Blog Post 2: 5th December 2008

Since I posted blog post 1 on my national certificate for IT practitioner’s course at Bedford College I have started a few of my assignments for this years subjects.

• Computer Systems
• Advanced Database Skills
• Principles of Software Design and Development
• Website production and Management
• Principles of Computer Networks
• Communication and Employability Skills

The excel test that I done at the start of the year I have now finished and past.

Computer systems: This lesson is still mainly theory but I like the subject & we have started are assignment for this lesson now & we have done two of the tasks. I am up to date with the work I feel like this is because I like the lesson there for I am motivated to do the work. Wahid is good with the feed back which helps understand where we went wrong.

Advanced Database: With databases John still seems too talk too much about the work but in a way I feel that it is needed some times. We have started the assignment for this subject task’s one & two which is still theory. The database work is rather easy now that we have had them explained a lot more & is more interesting as we are doing practical.

Principles of Software Design & Development: For this lesson we have also started the assignment & are up to task two. Since the last post I have learnt a lot more factions that can be used & what they are used for. We are doing a lot of hands which I feel I learn best with the little bit of talking helps to.

Website Production & Management: This lesson is fun as I have never done any website design before. I have learnt a lot between now & my last post we have started some java script also css. The assignment we started is not as good as the lessons them self’s because the 1st task is theory & it’s hard to no where to start.

Principles of Computer Networks: In this lesson we have done some practical recently which was fun. We built a cat5 cable it makes a change from the theory work we have done task one for this assignment & are planning on starting task two next week I feel that I have learnt a lot more since my last post on how network protocols work and some topologies.

Communication & Employability Skills: This lesson still seems rather pointless but we are getting on with the work well & are making lots of progress with the assignment. I am still learning but id rather not have to do the work but the best way is to just get on with it.

Overall I have learnt more since the last post as we have stopped going over work they I have already done the previous year.