Monday, 12 December 2011

5th December to 9th December in College

On Monday 5th December, we had Tom for Comms, in this lesson we just did our blog which we wrote what we did in the week before. Then we finished off our Barriers of Communication, which is basically talking about the barriers that effect the communication that is in the workplace. Then we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we carried on with our Coding Methods, then in the afternoon I had GCSE Maths.

On Tuesday 6th December, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we carried on with our assignments, which was assignment 6 and 7. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we just finished off our Absolute Cell Reference, and got up to date with our screenshots of the spreadsheet.

On Wednesday 7th December, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we just finished off our coding methods, and also started on what makes good quality coding. Then we had Tom for business, in this lesson I finished off the Tall Structures and then started on Task 3, which is the Code of Conduct. Then it was the end of the day.

On Thursday 8th December, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson I finished off the huge PowerPoint about Electronic Communications. Then we started on making our own network, which was on the internet. Then we had Waqas for Website Design, in this lesson we started on our assignment, this was the story board for the website, which basically gives an idea of what the website might look like. Then we had Games Design which we just carried on with our GDD (Games Design Document).

On Friday 9th December, I was supposed to go into Maths, but I didn't feel well and I stayed off.

Monday, 5 December 2011

28th November to 2nd December

On Monday 28th November, we had Tom for Comms, in this lesson we finished our blog which we always do each week. Then we carried on with barriers of communication, which we talked about the physical and emotional barriers. Then I had Paul for programming, in this lesson we started on our new task, which was Task 6, this is called Coding Methods, and we learnt about the different methods of coding that can be used in VB. Then I had Maths at 2:15, in this lesson we just learnt about algebra.

On Tuesday 29th November, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we just carried on with our main assignment, which was task 6, this is because justifying why I have chosen the components for the office computer. Then after Waqas we had Spreadsheets, but in this lesson we did our Unit 1, which is Comms without the tutor, so we just catch up on work. Then we finish at 12:15 so we just went home.

On Wednesday 30th November, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we just catch up on work, this was because Paul didn't prep for the lesson so we just had to finish our games, and start on something new programming, as he said, to become a great programmer you need to set yourself challenges. Then we had a three free break, which I did some work in VB, then we had Tom for Business, in this lesson we learnt about the business structures, which was called Tall Structures and Small Structures. Then after that we carried on with the task we need to catch up on.

On Thursday 1st December, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we just carried on with our huge PowerPoint, in this we talked about all the different methods of electronic communication, which was basically  things like, Infrared, Bluetooth, Checksum, Data Elements etc. I got up to Checksum and still have to finish this off. Then we had Waqas for Website Design, in this lesson we just carried on with our practice website, in this we just had to see what we can do with Dreamweaver. Then we had Paul for Games Design, in this lesson we learnt about the GDD, which is the Game Design Document, this is where we basically tell the developers what the game is going to be and every detail about the game.

Monday, 28 November 2011

21st - 24th November Week in College

Monday 21st November, we had Tom for Comms, in this lesson we did our blog for what we did in the last lesson of college. In this I told what lesson we had and what we actually did. Then we learnt about the barriers that are in communication, like the physical barriers for disabilities, emotional barriers for feelings etc. Then we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we just carried on with our games in programming. 

On Tuesday 22nd November, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we just carried on with our assignments to get ideas and how much would it cost to build a office computer. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we learnt about the absolute cell reference, and then we put the command buttons in place to link the sheets, and to link the user form so people can actually use the form to add artists to the spreadsheet. At home I started on my Visual Basic games, in this I did Pong and I started on Brick Breaker. 

On Wednesday 23rd November, we had Paul for programming, in this lesson we carried on with Pong, the game that we where creating in visual basic, in this lesson I also finished on my Brick Breaker, and got it fully working, I just need to add a scoreboard to the game. Then we had Tom for Business, in this lesson we just carried on with task 3, which was the code of practice, and then the laws and acts for business. This is the lesson which I caught up with all of the work which was due in for Tom. 

On Thursday 24th November, we had Networking with Tom, in this lesson we had a huge PowerPoint, which was on electronic communication. In this we learnt about how many different mobile devices, including Infrared and Satellite communication. Then we had Waqas for Website Design, in this lesson we just carried on with our practice websites, which  where we had to see what Deamweaver is capable of. Then we had Paul for Games Design, in this lesson we had to finish off our Mood Boards, which are basically pictures and images for what our games are going to be like, we also finished off the overview of the game. Also we watched a DVD on getting into games. 

