Another first for me today. The University of the Third Age in my local area had an Open Day today. The U3A is on the grounds of an old high school that our local council now provides for various community groups to meet. For example the old school gymnasium is where dancing, yoga, gym and […]
Returning to the Ukulele
About 8 years ago, I started playing the ukulele and even took lessons from a teacher. I practised every day and got myself to the point where he asked me to consider learning the guitar next however, I wasn’t interested in that back then. After all, I had to fit it all in with life […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 25 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 25 September 2017. Monday 25 September 2017 Today I talked about Link Rot which was a new concept I had discovered in my research for my curation presentation. I go through my process for how I plan my presentation and redo my mind map opting […]
How to Play the Ukulele in Less than 10 000 Hours
Many of you know that I am learning to play the ukulele. I started back in February 2014 and in my post “Learning a New Skill – Ukulele Dreaming” I write how it was an impulse buy and how I ‘fell’ into learning to play this nifty little instrument. Now, although many times I may […]
Learning a New Skill – What Not To Do When Learning To Play the Ukulele from the Internet
Many of you know that I recently been teaching myself how to play the ukulele. For someone who has never learned to play an instrument, learned how to read and write music or even dared sing in public, this is a big deal for me. You can read how I got started with this instrument […]
Learning a New Skill – Ukulele Dreaming…
On Friday night I made an impulse buy at JB Hi Fi. I joke to my husband that every time we walk into this store, Australia’s leading retailer of music, video, home theatre, communication and computer gadgetry, their share price goes up. Every time we leave the store empty-handed, the share price goes down. So […]