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.