Wednesday 30th March

Thursday 24th March
In programming we were given a huge lecture for most of the lesson about what we need to do and anything, anyone was unsure about. Not many people in the class did much work and in fairness I didn't do much but resumed planning for the 3rd assignment.

Information systems started like every lesson talking about the assignment and near deadlines. But soon after we got into pairs and had to discuss questions that we given and everyone got the same question. We did fairly well and got the first one right but the next two were hard and one of them was a trick question, where not many people got right either.

Monday 28th March

Software development started the week and it was quite a relaxed start as there were no immediate assignments coming up, so I started the second assignment which seemed like a huge assignment on the brief, and even doing it I thought this will take some time. As it took me the whole lesson to do 1 and a half out of 5 things which need to be completed. 

Tuesday 29th March

In website/graphics today I tried to host my website in the opening part of the lesson, but to find out I couldn't do it on all the sites I tried, as I have used an iframe in my website. It didn't help as most of the sites weren't free and needed $10 to put it on their server. In the second half of the lesson I decided to focus on graphics and my attention was on the third assignment, firstly I needed to do the client requirements and next week would start creating and editing 4 images.

Wednesday 30th March

In hardware, I had referral on the first assignment and it urgently needed to be completed along with the second assignment. So I added some minor things to each of them and left the rest to do at home. In the second half, I had some of the practical criteria to complete such as setting up a HUB which connected four computers, which I completed.

Wednesday 23rd March

Thursday 17th March

In programming, we had cover for this lesson as our main teacher wasn't in, but had our tutor who was our main teacher anyway so we continued to do our assignment for this lesson which was my main focus. I resumed planning for the project which is about a pizza restaurant. Creating a program to make ordering easier so with a choice of topping and other things to do with it.

Information systems, we were given further assignment work to complete and given an explanation about everything we need to write about. I did some work towards but not enough to even nearly completing it as I don't enjoy this lesson.

Monday 21st March
After presenting our research to the class procedural programming, I went through it a couple of times as we needed to get 5 questions about it, to be entered into for a quiz to the other group. I found it quite frustrating as it was hard to find comparisons between other programming languages. But in the end completed the task and could then concentrate on our second assignment.

Tuesday 22nd March
Today was like a usual Tuesday where we do workshop time on websites and graphics. I did some practical on my website as some areas needed improving but other than that I focused more on the theory side, as it was outstanding and desperately needed to be completed, although it is one of the longest assignments of the year, which is challenging.

Wednesday 23rd March

In hardware, we analysed where we were on our assignments and the practical list. I was in a position of my 1st and 2nd assignments were referral and started the 3rd this lesson, I was slightly behind but my target is to be up to date by Easter vacation. On the practical side I had almost completed all of it, apart from one little thing was I needed to prove I done it, so spent the first 20 minutes taking photos for evidence then could continue with my assignments.

Wednesday 9th March

Thursday 3rd March
Today in programming we began discussing about planning for our next assignment, for an order of what we need to start and complete our assignment efficiently. First we were talking about doing some designs for our project which would help us to do the pseudo code/flow chart. As we were beginners to this sort of program and the designing type of mind, the design would be easier but for next year it will be the other way round as we'll be more advanced from this experience. I started some layouts of the home page and other aspects but still need some minor changes to it.

Information systems were left to finish the week for us who always seems like a longer lesson for that reason. We were all trying to get a grasp of the flow in a business and how it goes around from different sections, as practically none us quite understood it so a textbook was passed around. But for me it didn't help just made everything seem more complicated.

Monday 7th March
For the last couple of weeks we were designing for a program but this week it was something completely new and much unexpected, where we were put into pairs to create a presentation on different types of programming languages. The aim of this was to ask questions about each others work to make answers so we understood everything, but it's not really the way I learn and didn't find it that helpful. Also we did the work that was set and were the only ones to show our presentation.

Tuesday 8th March
In today's lesson it was a case of completing some outstanding work, which got a little confused by as there was so much to complete compared to what we have done. So we went back to it for the first half of the lesson and we completed and great deal of what we needed to do. In the second half we were doing our actual website which is much more enjoyable. I was adding some content into it as I had mostly focused on the design.

Wednesday 9th March
In hardware we were filling out some pages for our pass criteria, just writing some of the specification down. After we were going down the list of what we needed to do. In this lesson I think I had learnt and done rather a lot in terms of understanding as I found it quite interesting. Although after an hour or two it can get quite tedious which I found but still kept getting as it had to be done.

