Tuesday - Assignment three finished

We started off the day looking at an exam paper about computer components, the stored program concept and the Internet. The paper looked quite confusing however I did understand some of the questions and I could answer them. This was quite interesting seeing an exam paper as it shows the sort of questions that you get at A level.

After that I started to work on assignment three task three. My aim for today was to finish this completely and submit it. I managed to get it done just after lunch however I have not submitted it yet as I want to check if it is all right before sending it.

Finally as I finished all of my work for assignment three, I worked on my re submission of assignment one. I wanted to try and finish off the re submission however I have only completed one task so far. Tomorrow I will try to finish off assignment one and assignment two and finish off assignment three on the Thursday.

Monday - Assignment three task one + two done

We started off today with a video about a new piece of technology called the GloveOne. This is a glove that allows you to touch objects that are not there such as a guitar. This was quite an interesting video as I have never seen this technology before and I think it has a lot of potential.

After that I worked on assignment three task one as I had nearly finished it. All I had to do as add in a table of the before and after and explain about Windows Update. This did not take too long and I managed to submit the task just before break.

For the rest of the day I worked on assignment three task two as I wanted to try and submit that today. This task was a lot shorter than task one so it did not take as long. In the end I managed to finish and I just need to submit it so I can work on task three tomorrow. Task three also does not seem too hard so I will be aiming to submit it by tomorrow so I can work on re submissions.

Friday - Many quizzes

We started off the day with some quizzes on a website called Kahoot. It is a quiz website where you can use your phone to answer the questions. The first quiz was about computer hardware and I managed to come first by 100 points. I got 29 right and 4 wrong in that quiz. The second quiz was about logos however it was mainly American based so I did not do too well on it.

After that I worked on assignment four for the website unit as the re submission was in for today. I had to add my CV to my website and make the changes the document that did not take too long to do. Now I only have re submissions for this unit that I will work on after I finish assignment three.

For the rest of the day I continued on assignment three task one as I was trying to finish most of it today. I am up to restoring the files so I will either finish it today or over the weekend as I want to work on task two and three on the Monday and Tuesday.

Thursday - Working on assignment three

We started off today with the quiz that was a TED talk about encrypting emails to be more secure when sending them. The talker was also saying about how data is not secure anymore and about how encryption keys are stored on the server with the data. In the end I managed to get 10/14 that I was pleased with.

After that I worked on a bit of my assignment four re-submission as that is due in for tomorrow. I wanted to finish the website changes as I had a few to do such as fix some links. In the end I managed to do most of the changes however I do need to upload my CV. I will finish this off on Friday morning and work on assignment three.

For the rest of the day I have been working on assignment three task one. This takes quite a bit of time as I have to move all of the images and crop them then comment on them. I have got a large portion of it done today however I still have quite a bit left to do. I will aim to finish most of task one tomorrow so I can work on task two on the Monday.

Tuesday - Assignment three started

We cracked straight into work today as we did not have a starter. As I finished assignment two yesterday, I could work on assignment three straight away. I did have some small changes to do on the website unit for assignment two so I decided to finish them first.

After I finished those changes, I started to organize my images for assignment three as I had not sorted any of them out. I also got my list for the tasks that allowed me to tick off each task as I wrote them in the document. This was quite useful as when I come back to working on it I can check the checklist.

In the end I managed to get down to where I was explaining about installing the RAM and how much RAM I was going to install. I will be aiming to finish task one by Thursday however there is a lot to do so I am not sure if I can finish it by then.

Monday - Assignment two finished

We started off today with watching some videos about robots and about how they can move objects from a shelf. This was quite interesting as robots are advancing a lot now. Another news article John showed us was about how Wi-Fi signals can charge devices such as a camera.

After that we moved onto working on our work. I was aiming to finish assignment two today so I have the rest of the time to work on assignment three and hopefully get that submitted soon. I firstly moved over the images from my phone for assignment three so tomorrow I can get on and work on assignment three.

Finally I managed to get assignment two done. This was not too hard however it did take some time to find all of the main components and decide which ones I wanted. This did take most of the day as I was helping Adam with trying to get his network adapter working however it was not fixed.

Friday - Practical

The starter today was three quizzes about computer systems, functions of OS and CPU. I found this quite interesting as there was a little game between each question. In the end I managed to get 25/30 in the three quizzes and I was proud with it.

After that I started the practical for assignment three. I had a windows XP machine with 2GB RAM and a 3GHz processor. This was quite good however I decided that it needed a dedicated graphics card and more RAM so I installed that.

The installation was not too hard and I found it quite enjoyable to do. I had to install the drivers that was not too hard and I think that the computer runs a lot more smoother now. I just have to add in the files to the user accounts and wait for the disk defragger to finish.

Thursday

Today's starter was a quiz about how well can you hear audio quality. There were six questions in total and they all had three different audio quality that were 128knps, 320 kbps and a wav file. The wav file is the highest quality however I only selected that one twice out of the six times. 

After that we had a recap on assignment three and had a sheet going around about assignment one/two. I found the recap quite helpful as sometimes I do forget parts and it helps to hear different ways to do it. 

For the rest of the day I was working on some re submissions and my checklist for assignment three. I had nearly finished it so this did not take too long to do but I did get a little bit confused however I managed to work it out in the end. I only have one re submission left now however I will do that over the weekend. 

Tuesday - Assignment two and three

We started off today with another quiz. This quiz was about 3D printing and the future of it. It was quite an interesting quiz and in the end I managed to get 8 1/2 that was not too bad. The main aim of today was to learn about a bit of assignment two and assignment three.

After the quiz we worked on our assignment work. I still have task three of assignment one to do and now I have nearly finished it. I have started D1 of it and I will be finishing it off later tonight or tomorrow as it is due for them. It should not take too much time to do so I will be finishing off tonight.

Finally we learnt about assignment three. This is the practical part and we have to upgrade a part of a computer. There are three tasks for this and we need to get the evidence for it all. We all created task lists for task one and had a look at each others. I will find having a task list useful because then I cannot miss a part out and I know I have met all of the criteria.

Monday - Back from half term

Today has mainly been learning about assignment two. There is one task in this assignment and it does not seem to hard to do. It is up to a merit criteria so I do not have to go into loads of detail however I do need a decent amount.

The first activity was a quiz about this unit so far. It was a quiz with 28 questions worth 50 marks. This was to refresh our minds about the unit and see how much we have remembered. In the end I managed to get 32/50 that I was quite proud with.

Finally after we had learnt about assignment two, we moved onto working onto work. I have been working on assignment one task three as this is all I have left to do and it is in for Wednesday. It should not take too long to finish as I have done quite a bit of it.