that is not fun!
This is an interesting assignment as it is basically a "Human Logistics" exercise. Decisions were made and now it is key to maintain department schedules and training as the restructure heads toward a January 1st deadline and the move continues to a July 1st resettlement. The new office in Jax is scheduled to complete Mid April.
Meanwhile New Hires, Training and a myriad of other details need to be dealt with....not the least of which is "house hunting" for many folks.
This seems to fit right into a Logistics curriculum and it is exciting for me to be involved. Meanwhile class progresses nicely and it is way easier to navigate the web site now that we have had a chance to use it almost on a daily basis. It is amazing to be in discussions with a wide range of classmates on a wide range of personal experience topics.
This is an interesting assignment as it is basically a "Human Logistics" exercise. Decisions were made and now it is key to maintain department schedules and training as the restructure heads toward a January 1st deadline and the move continues to a July 1st resettlement. The new office in Jax is scheduled to complete Mid April.
Meanwhile New Hires, Training and a myriad of other details need to be dealt with....not the least of which is "house hunting" for many folks.
This seems to fit right into a Logistics curriculum and it is exciting for me to be involved. Meanwhile class progresses nicely and it is way easier to navigate the web site now that we have had a chance to use it almost on a daily basis. It is amazing to be in discussions with a wide range of classmates on a wide range of personal experience topics.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Into November (new Sites)
It was off to Baltimore this past week to attend an SOCP meeting which presented the opportunity to test the CANVAS on line site on another host institution. We stayed at the MITAGS facility in Linthicum Heights Maryland and I struggled for 2 days to get my laptop to auto hook up to a remembered host router and give me an Internet connection.
Way too much fiddling around to get an easy connection which discouraged productivity. I could get it to work but not easily.
At that particular site, in the future, I would bring my own portable router and use the hard wired ethernet connection to the router and from there wireless to my laptop.
New Jersey tomorrow for a couple of days....more experimenting if I have time.
Way too much fiddling around to get an easy connection which discouraged productivity. I could get it to work but not easily.
At that particular site, in the future, I would bring my own portable router and use the hard wired ethernet connection to the router and from there wireless to my laptop.
New Jersey tomorrow for a couple of days....more experimenting if I have time.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Beginning of November report
Two months in and things are going well. I really like the ability to study and discuss with my classmates on my own time. I find that I look at what is new and assigned almost daily but really like to set aside a few hours to really tackle the reading, view the videos created and write some discussion and reply to other discussions. It is pretty amazing to see what people are saying and to realize that I have had a related experience and to be able to share that!
We are about 9 days away from registering for next semester classes. That is exciting but for a fixed income retiree it will probably mean looking closely at what I can afford to take for classes without overextending our budget. Regardless, I feel I am doing well and certainly have learned a lot while testing the new technology involved with on line learning and an online degree.
I have so far pretty well balanced my time to continue with my work with Deanna and the Therapy Dog Newfoundlands we have and also our Kiwanis commitments. Sometimes I wonder where the time goes.
After the clock change last night it might mean a bit more after supper time studying as I am not as tempted to go out.
So for now.....Full speed ahead.....but at an economical speed!
We are about 9 days away from registering for next semester classes. That is exciting but for a fixed income retiree it will probably mean looking closely at what I can afford to take for classes without overextending our budget. Regardless, I feel I am doing well and certainly have learned a lot while testing the new technology involved with on line learning and an online degree.
I have so far pretty well balanced my time to continue with my work with Deanna and the Therapy Dog Newfoundlands we have and also our Kiwanis commitments. Sometimes I wonder where the time goes.
After the clock change last night it might mean a bit more after supper time studying as I am not as tempted to go out.
So for now.....Full speed ahead.....but at an economical speed!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
UPDATE MID-OCT
Okay….I think that I have been on the canvas page just about every day except for a couple. The 4-Wheelin in Eustis was terrific. Weather really mild although a plugged stovepipe in the old kitchen wood stove really drove us to exist with two doors open until sensibility kicked in and we cleaned the pipe. 26 inches of vacuum in the pipe after that. Homemade baked beans and Venison Stew heated in a wood stove oven really can't be beat!
Wireless internet allowed easy access to BA644 course work. I did find that I tend to do more at home but yes REMOTE does work…..just have to remind yourself NOT to ignore your host or the two pups.
Finally got around to reading Chapter 4 for the second time today and did post a discussion. That along with continuing to read ongoing threads of previous discussion. I think letting them lie for a couple of days does get one thinking about what the previous thread was all about and possibly elicit another reply!
Couple of really good articles were forwarded to me by a friend who works for Tesoro in Texas and I posted them to my Group Discussion for my classmates to read if they want.
From what I can figure out I am up to date even if I did enjoy a great ride to Millinocket and across the Golden Road to Greenville and home for the Columbus Day Monday holiday! Great photos of Mrs. Moose ignoring the dogs barking at her while she fed!
I tend to be looking at more and more Maritime related articles from the Economic / Logisitc side than I previously did….could it be that this course is rubbing off on me?
Wireless internet allowed easy access to BA644 course work. I did find that I tend to do more at home but yes REMOTE does work…..just have to remind yourself NOT to ignore your host or the two pups.
Finally got around to reading Chapter 4 for the second time today and did post a discussion. That along with continuing to read ongoing threads of previous discussion. I think letting them lie for a couple of days does get one thinking about what the previous thread was all about and possibly elicit another reply!
Couple of really good articles were forwarded to me by a friend who works for Tesoro in Texas and I posted them to my Group Discussion for my classmates to read if they want.
From what I can figure out I am up to date even if I did enjoy a great ride to Millinocket and across the Golden Road to Greenville and home for the Columbus Day Monday holiday! Great photos of Mrs. Moose ignoring the dogs barking at her while she fed!
I tend to be looking at more and more Maritime related articles from the Economic / Logisitc side than I previously did….could it be that this course is rubbing off on me?
Friday, October 4, 2013
Week 4
Videos from the Prof…..rule the week! Explanations and help from the upstairs Jim are paying off and we are seeing more and better video. I wondered a bit about the content size and how it would be handled and just recently the videos of any length are being set up on You Tube. Use their space instead of MMA's makes sense! Questions about archives and just who can see the content are something I have to ask Jim!
I also saw on the Canvas tabs that we could set up conferences and post photos, videos, documents for others in the course. I DID THAT…….and to date have some postings, which I really don't know if they are being seen or not. I think the Canvas Administrator and most likely the Prof can see who looks at what but as a student conference I can't tell unless someone comments……Please if you have used or visited this portion of the course let me know about ease, quality etc. I did have one comment on the Triple E poster…Thanks Joe!
Off to Eustis in the morning for a bit of 4-Wheelin! Maybe get in some bird hunting over a couple of really great German Short Haired Pointers. Foliage should be peak and just hope the rain holds off!
I did inquire about Internet so I can keep up with the assignments….yes it is available!
I also saw on the Canvas tabs that we could set up conferences and post photos, videos, documents for others in the course. I DID THAT…….and to date have some postings, which I really don't know if they are being seen or not. I think the Canvas Administrator and most likely the Prof can see who looks at what but as a student conference I can't tell unless someone comments……Please if you have used or visited this portion of the course let me know about ease, quality etc. I did have one comment on the Triple E poster…Thanks Joe!
Off to Eustis in the morning for a bit of 4-Wheelin! Maybe get in some bird hunting over a couple of really great German Short Haired Pointers. Foliage should be peak and just hope the rain holds off!
I did inquire about Internet so I can keep up with the assignments….yes it is available!
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