25/09/15 - Boostrap

Aim: To design a website for a specified client

Objectives:

Create all screen designs for the website for a specified client

Create some ways of how CSS will control your layout

Create at least one design for a script to be included on your website

Create detailed ways of how CSS will control your layout

Understand how to make a responsive website

Today I have learnt about bootstrap and how it works. Bootstrap allows for a responsive website and it also offers many different ways to customize  a website. I found this interesting learning about all of the different things that you can do and I will try to use some in my website.

A strength of today is that I managed to get nearly all of my design done. I am only missing one flow diagram and the pseudo code as I am not sure about how I will write the scripts. To improve, I would have liked to have made the final flow chart however I ran out of time.

Overall today has been very interesting and I have learnt a lot about bootstrap. I also had a go at creating a bootstrap page and it worked so I understand what I am doing with it now. 

24/09/2015 - Maths

Aim: To design a website for a specified client

Objectives:

understand the importance of design documentation

know what design documentation is required when creating a website

create a suitable house style for a stated website

create some screen designs for a stated  website

decided what interactivity to include in the website create flowcharts and pseudo code for a stated website

Multiply two matrices. (P3)

Recognise that matrix multiplication is not commutative. 

Find the inverse and transpose of a matrix. (P4)

Be able to identify the 4 row operations.

Recognise the identity matrix.

Perform Gauss - Jordan elimination.

Today I learnt about multiplying matrices. These were quite confusing at the start however once we started doing them I started to understand them more. I also learnt about inverse and transpose of a matrix that I never knew before.

A strength of today is that I finished off my page designs for the website. This will allow me to work on my website and start creating it in HTML. Another strength of today is that I managed to understand multiplying matrices so I should be fine when it comes to the test. To improve I would like to work on practicing the multiplying so I can do it without writing down the formula.

Overall today has been very interesting however it was quite confusing doing all of the matrices but I am learning now. I will look at the PDF that was shared so I can improve my understanding.

21/09/2015 - Assignment three

Aim: To be able to create website designs for a stated customer

Objectives: 

• Understand the importance of the design process
• Explain what documentation is require
• Explain the purpose and create the navigational diagram for a stated website
• Create the house style for a stated website
• Create a screen design for a stated website

Today I learnt about assignment three and what is needed. Assignment three is the design of the website so we can design it later on. The design includes the purpose, house style, navigation diagram and designs for scripts. 

A strength of today is that I have managed to get most of my designs done so I have a good idea on how I will put it all together. I still need to design one page and then add them into the document. To improve, I would have liked to add in my pages as I go along then I could have written about them straight away.

Overall today has been very enjoyable and I have had fun planning my website and getting the design together. I hopefully will be able to do all of my designs as some of it could be a bit complicated. 

18/9/2015 - JavaScript

Aim - To be able to understand the fundamentals of JavaScript - improving functionality and how browsers interpret scripts

Objectives

Can create some simple interactive elements from given examples using JS scripts

List different ways that JS can be used to improve functionality

Can briefly explain some different ways that JS can be used to improve functionality

Can describe the advantages and disadvantages of JS interactive elements

Understand that not all browsers support client side languages

know at least one method of how browsers can interpret scripts

*Briefly explain the methods of interpreting scripts

*Describe in detail the methods of interpreting scripts

Today I have learnt about the uses of scripting languages. I never knew that there were so many different ways they could be used. This is needed for merit work of assignment two. I have also further improved my JavaScript skills and I managed to finish the document with the JavaScript ideas. 

A strength of today is that I completed the sheet about JavaScript examples so if I wanted to use them later on in the unit, I can easily access them and add them into my website. To improve, I would have liked to make a bit more notes on the uses of scripting languages as I did not get all of it down. 

Overall today has been very interesting and I have learnt a lot from it. I never knew how many uses a scripting language has and all of the advantages and disadvantages of them. 

17/9/2015 - Maths

Aim: To understand the fundamentals of scripting languages

Objectives:

All: list some of JavaScript constructs

Most: briefly explain some of the JavaScript constructs e.g. loops, making decisions, properties and methods.

Most: be able to work out practical examples involving JavaScript constructs with some help

Some: describe in detail some of the JavaScript constructs

Some: be able to work out practical examples involving JavaScript constructs without help

Today I have learnt more about JavaScript and I am getting more confident with it. We had some more activities today and they helped me to improve as I could write it and then check if it is the same as the answer. I understand functions more now and I can use them in programming. 

To improve, I would like to try out the different types of loops and a little bit more with functions. I found making the alert box and the prompt box quite useful as this could help me later in the assignment. I want to look at more code examples so I can do different things within the code. 

Overall today has been very interesting and I am starting to enjoy JavaScript more and I am now understanding it. I still need to improve on methods and loops however I am more confident than yesterday. 

Please find below the objectives for today's lesson.

