This has been a strange week. Starting the semester off by having us start the talks for 45 minutes. It was not as easy as it may seem, with the start of semester not knowing quite what was coming there wasn’t anything that could really be spoken about without some pretty large hints as to a particular subject. So I was quite miffed as to why we were being made to do this. After some time the conversation did somewhat start off and felt slightly less awkward. However the majority of the questions raised were regarding the results we were about to get in only a few hours time.
Up until minutes AFTER the results were given I was still under the impression I had referred both units. You may well say that I always feel like that and prepare for the worse. This was different. I don't know why I had an enormous sense of failure hanging over me.
I was asked how I thought I had done, replying "I feel I did better on my a3 than a4. And would have said passed A3 and referred A4" Lying though my teeth of course as I knew in my heart I had referred both. To my shock I could not have been more wrong about the grades I received. Indeed I had correctly estimated my performance in comparison to the two assignments.
My grades are
A3 - Merit
A4 - Pass
I could not believe it. I was so shocked and it just goes to show that sometimes I do need to stand back somewhat and acknowledge my achievements as a good thing. I am very happy with the progression I have made on the course which seems to be still a relatively short amount of time.
I feel my goals for the next set of assignments is not to try to progress up to the next grade (distinction) but to improve the standard of my work and removing the minor errors from the level I am currently working at. This will still be a progression as there are a few errors which are popping up on a regular basis.
I also hope to gain at least one of the distinction criteria. Perhaps D1 which is based around the evaluation side of my work. I have never really been a huge fan of evaluations and seem to be quite a chore. This will probably be because I cannot think of anything "Useful" to talk about. I am happy with the evaluation produced for A3 and feel it is much improved on my past evaluations.
I feel that it will be much more of a natural curve to my progression to gradually gain the higher grades rather than jump straight up to the top. I feel if there is room top progress up to the next level it allows me to directly monitor my learning patterns and curves. It also enables me to iron out all of my mistakes.
A5
I am very much looking forward to the task of building the website in A5. I just want to get stuck in now and do it. I think I am going to hold back until at least next week before I start producing the website. I wish to use the time in the mean time to build on the knowledge I had previously gained and the information I received from Steve in this week's lecture where Dreamweaver is concerned.
A6
I am already slightly nervous about the presentations towards the latter of this assignment. I am however very much looking forward to the spontaneous and timed tasks with no warning. I feel this will help me with my time planning skills and really prove to me what can be done in a given time. It will also be an chance for a vague look at which the industry is like. Although a 24 hour work over would be good.
p.s. I have changed the font of my Journal to
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
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7 comments:
Hi Gary
First of all I would just like to say well done for the grades you have achieved.
Your are showing a good level of progression, which also reflects the effort you are putting in.
I agree with the comments about the first part of our Monday morning, however [as mentioned in my journal] upon reflection, there was a lot of ground to cover and the schedules in which we work are tight to say the least.
Once again, well done for your results.
Keep up the good work.
Great results Gary, this time a double merit?.
It is truly a steep learning curve that pushes abilities. Believe in yourself, nobody knows you better than you.
I am also looking forward to the prospect of building a website, although I am very apprehensive about using Dreamweaver.
Good grades there Gary, well done. That is an improvement you can be very proud of in such a short space of time.
If you're ever struggling with your website there's always a few of us around on the forum for you to ask for help.
I thought that although Monday mornings conversation was a little awkward at first, it ended up being quite a constructive conversation.
Also, I'd like to say well done on your results! Keep it up!
Like you I was apprehensive about what grades I'd receive for A3 and A4. However, i was certain that i had put in as much effort as I possibly could to those projects.
Perhaps the 'cloud' you were talking about was created from knowing you hadn't pushed yourself to your full potential? From what i have seen so far you have a lot of ability, so this time around take full advantage of it!
Now you have received those excellent grades for A3 and A4, you know what you are capable of and can therefore apply your skills into the next assignments and who knows, you may be able to reach that distinction that you claim is impossible to reach?
You need a bit more confidence in yourself!
Thank you for your comments, And thank you Mark, I feel this would be an appropriate goal for me to set. (double merit).
Since the conversations in class I feel I need to make more effort on my sketchbook and get more inspiration in there! I Started this on Wednesday. I was walking through Manchester and looking at all the window displays. It is obvious how much planning has been put into them. Especially Selfridges (I know I would say that) but some of their displays are phenomenal.
I took some photographs of these on my phone and will put them in my sketchbook.
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