19/7/2018

Today I came into college to complete and finalise unit 23 to make sure it's all correct and that I can pass the criteria for it. This was kind of stressful because in order to make one change I would have to make some changes to the criteria that I had already past. I think tomorrow will be my final ever day at college because I will be waiting for resubmissions and finishing off any SOAs that I have not filled in.

17/7/2018

Today I worked on outstanding tasks for the majority of the day. In the afternoon I had a meeting with my careers adviser that helped me create a CV covering letter which will be extremely useful in the near future. I am going to make a start on applying for jobs this week.

16/7/2018

Aims: To complete unfinished work for U35
To complete any unfinished work for all other units
Outcomes:
Complete resubmissions and unfinished work for U35
Complete and hand in U35 SoA and end of unit survey
Complete any other unfinished units, including SoA
Complete Summer reviews
Complete exit interview

Today I handed in part one of assignment 3 for unit 35 so now only need to complete part two. To do this I need the results for my survey so that I can reflect back on my graphics and state what I could do to improve them. In the meantime for this, I can complete any resubmissions that I have to do and I also have unit 23 to change too. A strength is that I know exactly what I should be focusing on but I weakness is that I still have lots to complete before the end of the year.

13/7/2018

Lesson Aim:
To finalise tasks for Assignment Three
Submit A3 to a good standard, work on resubmission of prior assignments
Complete outstanding SoA and U24 assignments

Learning Objectives
Complete Assignment submissions
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

Today I completed all resubmissions that are due except for U23 work which means I am yet another step closer to finishing college. The only pieces of work that are on my mind now is finishing unit 23 and 35 which may or may not take me lots of time to complete. I did not get much sleep last night so found it a challenge to stay focused today but still managed to get more work completed than I thought I would.

10/7/2018

Work on outstanding resubmissions
Clarify any comments on U3 work
Present data in an accurate and easy to read format
Identify outstanding work
Prioritise outstanding work
Set share settings on documents to anyone with the link can comment

Today I came into college in the morning and completed lots of work for Unit 35 which means I am almost caught up on my workload for the rest of the year at college. On the other hand, I may need some extra time to complete this as it is due today but I will try my hardest to complete it from home. I am very happy that the end of the year is approaching for me so I will be able to move onto full time work somewhere but I still need to work as hard as I can to complete everything ASAP.

9/7/2018

Aims:To be able to create digital graphics for an interactive media product following industry practice
To review the digital graphics created
To complete unfinished work for U35

Outcomes:
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product following industry practice
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product to a good technical standard following industry practice, showing some imagination 
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product to a technical quality that reflects near technical standards following industry practice, showing creativity and flair, working independently to professional expectations
To collect four or five reviews on your digital graphics
To describe any further improvements that can be made to the graphics
Complete resubmissions and unfinished work for U35

Today has been a very productive day for me because I have been determined to complete lots of work. I managed to complete all resubmissions that are due soon (except for U3 A3T2) and also had plenty of time to work on unit 35 digital graphics. I am really pleased with the way my graphics have turned out to be which might be due to the amount of time I spent planning them.

My next piece of work due is a resubmissions for Unit 3 which is A3T2 and this is due tomorrow.

6/7/2018

Lesson Aim:
To finalise tasks for Assignment Three
Submit A3 to a good standard, work on resubmission of prior assignments
Complete outstanding SoA and U24 assignments

Learning Objectives
Complete Assignment submissions
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

Today I came into college and completed many resubmissions including some for unit 3, 14 and 29. A strength of this is that it means I am more ahead on my workload so I can concentrate on what I need to do next. A weakness of today was that I only had £1.88 for lunch which was enough to buy a bag of doritos and a dip (which is unhealthy).

The next piece of work that I have due is a resubmission for unit 29 which is A4T2

29/6/2018

Lesson Aim:
To continue with development of Assignment Three
To demonstrate your robot for A3
Submit A3 to a good standard, work on resubmission of prior assignments

Learning Objectives
Develop skills writing code in NXC
Demonstrate the robot
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

Today I came into college to finish off outstanding works and managed to complete a resubmission for unit 3 and almost another one for unit 14. The last SMART target that I set myself was To review all of my SMART targets at the end of this term to make sure they are SMART (Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely). I will do this as well as other resubmissions over the weekend so I am more ahead of my work schedule.

The next piece of work I have due is a resubmission for unit 14 which is A3T1 (due Monday 2nd July).

26/6/2018

Use a SQL commands to interrogate a multi table database
Present information in a suitable way

Learning Outcomes (what the learner will be able to do)
Export data from DBBrowser
Identify how data may be suitable, accurate and relevant
Refine the search using SQL commands
Identify specific data from multiple tables as requested
Identify valid but inaccurate data
Interrogate edit large sets of data to present useable information
Interrogate large sets of data to present accurate, valid and usable information
Manipulate data in Excel to produce useful information
Evaluate information to present it and justify the methods you have used

Learning Objectives (skills, knowledge & attitudes)
Develop SQL query skills
Present data for a purpose
Edit and process data for a purpose

This afternoon I came into college in order to complete outstanding resubmissions that are due soon. In my attempt at this, I only managed to complete most of one resubmission because today has not been very motivated really. I spent some of the time today thinking about my target grades for each of the units and decided that I only really need to go for Passes on most the units this year to achieve the grade that I want for this course (MMM). If however I change my mind and go for distinctions in the rest of the units then I will only achieve a DMM. 

