10. Second Major Review

My first target which I gave to myself was to improve my familiarity with Microsoft Visual Basic Studios 2010. I have improved my familiarity with visual basic as we have now done an assignment based on work we have done using visual basic. At first submission I achieved a pass and feel as if I have improved from when we first started using it as I have managed to gain a pass. I will improve my assignment for second submission and hope to gain the merit and improve my work for this unit.

The second target I gave myself was to widen my vocabulary. From the last major review I believe that I have managed to widen my vocabulary significantly. I have managed to achieve this my proof reading my work before uploading so I have not only checked for spelling mistakes but also any grammar errors and seen where I could improve and change words to make the sentence more understandable. Also I have been also reading on a regular basis and this has helped improve my vocabulary where I find out a range of new words and ways I can use them in a sentence.

The third target in my PLP was to gain more experience when working with Photoshop. From my last major review I believe I have gained much more experience when working with Photoshop and my ability to use all the tools in the editing software have increased greatly. I can now use Photoshop independently without any help from the teacher and is confident when doing so. For example I can now remove the background and change the colour of an image, this is a screenshot of an image I edited for my assignment in unit 30 graphics where I used Photoshop.

The fourth target for myself was to improve my time management skills. From the last review I did, I have continued to improve my time management skills as I have been able to keep up with all my work from different assignments that have been given at the same time.  I have continued to do different assignments in college and at home and keep myself up to date with all the work that I have been given from my teachers.

The fifth target that I gave to myself was to improve my ability to meet deadlines. I have stayed consistent with myself from the last major review as I have continued to meet all of the deadlines from my assignments, I have not yet missed a deadline for any of my units and have uploaded all of the assignments on time.

From the new target I set myself last time I think I have improved on this. My last target was to focus more on my work during class and not get distracted by others. In class I have managed to bring in a music player and now listen to music in class so I can focus more on my work and overall get more work done in lesson without having to complete it at home.

One new target that I am going to set myself is to improve my punctuality. To try and meet this new target of mine I am going to try and wake up earlier or get an earlier bus to college as on a few occasions it has made me late to college and have missed out on work.

9. Time Management

This week in lesson I gained more experience when working with editing software. I learnt how to use Adobe Illustrator and learnt how to create an image and then use extrude and bevel tool to change the shape of the image and make it look 3D and can be moved and the 3D image changes as you move it. This is a screenshot of the 3D character that I made in Illustrator and made it into a 3D character.

Also this week in lesson we did an assessment during class where we had to take pictures of taking part a computer and also installing anti-virus software and operating systems onto the computer. This helped improve my time management skills where I did multiple tasks at once, e.g. get photos of me installing things on the computer and we had to do it within a certain time limit. 

8. First Major Review

My first target on my PLP was to develop my familiarity with Microsoft Visual Basic Studios 2010. I feel like I am on my way to meet my target and have improved vastly my familiarity with the program Visual Basic. This is due to in unit 6 we focus on programming and event driven programming, and in this we are constantly using the program Microsoft Visual Basic to create our own program. We have also had to use Visual Basic when completing our assignment for that and another unit and this has contributed towards me being able to learn how to use Visual basic confidently without any help from teachers or peers.

The second target that I have put on my PLP was to widen my vocabulary. When trying to complete this target I feel as if I have improved greatly. This being where as I have started to read a lot more books and focus more on the words that I am writing in my class work and assignments. When writing my assignments I know take more time in proof reading my work to make sure there are no spelling mistakes and I go through the assignment to see if I could improve my grammar anywhere to get me the higher grade.

The third target that I gave myself when on this was to gain more experience with Photoshop. I feel as if I have gained a lot more experience when working with Photoshop since starting the course. In one unit Digital Graphics we are completing our assignment with the help of screen shots from Photoshop showing work we have done in class. Now I feel more comfortable when working with Photoshop and can now easily work with Photoshop when creating graphics as the class lessons have taught me how to use it and using Photoshop in my own time has helped me remember how to use it. This is a screenshot of one the images that I have learnt how to edit using the red-eye tool. 

The fourth target of mine that I gave myself at the start of the year was to improve my time management skills. I feel as if I have learnt how to manage my time better as we have been given multiple assignments at the same time which require lots of different tasks to do. This required me to learn how to start assignments when I was given them and do different tasks at once. I have improved where I have been able to complete all of the assignment tasks given to me and improved where I manage my time better so I can finish tasks.

The fifth target of mine was to improve was ability to meet deadlines. I feel that I have improved on this as I have been able to meet all of my deadlines for my assignments, I have not missed any deadlines for my assignments and have uploaded them all on time.

One new target I set myself to was to focus on my work during class. One strategy that can help me to achieve my new target is to bring in a music player or my phone during class. This way I can listen to my music when doing my work, this will keep me focused on my work and not get distracted and I will be able to complete more in class and work harder.