Personal Development Plan Overview
Task
1 >
You
are looking for a job in the IT industry and have joined ITK with a view to
them helping you to succeed in finding the perfect occupation. ITK have
indicated that there has been an employment boom in the web design and computer
systems industries recently and feel that one of these occupations could be the
way forward to meeting your long term aspirations.
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A breakdown of your current strengths
and weaknesses in both disciplines
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A statement of your aspirations,
education and training
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An action plan with clear goals that
will help you reach your target
The following table outlines the skills that are necessary to succeeded in the web design and computer systems industries and will be covered during the remainder of year 12.
Computer Systems (Unit 2)
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Computer Networks (Unit 9)
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Knowledge of Computer Hardware Components
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Knowledge of different types of Networks available and they
relate to particular network standards and protocols
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Knowledge of Operating Systems
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Knowledge of key components for client workstations to connect to a
network and access network resources
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Knowledge of Software Utilities
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Knowledge of typical
services provided by networks and how typical services are available from a
network operating system directory service
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Knowledge of Installing Hardware/Software Components
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Ability to design a networked solution to meet a particular
situation with specific requirements
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Ability to make a
networked system secure
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Time Plan:
Unit 2
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Term 2 (7/01/2013 – 28/03/2013)
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Unit 9
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Term 3 (25/02/2013 – 24/05/2013)
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Move onto next page for P7, P8 and D2 criteria
P7 – Creating a Personal Development Plan
Activity:
Based on the Task 1 scenario (Previous page) you must now create
your own PDP that will be later uploaded to a blog and followed for the
remainder of the year.
A - PDP
A - PDP
1.
Establish
Purpose/Direction
Based on the ‘useful information’
section on the previous page describe what your main strengths are and what
areas you think need to be developed for each discipline. Remember that you
must justify each of your strengths against your past experiences and training.
Computer Systems (Unit 2)
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Strengths
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Possible Areas to Develop
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Knowledge
of computer hardware components- I know a lot of different Hardware
components that make up a computer such as the cooling fan, mother board,
other smaller cooling fans, hard drive etc.
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Knowledge
of Installing Hardware/Software Components- I know how to install both
hardware and software components. For Hardware you simply install it into your
computer and allow your computer to scan it and put it into working order. As
for Software you either have to pay or maybe get some free and simply
download them onto your computer.
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Knowledge
of Computer Operating Systems- I know about a lot of Operating Systems
such as Windows.
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Knowledge
of Software Utilities- I am not quite sure what they are so I have put
them in the Areas to develop colum.
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Computer Networks (Unit 9)
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Strengths
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Possible Areas to Develop
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Ability
to make a
networked system secure- I have good knowledge about different
security measures such as firewalls and anti-virus software to make a
computer, network etc. secure.
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Knowledge
of different types of Networks available and they relate to particular network standards and protocols- I
am not sure about this subject which is why I have put it in this colum.
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Knowledge
of key components for client workstations to connect to a network and access
network resources- I am quite puzzled as to what this means as I have
never done this before. Which is the reason why it is in this need to improve
colum.
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Knowledge
of typical
services provided by networks and how typical services are available from a
network operating system directory service- I especially
need to expand my knowledge about this topic. I am hoping that this unit can expand my knowledge on this area as I have never done anything like it before.
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Ability
to design a networked
solution to meet a particular situation with specific requirements- I
am very good at designing things such as
websites or poster but not a network solution
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2. Identify Your Development Needs
Outline which of the highlighted
development areas will be your priority (e.g. which are you main weaknesses)
and justify why you have chosen them (e.g. knowledge of building a computer –
never had the opportunity to build a standalone computer).
Priority 1
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Knowledge of key components
for client workstations to connect to a network and access network resource- I
am pretty much clueless about this
which is why I have put it under priority 1, for some of the other priorities I at least have a small understanding of the subject but not for this one.
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Priority 2
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Knowledge of typical services provided by networks and
how typical services are available from a network operating system directory
service- I also need to expand my knowledge of this topic as well as I have
never done anything like this before, this is why it is priority 2
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Priority 3
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Knowledge of different types of Networks available and they
relate to particular network standards and protocols- I have not done
anything like networking in the past so I am not sure what It means.
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Priority 4
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Knowledge of typical services provided by networks and
how typical services are available from a network operating system directory
service- I am not sure what a network is or a network system priority
service, when I move onto that unit it will become more clear and I will have
expanded my knowledge.
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Priority 5
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Ability to design a networked solution to meet a particular
situation with specific requirements- as mentioned earlier I am good at
designing even to specific requirements but the fact that my knowledge of
networks is low I am not sure what it is asking me to do.
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Priority 6
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Explain how you hope to improve
the skills that you have highlighted. What resources/opportunities will be at
your disposal (e.g. lesson time, online tutorials)
Our teacher can also be a good resource as we can not only go and see them when we need assistance but also we can e-mail them and they can reply with help sheets etc. We can also go and see him or her during our free lessons and after school so we can learn more and expand our knowledge on areas that we are struggling and need to improve. |
Create a set of SMART targets
based on your identified needs from the previous section.
Target 1
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Understand what is a network
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Target 2
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Understand what a network is able to do
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Target 3
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Increase my knowledge about the components of a computer- such as
learn new components
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Target 4
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Learn how to make a network secure
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Target 5
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Learn how to design a network
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Target 6
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Try to gather as much knowledge as I can about networking as it is
one of my weak points
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- Knowledge of key components for client workstations to connect to a
network and access network resources
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Knowledge of typical services provided by networks and how
typical services are available from a network operating system directory
service
- Ability
to design a networked solution to meet a particular situation
with specific requirements
B - Blogger
User Name
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Password
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Blogger Address
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http://armthorpelewisit.blogspot.co.uk/
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