The next assignment I have due is a resubmission for unit 3 which is A2T3 due 28th of June.

25/6/2018

Aims: To be able to create digital graphics for an interactive media product following industry practice

Objectives:
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product following industry practice
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product to a good technical standard following industry practice, showing some imagination 
Create interactive media graphics for an interactive media product to a technical quality that reflects near technical standards following industry practice, showing creativity and flair, working independently to professional expectations

Today I started working on my actual graphic designs for unit 35 and managed to already complete 3 of them. I am really happy with how well I have spent my time creating these because they did not take me ages and look very good from my own point of view. A weakness of today is that I felt less motivated in the afternoon so did not complete as much work as intended.

My next assignment is due today which is A3T2 for unit 03.

22/6/2018

Lesson Aim:
To continue with development of Assignment Three
To demonstrate your robot for A3

Learning Objectives:
Develop skills writing code in NXC
Demonstrate the robot
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

Today I managed to finally complete writing and testing the code for my robot. After doing this, my robot was observed by my Tutor and it scored 40 out of a possible 75 which I am really happy with but I could have massibly improved this if I altered and then tested higher movements speeds. A weakness of today was that I was late to college by about an hour and fifteen minutes because my alarm did not go off this morning. Despite this, I was still able to come into college to complete a substantial amount of work!

My next assignment is due on Monday 25th which is U3 A3T2 and John has kindly given me an extension for this so I have more time to complete it.

19/6/2018

Use a SQL commands to interrogate a multi table database
Present information in a suitable way

Learning Outcomes (what the learner will be able to do)
Export data from DBBrowser
Identify how data may be suitable, accurate and relevant
Refine the search using SQL commands
Identify specific data from multiple tables as requested
Identify valid but inaccurate data
Interrogate edit large sets of data to present useable information
Interrogate large sets of data to present accurate, valid and usable information
Manipulate data in Excel to produce useful information
Evaluate information to present it and justify the methods you have used

Learning Objectives (skills, knowledge & attitudes)
Develop SQL query skills
Present data for a purpose
Edit and process data for a purpose

This afternoon we carried on with U3 Assignment 3 Task 2 and I managed to complete two queries in this time. A weakness of today was that I was going to come into college early this morning but decided to work from home instead. I am happy that this assignment was given an extension for tomorrow because I still have lots to complete for it. I will be coming into college tomorrow to catch up on more work.

The next assignments I have due are U3 A3T2, U35 A2T2,T3 which are all due tomorrow.

18/6/2018

Aim: To be able to generate ideas for digital graphics for an interactive media project

Objectives:
To understand the importance of design tools
To create a moodboard for interactive media products for a stated client.
To create a mind map for interactive media products for a stated client.
To create sketches for at least one concept for interactive media products for a stated clientTo create sketches for three different concepts for interactive media products for a stated client

Today I completed the specification plan for my graphics so I know the exact settings to use for each image with reasons. I also worked to completing U35 A2T3 which is all about copyright and the ethical issues that a designer has to consider before making graphical images. This is important because as a professional designer you do not want to get fined or hurt anyone's feelings through segregating their race or gender for example. A weakness of today is that I still believe I am behind on work as I have not yet done my sketches for my digital graphics so still have lots of work to complete before wednesday.

The next piece of work that I have due is U3 A3T2 due tomorrow 19th June.

15/6/2018

Lesson Aim:
To continue with development of Assignment Three
To investigate line following techniques 

Learning Objectives:
Investigate the use of sensors in NXT Robot design
Develop skills writing code in NXC
Investigate different methods of line following in NXC
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

This morning I am happy to say that I have finished the first version of my code which is working, I say first version because there are so many improvements that can be made such as the speed in which it moves. I am really happy with the amount that I did in the space of this morning because I thought that it would take extra lessons to get this far into the assignment. My SMART target for today was to remove distractions when working on assignments to give 100% of my focus on my work for the next two pieces I work on.

This afternoon we looked at the our robots and discussed why they need to transfer any analogue signals into digital. I know that computers only understand signals that use binary so I based my hypothesis from that. We were also introduced the new merit criteria assignment which was about how and why these Lego robots use signal conversion.

The next piece of work that I have due is a resubmission for Unit 3 which is A2T1 and actually a day late so I need to resubmit this as soon as possible.

