Assessment Fatigue

Assignment fatique.. assessment fever..

This week has been hard studying and working.It is coming to the end of our 'Semester' at wrok so we have a lot of assessment issues to work through at work.I need to prepare an exam etc.
On top of that there have been assessments in both 5601 and 5621.One problem that I have with assessments is that I tend to focus on them and then there is a possibility of getting behind in other tasks.I am finding this to be the case right now. Treading water fast as I can to stay afloat would be a great analogy.

Sure it is all character building etc. But it is also down right frustrating as you feel that even with your best efforts you are forced into an expedient posture in order to meet dedlines.On the other hand it is just not possible to achieve learning without some prioritizing and that usually requires a little bit of stress.

In the spectroscopy course I am doing, we had a pop quiz dropped on us without notice. I think that is something I won't do with my students because that really annoyed me. Taking an assessment for which I had no warning and thus made no preparation..I was pretty much fuming, though I didn't say anything..

So with web design and learning design I need to go on line and say something erudite, learned and referenced on the respective topics.The only problem is that also requires preparation.Going to need to get into a lot of reading before I can feel confident to do that..Not a big bike riding weekend I am thinking..