Monday, 21 November 2011

Last Week in College

On Monday 14th November, we had Tom for Communications, in this lesson we had to do our blog which included all of the things that we did in the week before. Also we had to carry on with Lucy's story, this is where we had to analyse the communication that was in Lucy's story. Also we had Paul for Programming,, in this lesson we learnt about how to put a ball into VB, also we talked about how to improve our games, this just gave us more time to make the game better.

On Tuesday 15th November, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we started our new assignment, which was task 5. In this task we learnt how to build the computer and what to buy for the computer for an office user. I just carried on with task 4. Also we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we just did our user form, for the assignment. In this we learnt about the coding in Excel.

On Wednesday 16th November, we had Paul for programming, in this lesson we learnt how to make an object move, using the keys. I already knew this, so I just carried on making a new game, which was Space Invaders. This is one of my favorite lessons on this course. Then we had Tom for Business, in this lesson we did task three, which was the laws/acts and the code of conduct. In this lesson I just carried on with my task 2 then I started to do task 3. Business is the one I hate the most, this is why I left my last college due to business.

On Thursday 17th November, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we learnt about the electronic methods for communication. Also we had to finish any work that we had left over from the previous tasks. Then was had Waqas for Website Design, in this lesson we didn't do anything for the lesson. this is because we had to move rooms. and the room that we was in didn't have Dreanweaver, so we just carried on with our Mood Board's for Games Design. Then we had Games Design with Paul, this lesson got moved forward because it is much easier to have the lesson straight after lunch. In this lesson we just finished off our Mood Board's. 

Monday, 14 November 2011

7th - 10th November Week in College

On the 7th November, we had Tom for Communications, in this lesson we did the blog explaining what we did in the week before last. I also did What Employers Want and finished that, I also started my Lucy's Story. Then we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson I just finished off my Pong game in Visual Basic.

On Tuesday 8th November, I had Waqas for Hardware, in this we learnt about how to make the computer and also how much it would cost to make an Office User computer. This was part of our main assignment for Computer Systems. We then had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we learnt how to make a user form, in this lesson we learnt how to use the coding inside Excel.

On Wednesday 9th November, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we had a sort of test to see if we can remember/listen to the input that Paul has given to us over the weeks. We also made a converter to convert money into over currency. We then had Tom for Business, in this lesson we had to carry on with our work that we was behind on, I had to finish off task 1 and task 2.

On Thursday 10th November, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we learnt about the electronic methods of communication, I also had to finish off some work from the previous lesson, which was Services provided and  telecommunications etc. We also had Waqas for Website Production, in this lesson we learnt about Dreamweaver, in this we created a small website which we did on whatever we wanted to do. We didn't have Paul for Games Design, so we could go home.

Monday, 7 November 2011

Last Week in College

Monday 31st October, we had Tom for Comms, in this lesson we did our Blog, then we caught up on work, doing What Employers Want. Then we had Paul for Programming, this is where we learnt more about Event Driven Languages, for our task for Programming. We learnt about the loops and event handlers in the Event Driven Programming.

On Tuesday 1st November, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we carried on with our assignments, which in I finished task 1 and started on task 2. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, this is the lesson we started our assignment. In this lesson we learnt about conditional formatting and then we did nested if functions to find out about the artists downloads.

On Wednesday 2nd November, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we learnt how to move a ball within a programme, this was basically the game Pong in the early days of games development. In Paul's lesson we also learnt how to do a random number generator, this is where the ball, if it hits any part of the barriers, then it will allow the ball to bounce in a random order, so the ball isn't predictable. We had Tom for Business, in this lesson we had to catch up on work, this is where I finished my D1, the improvements to KFSC, and finishing off task one.

On Thursday 3rd November, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we learnt about what services providing the networking, also we did our Bluetooth in the lesson, this is where we had to connect our phones to a Bluetooth device on the computer, this allowed us to transfer files to and from the computer and phone devices. We also had Waqas for Website, in this lesson we just carried on with our assignments. In Games Design, we had to do our Mood Maps for our Game Design, this is where we had to find different ideas for our game.

