Mixed Feelings...

Hi,
Another week gone but plenty more left. This week I have had to complete some of my referred work for numerous assignments and I feel these have been completed to meet the criteria’s requirements. It has been a breath of fresh air to get these assignments out of the way even though I don’t know whether I have actually past them (nail biting). This past week has made me go up a gear in terms of my work; I am going to start to work at a higher and faster level trying to demonstrate my potential to my tutors and my willingness to complete my HND.

The assignment that’s been getting up my nose this week has to be OnTheJob. This assignment started off very well, everyone knew what had to be done and who was doing what but maybe this week it has been the opposite. I have a good group to work with but did get a bit confusing this week, as it felt like my team had sort of turned their backs on me for some reason and maybe not included me in with their discussions compared to previous weeks. Maybe they feel I am going to let them down but to me I feel the team is letting me down, in terms of not being as involved as I hoped. Everything that was asked of me I accepted and got on with, the work load may have not been applied equally throughout this assignment but that is down to the roles in which each person takes on within the group.

The assignment I feel is brilliant, they way in which it was set up and how it has to be done is great but the only concern for me, has to be now my lack of input within my team in the closing week. Working with the group to me was something that I actually look forwarded to, I enjoyed having the chance to socialise, have a few laughs and yet get the work done but for some strange and bizarre reason the group has come in to my eyes has two separate groups. I feel like the outcast sometimes but hopefully it will change next week and I will have something more to do with the group and be part of it.

In terms of Mark being the Team manager, I have to say ‘he meets the criteria’. The ways in which he approached the assignment was done professionally I feel, he somehow made the team comfortable in what they were doing and this is what a team manager requires. Always knew what I was doing even though this week I may have misunderstood him on what he asked (my fault).

Feedback is welcome as always!!!

Thanks

David

Hat trick of Dave's

Hey,
This week has been an enjoyable one, due to me being able to get the assignment ‘The Biz’ out of the way and finally completed, hopefully with the return of a pass. For me the assignment that’s been on my mind the most this week has to be the ‘onthejob’ assignment.

This assignment to me is going smoothly, there has been parts where me and my team may have been slightly behind but with the efforts of both Daves and myself we are now back on track and nearly ready to hand in a beauty of a website. The website that we have produced as gone through a number of stages, it’s been back to the drawing board a number of times but finally we have come to some sort of agreement and I feel it is a decision well made.

Working with my team as being an enjoyable one, each Dave brings their own ‘thing’ to the group. This assignment is at a stage where everyone is comfortable in what they are doing and from good leadership and good team work I know we can produce a well working website that more than meets the requirements of the pass criteria but working towards the merit / distinction.

So far for the learning plan I haven’t really got stuck into it, but having a few reliefs off my shoulders such as ‘The Biz’ assignment out of the way and working well in a group has allowed me to focus more on this learning plan. The learning plan for me, I feel will get quite annoying due to the following of tutorials and reading of books as I don’t seem to follow and stick to reading too well. I tend to get bored when it comes to this type of thing, and I feel I may lose interest in this task even though I will be trying my up most best to not go down that road. If I seem to be going down this route changes will have to be made such as, I will be trying to split up the way in which I do the learning plan by not putting the tutorials back to back and making sure the tutorials are relevant to me and what I am doing.

This next week is going to be more spread out rather then just focusing on one / two assignments, I'm going to try and implement all the assignments and tasks in to my time plans and hopefully, progression and relaxation will be shown next time you visit the blog.

So my fellow bloggers, if you wish to leave feedback on what I have written or previously written then feel free, but if you do I know where I can get you a ‘Chocolate Bounty’ for your efforts…

Hope to hear from you soon!!!

Dave