11/6/2018

Aims: To be able to generate ideas for digital graphics for an interactive media project

Objectives:
Explain the importance of designs
Create a suitable design brief for a stated client
State what legal and ethical considerations need to be considered when creating interactive media products
To understand the importance of design tools
To use design tools (moodboard, mindmap, sketches) to start to design interactive media products for a stated client
Today I worked into completing U35 A2T1 and I am really happy with the amount of work that I did on it because I only have to write the conclusion to finish it off. A strength of today is that I am happy with the decisions that I made when planning because I gave good reasons for why I would chose to use something like a specific setting for an image. This has made me more prepared for the next assignment in Unit 35 because working through this has given me ideas for what graphics I could create.

The next piece of work that I have due is A3T1 for unit 3.

8/6/2018

Lesson Aim:
To continue with development of Assignment Three
To investigate line following techniques 

Learning Objectives:
Investigate the use of sensors in NXT Robot design
Develop skills writing code in NXC
Investigate different methods of line following in NXC
To work toward completion of Assignment Three

This morning I finished off my flow charts for unit 14 so I am almost caught up with my workload for this unit. I also made some sketches of my robot and labeled parts of it to achieve the criteria for the assignment (I hope). In the afternoon we had a tutor hour about how IT could effect our jobs in the future and I found out there is a 22% chance of my dream job being taken over by robots. My SMART target for this week was to come into college for two extra days next week to ensure I am caught up on my workload.

The next piece of work that I have due is today which is U35 A1T1 and I have almost completed it.

5/6/2018

Use a SQL commands to interrogate a multi table database
Present information in a suitable way


Learning Outcomes (what the learner will be able to do)

Import data to DBBrowser
Export data from DBBrowser
Identify how data may be suitable, accurate and relevant
Refine the search using the WHERE command
Use logical operators to be more selective in SQL
Identify specific data from multiple tables as requested
Reformat a field in a table
Identify valid but inaccurate data
Interrogate edit large sets of data to present useable information
Interrogate large sets of data to present accurate, valid and usable information
Work towards completed assignment 3Manipulate data in Excel to produce useful information


Learning Objectives (skills, knowledge & attitudes)

Develop SQL query skills
Present data for a purpose
Edit and process data for a purpose

Today I made a start on breaking apart and altering the three different tables which were part of a games sales database for unit 3. I really thought about what I could do in the database to make sure the data is kept accurate, reliable and useful to a company and I started to do things like remove blank fields and change the column titles to my liking.

The next piece of work that I have due is U35 A1T1 in which I need to put in lots of work for to hand it in on time.

4/6/2018

Aim: To be able to generate ideas for digital graphics for an interactive media project

Objectives:
Write detailed and clear reasoned article about the use of different colour spaces, optimisation and applications including suitable images (A1)
State what a design brief is
Create a suitable design brief for a stated client
State what legal and ethical considerations need to be considered when creating interactive media products
Understand and be able to explain the importance of legal and ethical issues when creating interactive media products

Today we reached further into Unit 35 which is all about graphics and legislations to protect your and other peoples work. The new assignment was added into the classroom however I have yet to make a start on it because I have been working on A1 for the majority of my day today. A weakness is that I am still majorly behind on my workload but I have opted in to come to college extra days this week to resolve this.

The next piece of work that I have due is a resubmission for unit 14 which is (A2T1)

15/5/2018

Use a range of SQL commands to interrogate a multi table database
Present information in a suitable way

Learning Outcomes (what the learner will be able to do)
Export data from DBBrowser
Refine the search using the WHERE command
Use logical operators to be more selective in SQL
Identify specific data from multiple tables as requested
Reformat a field in a table
Consider how law impacts on databases
Identify valid but inaccurate data
Interrogate edit large sets of data to present useable information
Interrogate large sets of data to present accurate, valid and usable information
Identify flaws in a databases design
Manipulate data in Excel to produce useful information
Learning Objectives (skills, knowledge & attitudes)
Develop SQL query skills
Present data for a purpose
Edit and process data for a purpose

This afternoon we did some more practice work on SQL in preparation for the practical in a few weeks time. We used some new functions to identify specific users that signed up etc before a different date and also used some addition and rounding functions to calculate averages. A downside is that I am still struggling with SQL a little bit but I think that's down to having less practice to other people. I set myself a SMART target last week to practice SQL so I will try my best to reach that.

The next assignment that I have due is a resubmission for tonight (U23 A4T1)

14/5/2018

Aim: To be able to describe/explain/comprehensively explain different file types, bit depths, colour spaces and optimisation

Outcomes:
Explain the differences between bitmaps and vectors with suitable images 
Identify three different colour spaces and explain how graphic designs would use those colour spaces
Write detailed and clear reasoned article about the use of different colour spaces including suitable images

This morning we were introduced to the new unit which is all about graphical media and design. I think that I will enjoy this unit because I am really interested about encouraging my skills in graphic design. On the other hand I feel that the first assignment is a bit repetitive because we have learnt about the file types and whatnot last year as part of unit 30. A weakness of today is that I did not complete as much as A1 as I would have liked to because I only managed to complete 1 out of 3 sections.

The next assignment I have due is a resubmission for Unit 3 due tonight (A1T1)