Wednesday 2nd March

Monday 28th February
Software development was using our knowledge from previous lessons to put into our planning (GUI), about Pseudo code and flow charts to create one for a project which was the start. To start the Pseudo code I had to plan my design on paper first as I couldn’t get a clear idea of how it would work which I found difficult and slow starting but finished it by the end of the lesson. Next lesson I will begin to start in VB on coding and putting my designs to real.

Tuesday 1st March
To start the day we had to see how much assignment criteria we have covered and I was little worried in some parts as I haven’t completed some bits from a while ago but my aim was to catch up. I focused more on the theory side of website and almost completed that section for the first half of the lesson. The second half was a return to my database work which I had got back from when I handed it in last month. I had some minor things to do so I could achieve merit and if I had enough time left, to go for the distinctions. I focused on what I needed to do and made some grammar changes but will finish the majority at home.

Wednesday 2nd March
Hardware was all listening and understanding for the first half of the lesson which I found so tedious and boring. The second half didn't improve much but it was better as I could focus on the next assignment and take a look back on 2 of my previous ones which I need to hand in again in two weeks time. By looking at the dates and what I needed to do it seemed like a tough challenge to complete that much work.

Wednesday 16th February

Thursday 10th February
In programming we had ideas for our new assignment our 3rd one which was is more practical but it will take a lot of time to do, plan and choosing a scenario with a 6 options. Even though that was set I was still behind on my last assignment which was the second one. It was all theory and the distinction would need at least 6 pages which were a lot taking into account combining it with other lessons.

In information systems the lecturer went through our work and I didn't understand a particular area of it which she guided through with me. Also checked some of my other work on the computer as I’ve done it, just haven’t handed anything. I was so close to completing some of the pass criteria to be handed in just needed to be brushed up at home.

Monday 14th February
Software development was a start of reviewing the other weeks and taking everything into account of what we've done, for the third assignment. Which takes loads of planning and we covered all the stages we need to complete in order to start. Then wrote up the user requirements for my program so I know what I have to cover and complete.
Tuesday 15th February
In graphics website I tried to put a banners going across some of my pages but I found it very complicated and frustrating flicking from Dream weaver to Photo shop. But reflecting on the lesson I have some other ideas for it. In this lesson I also put some text on my website and making some further links to pages which were coming off other pages in more detail.

Wednesday 9th February

Thursday 3rd February
To start today we had programming and as most of us had completed the second assignment and it was due in that Friday. We had the option to do any outstanding pieces of work so I chose to do some practical work on my website as I enjoy it and needed to brush up on the layout even though it wasn't outstanding. But I completed all I needed to do which gave me some satisfaction.

Information systems was pretty much the same as last week, as we have been taught all the research to complete it which should of made it easier to understand but it was still hard coming to terms with some of the definitions. In the end I had achieved most of the criteria we were specified to do but still needed to make some minor adjustments too before I hand it in.

Monday 7th February
To start the week we had software development which was just more advanced than the previous week as we were new to it although not completely new as we had covered some in programming. So we created flow charts and some pseudo code to conclude with which I found quite easy as it was fairly simple to gather from. I found pseudo code easier than flow charts as it was brief and didn't have to write so much information for.

Tuesday 8th February
In graphics/website we were given workshop time which is the best lesson as we do our own thing and achieve so much more than lectures as I understand it from looking at on a screen rather than being told word after word. So in this lesson I had some goals and that was to produce a logo and a more fancy title. I had done the logo and the title but didn't have enough time to put it actually on my web page which I plan to do in tutorial.

Wednesday 9th February
In hardware we were given several sheets of paper which we had to complete by the end of the lesson. So to start we were given computers which we had to troubleshoot to find out what was wrong and then give a description but not fix it. Then complete two sheets on other people problems and other people might face at work.

Wednesday 2nd February

Thursday 27th January
In programming I went back and completed 2 assignment tasks which I had done slightly wrong it took we the rest of the lesson to finish of that referral work. It took that long because the code kept being complicated and arranging all the images and buttons took me a while. Then had to delete my code and copy and paste my updated work and some new screenshots to include also.

The next lesson was information systems; firstly we discussed what we had to do for that lesson from the assignment specification. I'll admit that I was a little behind on the assignment as I found some of it quite difficult to understand and research. But after understanding the terms I began to make good progress and I have to end it in next Thursday or else.

Monday 31st January
On Monday we had the second lesson of software development which was the theory side of our programming as the programming we have on Thursday is more practical based and nobody did all of the work which made matters worse but were given a second chance to hand it in the following week which could determine our traffic light reviews.

Tuesday 1st February
Tuesday was a choice between Graphics and Website I decided to do website as I had not done much on the actual website only on the theory side and Graphics deadline is not until 2 months which essentially gives me lots of time to complete it before then. I made good progress.