Wednesday, 16 February 2011

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, 9 February 2011

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, 2 February 2011

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.