Thursday 12th December

I began the day by looking at assignment two of information systems again. Today there wasn't a quiz which was quite disappointing. I went on to the third task in the first assignment and managed to get some of it done but I also went on to mark Dan’s work and see if there were any changes and one I completed that I sent it back so he can make the changes I pointed out.

I then had my ILP meeting with John which highlighted my proof reading , and continue listening to music whilst doing my work so I don’t get distracted by off task talk from Shane, Matt, Lewis and Dan. Other than that everything else was good. I managed to get everything I wanted to do which is good.

Wednesday 11 December

Another test was the starting activity for today which saw the return of last week’s computer hardware quiz. The only difference is there were added questions to take the total marks available from 37 up to 54, I was a lot more confident than last week s I knew I had the knowledge after taking the victory last week. But I was still surprised at how many questions I could remember the answers to. So in the end I managed to get a respectable score of 46 out of 54 and the winner only got one more mark than me. Personally I think having these kinds of tests help me retain knowledge I gained in last year’s units so it’s great to be reminded of this, especially as I enjoy hardware.

We then took a look at some current/future technology that needs backers on kickstarter (a site which displays multiple inventions which are looking for investors). One piece of technology we looked at involved the drawing of electronics and turning everyday objects in an input device. Both inventions were amazing, especially the drawing electronics but turning everyday objects into an input device seems somewhat pointless as you could just use a keyboard and mouse. I guess the idea is unique and interesting but not something I can see being sold.

Today John talked to us (the extended 3s) about databases.  It looks like a fairly difficult unit to do but I will get through it in the end. Overall I enjoyed today, a lot of variety in task wise and it will be good to get rid of the assignment one tasks

Tuesday 11th December

Today we started with TED Tuesday, it was Lewis’s test and people didn't seem to enjoy it all too much. Apparently he made the questions 'TOO HARD' now I'm not sure about that, because I managed to 9 out of 14. Once I had won I was presented with a trophy which was in the form of a heat sink.

After such I began work on T2 again and managed to complete it which was a relief because it seemed to drag on and on. I will send it to john over the next couple of day after I have read through it to check that i haven't made any mistakes. I was working with Dan today as he helped me with a bit of the task and in return I began proof reading his work, although I didn't finish because it was home time.

Monday 9th December

Today we started with a game on hardware. It was a quiz with 10 questions every time you got an answer right you got five bullets to try and shoot ducks and frogs. I didn't care too much for the questions so I can't remember my score, but I got something near 9 out of 10 and something like 90% or 85% accuracy but I just enjoyed the hunting side of the game.

After the game we began work, because I was ill Wednesday onward I didn't manage to finish the A1 T2 task of information systems so I continued with that and managed to complete Primary research, Secondary research, qualitative, quantitative and started the second part of the task.

I've been working with Dan and Lewis today because they are slightly ahead of me so I can see roughly how the work should look and what I should include in each part.

Tuesday 3rd December

Today we started with a TED Tuesday; I managed to come second with a score of 9 out of 13 which isn’t too bad at all. Lewis unfortunately lost which means he will have to do the ted test for next Tuesday.

I first began updating work and completed what I wanted to and after I had done that I started on A1 T2 Information systems. With a bit of luck I will be finished tomorrow. From what I hear it isnt hard but it is one of the longer tasks we have to do in this unit.

Monday 2nd December

The day started with the Level 3.5's and John looking at the scheme of learning for the new unit seeing if there was anything we didn't understand. No one seemed to find anything that seemed particularly hard, but all the tasks do look very time consuming which is not a fun time as i can get distracted when things drag out.

Today i began working on A1 T1 of Information systems and by the end of the day i had finished it. once finished it i read through it to check if everything was ok, from my eyes i couldnt find many mistakes only a few changes but when i send it to john it will hopefully only have a few changes .

I have started to updated some of the work John sent back to me and i will continue with that tomorrow so i dont get behind on work

I didn't really work with anyone today because I didn't need the help, other than John helping us at the start and Catherine proof reading my work.

Tuesday 26th November

We began the day by doing what we do every Tuesday and that is a tech quiz. This weeks quiz was from Daniel Bates who found a video about graphene. This video was interesting but I wasn't sure if it was an old video or new video so this changed my opinion of how interesting it was and the armament factor of it.
The questions seemed easy and Daniel even said himself that they weren't that difficult I managed to get the majority of them right.I got 10 ½ /14 which isn't bad but still not good enough to beat Jake (who seems to be the champion of tech Tuesday quizes). Jake managed to 12 out of 14 which was pretty damn good.

After this John introduced the new unit to us (the level 3.5s) and he said that this was a dull unit and will drag on till Christmas.  John also stated that this wasn’t as hard but fairly easy. I decided not to start the unit either Thursday or next Monday.
I wanted to update and code my web banner today and tomorrow which I managed to do. Overall today was laid back and I’m glad we are moving onto something different in terms of the new unit because over the we animation unit I got quite frustrated with Adobe Flash as did Matt.

Monday 25th November

Today we started with watching a video about a CV. It was a guy who put his CV in the form of a video instead of a written CV. We learnt that a CV that stands out is sometimes better than having the grades/skills because it's different to the usual CV. We also learnt of a website called LinkedIn which is a good networking site to get to know employers.

Today Pete looked over our CV's, Pete said they mine was good but because I have one that was from school, I needed to change the layout of my CV but what was on the CV was correct.

We were working on our web animation unit today and finishing off what I wanted too which was all of A and A2 and should have the updated web banner by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. I also need to do a3 t2 which is the final reviewing.