Week 3 at Wakefield College -HND Interactive Media

This week was a very busy one for me. I have made a lot of progress on my assignment “That’s the plan” and I have to say that it is very fulfilling to know that I can actually complete work at Higher Education Level. About half of the assignment is now complete but may need a few tweaks, but overall I am pretty pleased with what I have managed to create, in such a small amount of time.

This week I have also learned a very important lesson, and the easiest way to explain it is “Simply don’t be late!” The afternoon lesson was supposed to start at 1.00PM, I arrived at 1.02PM, 2 minutes late, and I was told to take my stuff and work in the library. I suppose I may seem a bit harsh, and that is what I thought at the time, but my late entrance disturbed the rest of the class, which I have no right to do. I will do all I can to make sure that this does not happen again.

A woman called Helen Rivron came in to see us on Thursday, basically to help us with our academic writing and re-search. Although she had a bit of technical trouble with the presentation, she tried very hard and a lot of what she said was very helpful. She gave us a lot of very useful tips on how to re-search and find what were looking for without going through a lot of hassle.

Overall I’ve enjoyed this week and am very much looking forward to next week, when I hope to create some website designs and complete the Structure diagram, after which the majority of my assignment will be complete and I will then go over it all to make sure that I have not missed anything important out.

Week 2 at Wakefield college - HND Interactive Media

Last week we were just getting to know each other, which was fun, but this week the course started for real. We were handed out two assignments, one was "Thats the plan" and the other is called "Sketch Blog".

At first glance "Thats the plan seemed to be very difficult and complex, but we were given a lot of guidence and help with it, and once i broke it down into smaller more managable chunks, it doesn't seem to be that much work involved at all.

The other assignment "Sketch Blog" is more of an ongoing one and will last throughout the whole year, and the majority of this assignment will be covered by ther assignments so we wont even realise that we are doing a lot of it. Which is good. :)

Where iv'e come from, where I am now and where I want to be.

Up to the age of about 5 I had I very difficult upbringing. Moving to the UK from a war-torn country was very difficult. Not having any friends and not being able to speak a word of English made it very difficult for me to settle in.

However, as the years few past I picked up a lot of the language and stated to attend high school. Making friends seemed to be more important to me at the time than concentrating on my school work. I was late for lessons and homework was not always done, but I still managed to pass all of my GCSE’s and pass them very well.

After leaving high school I attended Wakefield College, where I studied an AVCE in ICT. I enjoyed the course very much as it covered most parts of the ICT sector, and this allowed me to make a more specific decision when entering into Higher Education, which in my case was Web Page Design.

Since leaving college I have started to take a more serious approach to education but also to life in general. I believe I have matured a great deal and am starting to look at life from a wider perspective.

Currently I am at the beginning of my new course ‘HND in Interactive Media’. So far I am happy with the course and strongly believe I have made the right decision. At first it seemed a bit daunting and the tutors seemed to be very strict, but I did not have a problem with this as I knew that in the long run it would only help me.

With regards to the future, I would like to peruse a career in Web Page Design or even Graphic Design which I enjoy equally as much. I know, in order for me to achieve this it wont be easy and that there will be difficult times on the way to achieving my goal, but will power is something that I have in abundance and I will not allow myself to be fazed by anything that is thrown in my path.

From a young lad who couldn’t speak a word of English and having no friends to a high flying web designer. That’s the plan anyway, how I will get there will depend entirely on my attitude and approach.