Semester 2: Weeks 5-6
These past few weeks have been a huge struggle. I find that as things pick up, It becomes harder and harder to engage with the KIPP blog. To be honest, I was under the impression last term that this course was only one term and I have found myself complete burnout of blog ideas. Reflective writing is something that still makes me uncomfortable to share on a platform like this. How have the weeks passed so quickly? I find reassurance that others feel similarly (at least in blog form!)
Anyways, I had some very interesting intensives, but was very sick, so I was not able to attend in full force (if at all). I had a very severe bronchitis infection which almost landed me in the hospital due to how progressed it was. I find the time difference has been no friend to my immune system.
The intensives were very (especially Data Science for Society) because they relied on group work to be completed within an allowed timeframe. Although I appreciated that we were able to see the data sets earlier than others, it was still difficult to connect with everyone’s timezones and to follow along with what was happening on everyone’s screens. My group mates were amazing though it all though, so I am very grateful.
One thing is for certain, I never want to deal with Microsoft Teams again after this programme. For some reason, it miss out on notifications unless the app is running in the backdrop with causes major lagging/loading issues for me in terms of Miro and Noteable.
On a more positive note I have made some progress on my project and have been enjoying the readings for some of my non DIS courses like Data Civics and Inter-Organizational Work.
Hello Meghan,
Putting my hands up and saying exactly the same thing with the KIPP blog! For me, reflective writing isn’t the biggest challenge; the biggest challenge is publishing it in front of others as part of a cohesive argument! However, today I was attending a session from Mozilla’s Mozfest and someone shared a link to this article on what’s called “digital gardening”. It’s an alternative process to blogging:
I’m sitting here wondering how I can turn this blog, and blogging practice into a digital garden and your post reminded me of it again. Curious what you think and if you think this might assist your reflective practice?
Most importantly, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been unwell. That must be awful to deal with when combined with the pressure of deadlines. Hope you’re fully recovered as soon as possible!