Monday 31 October 2011

My Seventh Week

Advanced Spreadsheets (Unit 42)
We started our assignment brief, and we started some various formulas on excel such as sum, average, CountIf, etc.
Programming (Unit 6)
Paul was absent 
Website Design (Unit 28)
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Information Systems (Unit 3)
In information systems we made a document about what is good data/information, for example what is cost effective, what is valid, etc. It was about how they collect the information.
Computer Systems (Unit2)
We continued to try and  finish our tasks that had been set for us.
Game Design (Unit 40)
Paul was doing interviews so we didn't do anything.

Monday 17 October 2011

My Sixth Week

Advanced Spreadsheets (Unit 42) - Tom
We were finishing off some of the work that we had started the previous week.
Programming (Unit 6) - Paul
In this lesson Paul had to attend a meeting so we finished off/worked on any work we had from other lessons.
Website Design (Unit 28) - Waquas
(Absent)
Information Systems (Unit 3) - Tom
(Absent)
Computer Systems (Unit 2) - Waquas
We carried on working on the assignment that has been set for us in this lesson.
Games Design (Unit 40) - Paul 
(Absent)

My Sixth Week

Advanced Spreadsheets (Unit 42) - Tom
We were finishing off some of the work that we had started the previous week.
Programming (Unit 6) - Paul
In this lesson Paul had to attend a meeting so we finished off/worked on any work we had from other lessons.
Website Design (Unit 28) - Waquas
(Absent)
Information Systems (Unit 3) - Tom
(Absent)
Computer Systems (Unit 2) - Waquas
We carried on working on the assignment that has been set for us in this lesson.
Games Design (Unit 40) - Paul
(Absent)

Monday 10 October 2011

My Fifth Week

Advanced Spreadsheets (Unit 42) - Tom
In this lesson we used the What-If analysis in Microsoft Excel. Under the What-If analysis you can use the Scenario Manager and the Goal seek tool. Goal Seek is used when you have a set ammount of numbers, and you want to change a few of the numbers around, it tells you how you can do this. For example, if you had a budget of how much you were spending, and you wanted to cut the final cost, the Goal Seek will create a different scenario you could impliment  into the real thing saying a way you could get to your goal. We also used Scenario Manager where it sets out the data in a form and it is easier to read.

Programming (Unit 6) - Paul
In Programming we created a calculator using visual studio, we had to add buttons, text boxes and text. We programmed it so if you add a number into one box, and a number into the other box, you click the button at the bottom to display the final answer, we only made it so it could add numbers though.

Website Design (Unit 28) - Waquas
In this lesson we were writing up about hacking and security, how people can get into your computer and what they can do once they are in, and also how you can protect it, such as anti virus or firewalls.

Information Systems (Unit 3) - Tom
(Absent)
Computer Systems (Unit 2) - Waquas
We started the first task in this lesson, it involved looking at devices, input and output. And I wrote up about some devices such as keyboards and mice

Games Design (Unit 40) - Paul
In this lesson we were coming up with some rough ideas for a game to make.

Monday 3 October 2011

My Fourth Week

Advanced Spreadsheets (Unit 42)
(Absent - Orthordontist)
Programming (Unit 6)
In programming we created a program by ourselves, with some instructions/guidelines on a sheet of paper to help us do it. The program was made to store a first and last name, also an age. It was made so that if you were under 16, a message would be displayed saying you are too young, if you were 16 or older, a message would appear saying you were old enough.
Website Design (Unit 28)
In this lesson we had to write up more about things related to the internet, such as email, web browsers, protocols etc.
Information Systems (Unit 3)
In Information Systems we learnt what DFD means and we had to create a few of them so we understand what they are, we had to do a few of them for an assignment.

Computer Systems (Unit 2)
(Absent - Orthordontist)

Games Design (Unit 40)
We had a look at different types of games and their graphics to see what the difference is and how they have changed over the years, depending on what platform it is on it makes a big difference, because different types of consoles/computers can display much better graphics than others. We also had a look at some graphic software, such as blender, Daz 3D, etc.