Information
Technology
Activity
Log
Colour
Cards: For
this activity you had to pick the coloured cards that suited your personality
the best. There were four different coloured types of cards laying on the table
all mixed together, we had to go up to the table and pick the cards with the
statements that suited us best. For example, one of them could be green and say
you are a hard worker were as another one could be red and say you are laid
back and remain relaxed in stressful situations. At the end you had to look at
the cards you got and see how many of the same colour you had, for example I
could have had three green and two yellow which showed I am a green type of
person because the statements suites me the best. When I did the activity I
ended up with mostly red cards this showed that I was a relaxed and laid back
sort of person that is friendly and remains calm during stressful situation as
well as helping others. I have to agree with the end result as I thought it was
very true and accurate. The cards summed me up within a few words and told me
exactly what kind of person I am.
Task 1- Leaflet:
Need to finish Leaflet- I had to create a leaflet for In The Know which is a recruitment
agency telling people about employment in the IT sector. In the Leaflet I
included information about different job roles that are IT related. As well as
information on the Specific and General Attributes, also the attitudes. I
mainly used types of blue for my colour scheme as it looked very good when I
tried it out, I used the combination of mainly blues and black to create a very
good leaflet overall. I even came up with my own slogan “We know what you need
to know” which I thought was very creative and suited well with the rest of the
work. I didn’t spend too much time decorating as I would of probably ran out of
time, so in the end I kept decoration to a minimum. It took me about 3 to 4
lessons to fully complete the leaflet as well as a bit of work in my own time.
I didn’t encounter many problems apart from one big one; I was having problems
with my log in for the schools computers and it deleted my progress so far. I
had done about two lessons worth of work and was not far away from finishing it
before it got deleted so I was quite annoyed. But in the end I managed to get
it done and moved onto the next task.
Task 2-
Leaflet 2:
I created an add on from the leaflet I did from task 1. I was asked to create a
second leaflet or like an add on from the first leaflet which gives…
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Two examples of general skills
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Two examples of interpersonal skills
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Two examples of written communication
I worked quite well during the course of the lesson
and I managed to get a lot of the work done and finish not far behind of
everybody else. There were no problems apart from the computer problems that I
had during the course of task 1, as I was still having trouble with my login
and got rid of the work I had done. I had to start it again therefor making me
behind other people in my class which was quite frustrating and I found it hard
to catch back up again, but I managed in the end. Like in task 1 the decoration
remained pretty much the same as I didn’t want to spend all my time on fancy
decoration. As content was more important than decoration I kept it to a
minimum and only put a blue border around my work as it then matches in with
task 2 and follows the colour scheme I have created, therefor looking like one
nice piece of work.
Task 3-
Presentation: At first I was quite nervous about doing the group presentation as I
could not help but thinking I was going to get it wrong and mess up. After the
presentation went under way I found myself to be very good at it, I used a nice
tone and I used a loud voice to make myself heard and engage the audience. My
nerves went when I got started as it was a huge success; the best part of it
all was the positive feedback we got as a group from the teacher, as I was not
expecting that at all. All of us as a group did very well in the end and we
prepared ourselves well for the presentation which played a big part in our
success. Not just me but the rest of the group also did very well with no
spluttering and mistakes in the PowerPoint, everything went right according to
the plan we came up with and everybody tried there best during the presentation
resulting in it being very successful overall. The presentation consists of
around six or seven slides so we had two slides each that we had to read out,
the slides were packed full of information so there was lots to read out as
part of the presentation. Overall me and my group did very well as we were
clear when we spoke, we looked at the camera and the audience there for engaging
them and we did well overall.
Task 4-
Report:
I created a report explaining the mechanism’s that can be put in place to
reduce the impact of communication barriers. The first paragraph is a brief
introduction to what a Communication Barrier is and some examples. After that I
move onto the different barriers to Communication and my first barrier is
Background noise. This first barrier is all about how the noise of other people
can disrupt the work you are doing and distract you, I mention things like how
it can distract you, interfere with meetings and more. The next barrier I chose
to write about was distractions, it’s hard to work when some people are doing
something that makes a high level of noise making it harder to concentrate. I
included how distractions could put people of what they are doing, how it could
affect the quality of the work they produce and how to reduce the amount of
distractions that could distract you and other people. These were some of the
main barriers I wrote about; the others were Lack of concentration, Physical
abilities such as hearing problems or speech difficulty and written
Communication. At the end I gave some solutions on how to overcome the
barriers, I went into detail on laws that have been put in place to reduce
these barriers such as laws against racism. I have also talked about if you are
receiving abuse and racism in a working environment and what would be the best
solution.
Task 5-
Self-evaluation- For this task, I had to watch our presentation that we did for task 3 and
evaluate each member of the group and see how well we performed. I paid special
attention to myself as that was what I had to go into detail the most, after I
watched James Muskett and Oliver Madden, I then evaluated them and wrote down
how I think they did. For myself I talked about how I kept eye contact with the
audience and the camera and also how I engaged them through the course of the
presentation. I also mentioned how clear I thought I was while speaking and how
well I got on in general through the presentation. I basically wrote the same
for the other two members in the group, about how they looked at the camera and
the audience as they both did this very well and how they got on in general. I
also went into detail on the areas of improvement for next time for me and for
the rest of the group. After going over the positives and negatives of the
performance we did I did an overall view on how we did as a group plus
including how well we worked together to put on a very good presentation that
proved to be very effective towards the audience.
Task 6- Blog- I have created an e-mail
blog to make people aware of the dangers from the internet and what can happen
if you don’t have the right protection on your computer to avoid and destroy
viruses. The first thing I wrote about was to explain how three useful
communication techniques work which were signature, cc and reply to all, I then
went into detail on each of the techniques while talking about the advantages
and disadvantages of each one. At the end I talked about a Trojan horse and the
damage that they are capable of doing to your computer. Then some advice about
how to protect your computer from virus and Trojan horse to save you from
getting a virus on your computer, I have also stated that you should never open
an e-mail attachment from somebody you don’t know as it could either be
something harmless or release a computer virus when activated. The task went
very and it was all completed before the due date which is always what I am aim
to do. Everything went according to plan.
Task 7- Different
Learning Styles- I have created a document which gives information about the different
learning styles, these learning styles are…
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Active Learners
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Sensory Learners
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Intuitive Learners
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Visual Learners
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Sequential Learners
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Global Learners
I have gone into detail on each of the different
learning styles and have said what they can and can’t do, how they operate and
how they prefer to learn. This task has really opened up my eyes to the many
different learning styles that people can be and it was very interesting to
research and learn all about them. Each person with a different learning style
share similarities and has differences with each other as some people learn by
listening and other people learn by watching, some people happen to be good at
problem solving where as other aren’t.
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