LEARNING OUTCOMES.

EVALUATION. 

WELCOME TO MY FINAL WEB BLOG, IN THIS BLOG I HAVE TO EVALUATE MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THIS 1ST SEMESTER.

EVALUATE MEANS = TO JUDGE OR ASSESS THE QUALITY, MERIT, SIGNIFICANCE, WORTH IMPORTANCE OR VALUE OF SOMETHING.

ANALYZE MEANS= TO STUDY SOMETHING IN DETAIL TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT IT OR EXAMINE CRITICALLY TO BRING/FIND OUT ITS ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.

IN THIS EVALUATION I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE MY OWN WORK AND STATE WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD ABOUT IT - COMMENTING ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: 

*    TEACHER/PEER FEEDBACK.

*    GROUP WORK.

*    TECHNICAL QUALITY.

TEACHER / PEER FEEDBACK:         I FEEL I HAVE LEARNED ALOT FROM THIS UNIT, BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION I HAD FROM LAST YEARS  BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN MEDIA MOVING IMAGE. I HAVE GAINED A MORE IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF JOB ROLES WITHIN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AND I HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF MY FUTURE CAREER PATH. 

KIM HAS ALOT OF INVALUABLE KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL, AS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT, AND HAS NO PROBLEM WITH EXPLAINING THINGS MORE THAN ONCE. WHICH FOR ME IS USEFUL AS I HAVE A VERY BAD SHORT TERM MEMORY.

FROM THIS UNIT AND THE FEEDBACK I HAVE RECEIVED FROM KIM, I NOW KNOW WHERE MY WEAKNESSES LIE FOR INSTANCE IN SOUND EDITING, KIM & GILL HAVE BOTH SHOWN ME HOW TO IMPROVE  UPON THESE SKILLS NEXT TIME. 

I.E. BY ASKING IF I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING & BY GETTING MORE PRACTICE IN WITH SOUND EDITING SOFTWARE. 

I BELIEVE AND FEEL THAT ONE OF MY STRENGTHS IS ORGANIZATION. ALWAYS HANDING MY WORK IN ON TIME, SOMETIMES WITH TIME TO SPARE TO IMPROVE MY FINAL GRADE.

GROUP WORK:           IN KIMS LESSONS MUCH OF OUR CLASS WORK HAS BEEN INDIVIDUAL TASKS, FOR INSTANCE OUR WEB BLOG. ALTHOUGH WE DID PRODUCE A RADIO SHOW IN GILLS LESSONS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG, OUR GROUP PROJECT DID NOT GO VERY WELL . PERSONALLY I BELIEVE NEXT TIME I ENTER A GROUP PROJECT, I SHALL TRY TO BE LESS RESERVED. WHICH I THINK WILL HELP A GROUP PROJECT WORK BETTER. ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE MY STRENGTHS OF RESEARCHING AND SCRIPT WRITING DID SHINE OUT  IN OUR GROUP PROJECT.

TECHNICAL SKILLS.           CONSIDERING I HAD NEVER DONE ANY VIDEO OR SOUND EDITING BEFORE BOTH GILL AND KIM HAVE TAUGHT ME SOME VERY VALUABLE FOUNDATION SKILLS IN SOUND AND VIDEIO EDITING. I AM ALSO CONFIDENT NOW IN USING THESE SKILLS WHICH AT FIRST I WAS AFRAID OF. I BELIEVE I CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE UPON MY EDITING SKILLS, ALTHOUGH I THINK MY MAIN GOAL IN EDITING WILL BE TO GET MORE CONFIDENT WITH THE SOFTWARE.

CONCERNS FOR NEXT SEMESTER.          I WOULD SAY ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS FOR NEXT SEMESTER, ALTHOUGH I AM QUITE WELL EQUIPPED WITH MY OWN MAC LAPTOP, FINAL CUT PRO SOFTWARE, AND 250 GIG EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, IS THE FACT THAT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ENOUGH HARDWARE TO GO AROUND. WHICH I FEEL MAY IMPACT UPON OUR LEARNING OUTCOMES NEXT SEMESTER.

THANK YOU FOR READING MY WEB BLOG, I HOPE YOU FOUND IT INTERESTING. I AM NOW OFF TO SRI LANKA TO STAY IN THE JUNGLE WITH A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR A 2 WEEKS, I FLY OUT OF HEATHROW AIRPORT IN 6 HOURS TIME. WISH ME LUCK! A WONDERFUL LIFE EXPERIENCE, WHICH I HOPE TO INCORPORATE INTO MY WORK NEXT SEMESTER.