After that John introduced the new unit, which is the final unit for the extended 3's. This new unit is called Mobile Communications. This unit is a L2 unit which means it should be easier than previous units we have done and after looking at the scheme of learning I completely agree. As I have a fair amount of knowledge on mobile communication I am confident I will finish this unit by next Monday or Tuesday. So overall found today to be a bit more rushed than usual as John really wants everyone to get a move on a complete everything.
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Monday 19th May
To start the day off John had asked what the numbers meant on the board, as many people guessed it was to do with the remaining course days. In total we have about 38 days (five weeks) remaining or 19 course days remaining. This was a bit worrying for a lot of people and I have been worried about this approaching finish date for a while now but I tend not to think about it otherwise the quality of my work goes down as I’m rushing. So I just don't think about it and get on with the work I have remaining at my own pace, so I know what I am writing is correct. I am confident I will finish on the day as long as I really crack on.
After that John introduced the new unit, which is the final unit for the extended 3's. This new unit is called Mobile Communications. This unit is a L2 unit which means it should be easier than previous units we have done and after looking at the scheme of learning I completely agree. As I have a fair amount of knowledge on mobile communication I am confident I will finish this unit by next Monday or Tuesday. So overall found today to be a bit more rushed than usual as John really wants everyone to get a move on a complete everything.
After that John introduced the new unit, which is the final unit for the extended 3's. This new unit is called Mobile Communications. This unit is a L2 unit which means it should be easier than previous units we have done and after looking at the scheme of learning I completely agree. As I have a fair amount of knowledge on mobile communication I am confident I will finish this unit by next Monday or Tuesday. So overall found today to be a bit more rushed than usual as John really wants everyone to get a move on a complete everything.
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Thursday 1st May
Today we were back with john, he first greeted us with a few links he wanted to show us on of the coolest things was that someone turned their raspberry pi into a mini phone by attaching a touch screen to it.
after that I cracked on with work that needs doing. I have almost finished assignment 1 task 2 of installing and upgrading software. I have started this task but them forgot about it, after a couple of hours of doing this piece of work I got a tad bored with it so i decided to start on assignment 1 task 3. I managed to get half way through that so hopefully I can send these two pieces of work to john later on tonight when I go to do them. I asked George how far he has got with his game because a few weeks ago I knew he was having trouble creating it in unity so he decided to go to game maker instead. He has almost finished it and only needs to add a couple of power ups, despite this I played his game and it is an enjoyable game but quite hard. It took me a lot of attempt on level one but the second level it only took me three tries.
overall I enjoyed today because I was able to have free reign and get on with work that really needs to be completed.
after that I cracked on with work that needs doing. I have almost finished assignment 1 task 2 of installing and upgrading software. I have started this task but them forgot about it, after a couple of hours of doing this piece of work I got a tad bored with it so i decided to start on assignment 1 task 3. I managed to get half way through that so hopefully I can send these two pieces of work to john later on tonight when I go to do them. I asked George how far he has got with his game because a few weeks ago I knew he was having trouble creating it in unity so he decided to go to game maker instead. He has almost finished it and only needs to add a couple of power ups, despite this I played his game and it is an enjoyable game but quite hard. It took me a lot of attempt on level one but the second level it only took me three tries.
overall I enjoyed today because I was able to have free reign and get on with work that really needs to be completed.
Wednesday 30th April
Today I began on completing my website design. I managed to get a nice clean design that isn’t too complicated but may take time to code, this only due to my inability to code that well. I moved the designs from Photoshop to Illustrator because of image quality issues, once that was complete I moved on to the creation of the Phoenix website.
When we were discussing this part of the Unit, Dan stated that it should be rather easy as it isn’t very complicated coding. Well today that statement was retracted by him as he had a lot of trouble with the placement of boxes, this was when I realised that it would be very difficult and time consuming unit. I started on creating my website but didn't get that far like Dan because I too was having trouble and got confused with the coding at certain points.
I was then able to move each button individually which allowed me to move on. I am relatively happy with the progress made on the website even though I haven’t got all that far.
When we were discussing this part of the Unit, Dan stated that it should be rather easy as it isn’t very complicated coding. Well today that statement was retracted by him as he had a lot of trouble with the placement of boxes, this was when I realised that it would be very difficult and time consuming unit. I started on creating my website but didn't get that far like Dan because I too was having trouble and got confused with the coding at certain points.
I was then able to move each button individually which allowed me to move on. I am relatively happy with the progress made on the website even though I haven’t got all that far.
Tuesday 29th April
Today I finished off another unit with only twos tasks I had to complete I handed the second drafts in last night which meant I could now hand in the whole unit. I hope to complete Installing and upgrading software by Sunday or Monday, I have quite a few tasks to do but if I put the time in I will be able to complete it. To begin the day off I was finishing the logo design for the website Phoenix, this took me longer than expected because I kept having many new designs pop into my head. I chose two of the best and created them using Adobe Illustrator.
Once that was complete I moved onto the design of the website, this was something that I wasn't looking forward to because I thought it would take forever and guess what it did, I will finish that off tomorrow and hopefully start on my website creation.
Today for the extended level threes was mostly an independent working environment as Zoe was focusing on the level 3's because they need to complete three units in just over six weeks. So overall I really enjoyed today due to the graphics work I was doing because I am able to get my creative skills out.
Once that was complete I moved onto the design of the website, this was something that I wasn't looking forward to because I thought it would take forever and guess what it did, I will finish that off tomorrow and hopefully start on my website creation.
Today for the extended level threes was mostly an independent working environment as Zoe was focusing on the level 3's because they need to complete three units in just over six weeks. So overall I really enjoyed today due to the graphics work I was doing because I am able to get my creative skills out.
Monday 28th April
Today is the first day back at Develop after the Easter holidays (a week off) and everyone still seemed a bit hyper from their week off. At the beginning of the day Zoe asked if we (the extended 3's) had completed the home work which had been set before the Easter holidays. Of course no one had completed it, which wasn't a big surprise, so Zoe told everyone who didn't complete it to do it now. I went through the tasks which Zoe had set and once I had completed that I went onto some tasks that would help me for when we start making the website. Once I had finished them I moved onto the first task of the third assignment, which were the initial steps to creating the website.
After a while myself and Dan got a little bit bored so we moved onto creating the logo and background for the pages of our upcoming website. Overall I enjoyed today as it was a relaxed environment, more so than before the holidays, which allowed me to slowly work my way back into work mode. I also learned more about html code and how long it takes to create one page. The example page tasks that Zoe set us this morning will come in handy when I actually start my website. My goals for this week is to complete the majority of this unit and try to get up to date with previous units, that should allow me to start the final unit in mid-May to en-may and finish in time.
After a while myself and Dan got a little bit bored so we moved onto creating the logo and background for the pages of our upcoming website. Overall I enjoyed today as it was a relaxed environment, more so than before the holidays, which allowed me to slowly work my way back into work mode. I also learned more about html code and how long it takes to create one page. The example page tasks that Zoe set us this morning will come in handy when I actually start my website. My goals for this week is to complete the majority of this unit and try to get up to date with previous units, that should allow me to start the final unit in mid-May to en-may and finish in time.
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