• Recognise features of a matrix
• Construct a matrix  
• Construct a matrix from given equations
• Understand the link between matrices and computer programming variable arrays.
• Be able to draw a matrix
• Preform basic addition and subtraction of matrices

We started the new unit that is Mathematics for IT practitioners. We learnt about adding,subtracting and multiplying matrices. I never knew what matrices were but today I learnt what they are and how to do maths with them. In the end it was quite simple and I feel quite confident about multiplying them and subtracting them. I would like to improve on multiplying them as we did not have too much time on it. 

14/9/2015 - JavaScript

Aim: To understand the fundamentals of scripting languages

Objectives:

All: Explain basic details about scripting languages e.g. uses in web pages, examples of languages, how to implement

All: Be able to list some characteristics of scripts

Most: Be able to understand and briefly explain what is meant by the following terms: object orientated, event handling, methods , implementing scripts, hiding scripts from older browsers, security issues      

Most: Be able to list some constructs of JavaScript

Some: Be able to understand and describe in detail what is meant by the following terms: object orientated, event handling, methods , implementing scripts , hiding scripts from older browsers, security issues  

Some: Describe some constructs of JavaScipt, including practical examples

Today we were focusing on learning about assignment two. This is based about scripting and I have never done scripting before so it is all new for me. We got to do some exercises so today I have been learning about JavaScript. We looked at loops and functions that were quite confusing however I am starting to understand it.

The part I would like to improve on today is the JavaScript functions as I got more confused on them compared to loops. The exercises on W3Schools were useful as they had the help there if you do get stuck. I did not finish all of the exercises so I will look at them later. 

A strength of today is that I did understand some of the JavaScript as some parts are similar to other programming languages. For example, the loops are similar to the ones in Small Basic so I could pick up that today. Also another strength is that I have improved my notes as I used bullet points to split up the information

Overall today has been very interesting learning all of the new terms and JavaScript however there is still a lot to learn and a lot to improve on. 

11/9/2015 - Assignment 1

Aim: To understand the fundamentals of CSS

Objectives:

All:explain what CSS is and its improtance

All: state the different ways CSS can be implemented

All: state what a selector is

All: list at least two types of selectors

All:state what the box model is used for

Most: Describe the different ways that CSS can be implemented

Most: briefly explain at least one type of selector

Most: state the various parts of the box model

Some: describe in detail how CSS is implemented

Some: describe in detail at least two different types of selectors

Some: describe in detail about the box model

Today I learnt about the box model and the different parts of it. I had heard of the box model before but I was unsure on what it was. I never knew there was all the different parts to it. I also learnt about all the different selectors and how they work. I had never heard of selectors but when I saw what they were I understood them. 

To improve I would have liked to made my notes a bit more clear next time so I can easily read them and find what I'm looking for. Next time I will split all of the information up and highlight the main parts. I would also use bullet points for easily noting down the information.

A strength of today was learning about using the box model in CSS. I was not sure about using margins and borders but now I understand about how it works and I am more confident when using it.

Overall today has been very interesting and I have learnt a lot about CSS, the box model and selectors. I believe that my CSS skills are improving and I understand more. 

08/09/15 - New unit

Aim: To be able to create a web page using HTML and CSS

Objectives

All: Complete pre-unit survey

All: Copy folder structure into own area

All: Create the content of a web page using HTML

All: Use CSS to create basic styles for the web page

All: Write a blog entry about today

Most: Created a web page using HTML 5 and at least two different CSS positioning styles.

Some: Create a professional looking web page using HTML 5 and a variety of CSS positioning styles

Today we started off with the new unit that is Client Customization of web pages. We had to try and design a website similar to the one that we were given. This was useful to remember about writing HTML and CSS as I could not remember too much. I learnt today about putting a different colour around text and images in CSS. It was very useful to know and it will help me in the future. 

I would like to improve on my CSS skills so I can do more such as adding in quotes and adding in images. I did a bit confused however I did start to understand it but I would like to improve on it. A strength of today was revising my HTML skills as I could not remember too much. 

Overall today has been useful and I have learnt many things about CSS and I feel more confident with using it.  

07/09/2015 - Back for the second year

Ext L3s: Aim: Complete the Induction Process for the Ext course

All: Discuss key skills and personal attributes  ​All: Agree to follow Develop's procedures whilst training​All: Created a new Blogger account and emailed blog address to extlevel3@developebp.co.ukAll: Write a blog entry about today

Most: Effectively and professionally completely all relevant paper work first timeMost: Created customised blogger account and emailed blog address to extlevel3@developebp.co.uk in a suitable email

Today we started off with the induction day of the second year at Develop. I am happy we are back and I found the induction day useful to learn about the new units that we will be studying. There are some new units such as 3D modelling that I am looking forward to as I have never tried it before and I wanted to try it.

There were various tasks we did throughout the day such as a skills assessment. We did this to find out what preferences we have when learning. This was quite interesting doing and I found it useful seeing the similarities that I had.

Another task we did was seeing all of the possibilities that we can do after the second year of Develop. There are quite a few options available such as going to a university or doing an apprenticeship. I would like to do an apprenticeship in IT so I will be looking into applying for some.

Today has been very useful and I have learnt a lot from today and I cannot wait for the rest of the year.

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