Activity Log Completion Dates

Activity	Duration (hours)	Predicted completion date	Actual date completed
In the Morning we had been given an A3 sized sheet of paper to design two website templates. I had drawn to design one colourful one and one plain one in the end I chose the colourful one and had edited it, and had planned the hyperlinks and also the WebPages and house style that would go on to my official Diploma Website. I think I had done well on this task because everything is well organised it will look very colourful but very informative. I don’t think I could have done any better on this task. I planned well and it looks good. So I had no weaknesses on this task In the future I would like to create the website and see how it would look.	1 Hour	Monday 27th September 2010	Monday 27th September 2010
Today we were researching our venues and researching the media arts scene in the west midlands. Then once we had finished researching we were told to write our 1st report. It had taken me a full three hours to write and make a couple of adjustments. I thought I had done very well on this task because I done well in the research task by looking up key information and writing in the report. My weakness was trying to organise the report by making different heading, re-arranging the pictures and also putting the text in relevant sections. In the future I would like to complete the report get a good grade and organise it properly.	3 Hours	Tuesday 21st September 2010	Tuesday 21st September 2010
In the lessons we had today we were told to type up our report that we had drafted in the previous lesson. It has taken 2 Hours to type it all up, add the headings and also the header and footer and format the whole text. I have done well typing the report by making minimal mistakes and also editing the text. I don’t think I had any weaknesses in this task because all I had to do was type up my report from a couple of pages of writing. If there was one downfall it would probably organising the pictures and the text. In the future I would like to complete the report format the whole thing and make it look good.	2 Hours	Monday 20th September 2010	Tuesday 21st September 2010
In the lesson today I had gave in my 1st report to my teacher to get in marked. But before I gave it in I had double checked it and changed some of the words and venues I strengths in this task was looking over my work and not being afraid to make adjustments to it. I had no weakness in these task because, it was not difficult. In the future I want to go over the report again and make more adjustments to it.	30 Minutes	Tuesday 21st September 2010	Monday 27th September 2010
In the morning for the 1st two periods had to complete a task which we had to research. But before we were going to research we had to watch a couple of video clips on the big screen. The video was about two people and how they feel about there career. They had also said about there previous education was like. Once the videos were finished we were told to go on to the computers and research 4 – 6 job careers in the Media Arts Scene, and then we were told to make a PowerPoint about there careers. I thought I had done well when I was typing up the information in my own words on to the PowerPoint. I also thought I had done well in the researching task. My weakness was researching jobs that are not recogised in the media arts scene.. In the future I would like to research more jobs and make another PowerPoint about them.	2 Hours	Monday 20th September 2010	Monday 20th September 2010
Today in the1st period we were given back our reports looked at it again and read the teachers comment, and also saw the adjustments she had made to it. Then in period two we had gone on to the computers and added in the adjustments that the teacher had told us to do. Then printed off again and gave it back in. In think I did well in this task by taking the criticism well and adding in the adjustments. I had also taken out the useless events and changed them for more well known events in the report. My weakness was researching a new event in the west midlands. Although there are many events in the West Midlands I wanted to choose one which is well known and in the end I did. In the future I want more feedback so I can edit my report again and so I can get the best grade possible.	`	Monday 27th September 2010	Monday 27th September  2010
Today in the morning our teacher had told us to go on the internet look and have a look at 3 different websites and look around it and see how they make it look appealing. She had also told us to have a look at how they advertise the websites and to see how they present there information. She had then told us to make a 3 page PowerPoint about 3 different websites and annotate them. By annotating I mean draw lines and writ about the parts that you like and the parts you didn’t like. My strengths in this task was having a look at a number of websites and annotating them. I found this task easy to complete because I picked out the good points and bad points with ease. I had no weaknesses on this task. In the future I want to add more websites to the PowerPoint and annotate them. I would also want to add in my own personal ideas to improve the websites.	1 Hour  30 Minutes	Monday 13th September 2010	Tuesday 14th September 2010
Today we had started making our websites. It was hard at the start but then we had got used to it. I had used my planning sheet to help me to remember my ideas and also my hyperlinks. I had copied every thing of it but I had to make a few adjustments because it was getting a bit to complicate to understand. The next couple of weeks I had added my radio station sound clip to my website. My strengths on this task was making the website and also editing it well. Another good point I had done was I had followed my flat plan and kept a consistent house styles My weakness was the information I had provided, but I did overcome that problem by doing a bit more research and also and more hyperlinks. In the future I want my website to be completed and I want it to attracting and were people can use, if they need information about the creative media arts scene.	15 Hours	Tuesday 19th October 2010
In the 1st and 2nd period me and my group had sat down and designed our script. It took us 1Hour and 30 minutes to complete. We had changed some of events that we had included because they were not suitable for the unit that we were doing. It was a good task to do because we all had our own opinions about different events and pictures. My strength was ordering the script and choosing the speeches of my group. My weakness was trying to pick well recognised events. Then the events that we did not like we took out and has replaced them with good ones. In the future I would like to go on a record my radio presentation because it will be good fun. .	1 Hours 30 Minutes	Tuesday 5th October 2010	Tuesday 5th October 2010
In the afternoon we had been taken out of lesson to record our radio station in the radio room. It had taken us about 15 minutes to complete including the re-takes. The first time we had tested it, it was going well until I messed up and burst out laughing with the group. Then we had retaken it and had finished it in our second attempt. My groups strengths were being able to speak clearly and also record the presentation quickly so then we can go on to our other tasks which we needed to complete. Our group had no weaknesses because we did not mess it up and we did it quickly. Our only blunder was when we started laughing. In the future I would want to go on to the apple mac computers or laptops and then, we can voice synchronise our voices and a backing track to it, so it can sound realistic.	15-20 Minutes	Tuesday 12th October 2010	Tuesday 12th October 2010
Today me Aadham and Ben had sat down together and edited our radio show on the apple Macs. The way we edited it was to speed up the speech and we also changed our voices to alien format. Then we had struggles to get a background beat because we had different tastes in music, but in the end we all settled to a very catchy and basic tune. Our strengths were choosing the voice synchronising very quickly and also speeding the radio up because it needed a time limit of two minutes. Our weakness was choosing the background track because we had different tastes in music, and if two members of the group liked one song and the other didn’t, then we had to look for another song. In the future I would like to add the audio soundtrack to my Wix website and also make a video and add it to my Blogger.	1 Hour	Tuesday 19th October 2010	Tuesday 18th October 2010
Today we had come into lesson and had got ready to go to the hall and watch the performance by sister tree. We were at the front row. The sister tree act explained the troubles that asylum seekers would have once they arrived in a foreign country. Then in the last two periods we were told to write a review about the sister tree performance. My strengths were writing the report up and also formatting the report. I had also remembered the key points about the performance and also how, they had explored the creative media arts in their performance. My weakness was trying to memorise the key points about their performance. In the future I would like to go to other events in the west midlands were I can explore more creative media arts.	1 Hour 30 Minutes	Monday 18th October 2010	Tuesday 19th October 2010