Monday, 31 October 2011

Seventh Week in College

On Monday 17th October, we did Angela's story for Tom, this is where we had a piece of story extract and we had to find what the information was saying. Then we had Paul, who wasn't in for the week, we was carrying on with out Life Cycle of a Programmer.

On Tuesday 18th October we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we just carried on with our assignment. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, this is where we did MiTunes, which where we had to organise songs to the right artist, we also had to put comments in every cell to describe why the music record companies only allow to have no more then 25,000.

On Wednesday 19th October, we had Paul for Programming, he wasn't in, so we just carried on with our Life Cycle of a Programmer. Then we had Tom for Business, this is where we did our D1 for our business assignment.

On Thursday 20th October, we had Tom for Networking, we learnt about HTTP, FTP, POP3, this are all of the different protocols. The we had Waqas for Website Production, in this lesson we just carried on with our assignment for Waqas. Then we didn't have Games Design because we had our end of year progress reports.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Sixth Week in College

Monday 10th October, we had Tom for Communications, we did our Blog and then we printed off our work for our interviews, which are this week to see if we can stay on the course. Then we had Paul for Programming, which Paul had a meeting so we had to do any work which we needed to be done.

On Tuesday 11th October, we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we had to carry on with the assignment that has been given to use, this explains what components are in a computer. The we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we finished off our Scenario Manger and Goal Seek.

On Wednesday 12th October, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we learnt about the life cycle of a programmer, basically giving a detailed explanation to the life cycle. Also we got our Task 3 which goes on about the life cycle of a programmer. Then we also had Tom for Business, in this lesson we just carried on with our assignments.

On Thursday 13th October, we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we learnt about how collisions happen in a Ethernet connection and wireless connection. These where called CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA, also we did Token Ring. Then we also had Wagas for Website Production where we had the assignment brief and actually started on our assignment. Then we had Paul for Games Design, in this lesson we was carrying on with our Games Design Report.

On Friday 14th October, I had Maths GCSE.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Fifth Week in College

On Monday 3rd October I had Tom for Communications and Empolyability, we had to improve on our work that was set for the other week. I had to do my Development Plan and my feedback for the work. Also I did my learning styles. Also I had Paul for Programming. Use different types of code. Also I had Maths GCSE.

On Tuesday 4th October, we also had Waqas for hardware, in this lesson we started on our assignment for Computer System, which was all about the different components of the computer. Also we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson, we used the Goal Seek, which could change value to whatever you want to do, you can also do a summary of what the values, this is called Scenario Manager, which is under the What If Statement.

On Wednesday 5th October, we had Paul for programming, in this lesson we start our Calculators which we did in Visual Basic, which applied all of the things that a calculator does. We also had Tom for Information Systems, this is where we started our distinction grade task for the business, this was on Mobile Devices for the company.

On Thursday 6th October, we had Tom for Networking and we learnt about the Multiplexing, Circuit Switched, Packet Switched and W.A.P, which stands for Wireless Application Protocol. We also had Waqas for Website Production, we learnt about the security for the websites. Then we had Paul for Games Design, this is where we started our ideas for our games.

On Friday 7th October, I had Maths GCSE.

Monday, 3 October 2011

Fourth Week in College

Hey all

On Monday 26th September, we had Tom for Communications, in this lesson we did our blog, and then we started on an English test. Then we had Paul, for this lesson we started on our Programming Languages assignment which we did in class. Then I had GCSE Maths

On Tuesday 27th we had Waqas for Hardware, in this lesson we learnt about where all the components go inside the computer, then we talked about the different types of Operating systems that are available to us. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, this is where we learnt about what is a spreadsheet, then we learnt about the different things inside the spreadsheet, what can it do etc. Then we also did the trends, patterns and decision making.

On Wednesday the 28th September, we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we did a test sort of thing for Paul, where we had to design a programme that had a store name, store age and display that if your under age then you will see if their old enough. Then we had Tom for Business, in this we learnt about the DFD, which stands for Data Flow Diagram, this is where a business will need to do when they want to plan what type of information is being passed through the company and how it is being passed. We did two examples at first then we started on the real DFD.

On Thursday we had Tom for Networking, in this lesson we learnt about the five topologies that are in networking, then we learnt about the bridges and switches, also we learnt about the modems. Then we had Waqas for Website Development, in this lesson we learnt about the factors influencing the performance of websites, then we had Pail for Games Design, in this lesson we learnt about the artworks and then we learnt about the modelling software etc.

