Juggling, The most important lesson!

Can you Juggle?
GCSE Students know, theoretically, that there is an end date coming and have some mental list of what they need to do to finish their work, but when the time comes it is those who are prepared who succeed. Those already with skills in ICT or hand working are able to produce quality work, and this is the important bit, quickly and efficiently. I know that given 5 hours, I can make a wonderful 3D model, light it and output a film... but what is really needed is something good enough in 1 hour so i can move into something else.
In a weeks time I am running 2 half day INSET's (Teacher training) in using Sketchup. One will be focused on using tricks and tactics to quickly create quality visuals from Sketchup in as short a time as possible.
So what's juggling got to do with this? Well, those who can't juggle. when questioned why , start by saying they don't have the skill, then after a few more excuses they inevitably end up with... "Because I haven't practiced".
ICT is especially cruel for this because it requires memory of where tools are and what they do, combined with experience of using them. There is no substitute for time and therefore I hope that next weeks INSET will result in staff practising themselves, becoming expert, and inspiring GCSE students to produce good and quick results. A whizz bang graphic is only part of a portfolio... and therefore should only have part of the time spent on it so encourage your students to practise now, so they can knock out that required visual quickly when the time comes.