Week 2 : #3 : Thoughts on my learning habits.

Negatives:

1. Without asking a supervisor for time to work on training I would have no time for training.
2. There is no place to go at work where you are not interrupted constantly.
3. Age is leaving me with less short term memory, so I need to learn to use "tabs" efficiently in order to move back and forth from the instructions and learning parts to my blog and it's posts, etc.
4. Goal setting is one of my weak areas. I agree that having a goal increases your learning ability but getting motivated to learn something that you may never need to use is hard. Knowing "why" you are learning something new helps.
5. I need an "Undo" tool in Blogger Edit.
6. Once I get "Moving" on learning something new, I get interested and start looking at all its facets. This is especially easy to do online when you can just click on a link. It is easy to get "lost" or "off on a tangent" when you are doing this. There is an awful lot of information out there and not enough time. Online training seems to take a lot longer than training that you go to. I think I learn more from the online training though.
7. I can get carried away with what I'm doing. I need to learn that enough is enough and go on to the next thing.
   

Positives:

1. I like being able to train, or learn, at my own pace, in my spare time, and without having to drive somewhere. These online training programs are great.
2. I learn best when I do something hands on and have time to repeat it to reinforce the knowledge learned. This online learning program is perfect for that.
3. I write down shortcuts to remember something new and post it where I can find it until I know I have it mastered. My blog may be one place to post these things.