On Friday 30th I had GCSE Maths, then I went home for the weekend.

Monday, 26 September 2011

Second Week In College

On Monday 12th September, we had our first Moday lessons in Hyde. We had Paul for Programming, this is where we did our first ever proper programming. We was in Visual Basic, this is where we had to arrange our buttons and text boxes to say something to us.

On Tuesday 13th September, we had Waqas, the new teacher who took over Kerian. We had hardware which we learned about the different components of computers. We had Tom also, we did Spreadsheets, we learnt about the NESTED_IFFUNCTION, whcih allows you to take the IF_FUNCTION bigger and expand it to more areas, also if you update the figures that has the Nested If Fuction then it will update automatically.

On Wednesday 14th September, we had Paul for Programming, we learnt about Paradigms, which are all about the computer language and the different formats of language and how it has changed throughout the years of programming. We also had Tom which was Information Systems, this is where we learnt about the different departments in a business, this is where we did a table to do with the differnet departments that are in a company, for example the importantness, and why they need that department.

On Thursday 15th September, we had Tom for Data communications where we carried on with our nest functions and statements, this is where we got some imput for the assignment. Aslo we had Waqas for Websitre Production, this is where we learnt all about the terminology for websites for examome ISP DNS etc. Then we had Games Design where you learnt about the differnet types of games.

Third Week in College

On Monday 19th September, we had Tom for Comms, this is where we started on our blogging and then we started our development plan. Then we had Paul for Programming, in this lesson we learnt about the different types on languages for the assignment that was set. Then the fire alarm went off, and I nearly had a heart attack.Then I had GCSE Maths, this is where we learnt about prime numbers.

On Tuesday we had Waqas for Hardware, we learnt about the input and output devices on a computer. Then we had Tom for Spreadsheets, in this lesson we learnt about Pivot Tables, by this we imported a text document into a Pivot Table, we also did Data Validation, and the protection we also did the IF, OR, AND. It wasn't the best lesson in the world.

On Wednesday we had Paul for programming, this is where we learnt a bit more about Visual Basic, this is where we did a bit more information on the different languages on VB, we did a message to the computer, we said about how to save your name and display it on a seperate text box. We also had Tom for Data Communications, in this lesson we analyised the different types of forms that a business use.

On Thursday we had Tom for Networking, where we learnt about the Bus Tipology and the Ring Tipology, this is where we finished off our work from the pervisous lesson, this wasn't the best lesson in the world. Also we had Waqas for Website Design we learnt about the proceedure of how a website is shown onto the computer screen, this is where we did a flowchart demostrating how to do it. We also learnt about the download speeds and different ISP (Internet Service Provider). Then we did Games Design which we went through the assignment and then we went home early.

Monday, 12 September 2011

Last Week In College

Last week I started a new college, Hyde Claradon Sixth Form College. Previously I went to a different college, Ashton Sixth Form College, which was on a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business Management which I didn’t enjoy but decided to stay the year. Last week I started my new course which is a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT Software and Development, I am on this course because I want to become a Games Designer and this course will help me through to get that.

Last week, which was on the 6th September, I started off with Computer Systems, which we didn’t really do anything all we did was doing tests etc. The lesson after that we did Advanced Spreadsheets, where we learned how to do the ‘IF_FUNCTION’ and how to do the sums within Spreadsheets, these are the simple tools with Excel.

On Wednesday 7th September, we did Programming, on this unit we had to do some of the process of programming, what we did was, we had a robot and we had to make the robot to be programmed to make toast and butter the toast. We also did the shapes for drawing process. On this day we also did Information Systems, which we learnt about companies departments, this included doing a report on the different departments within a company.

On Thursday 8th September, we did Data Communications, which we learnt about Networking Communications, which was about how to connect other computers to one printer or hub, this is called a LAN, which is a Local Area Network. The other was a WAN, which is a Wide Area Network, the biggest WAN is the internet. We also did Website Development; all we did on this was to how to format a document properly. Then for the last lesson of the week we did Games Design, we did in this we talked about Visual Styles, how the game looks, we also talked about how the game play works out etc. Then we also talked about different genres and types of games, for example The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a RPG, which is set in a fantasy world.

We had Friday off, which was a good relaxing lie in day :)