Monday 8th October 2007

On Monday after noon we had kevin and learnt more about the cicsco components.
It involved cables and conductable metals.

We then went into the lab and put together some wires, we then tested them to see if we had put them together propley

This is a picture of a sheilded twisted pair cable

which we un twisted and connected to a RJ 45 connector.

Monday 8th october 2007

yesterday we had to show a roleplay interview to the teacher applying to be a web designer for the company TEY

in my group we had:

mitchell - interviewer
me - interviewee
leslie - interviewee
scott - note taker
michael - recording man

The role play all went well and we took lots of picture for evidence

Unit 1

Today we had to do P1 of the Communication and Employability skills for IT assingment.

we had to write a report on what skills an employer would be looking for, i have nearly finished my report and have got all of the information that i need.

It has to be handed in as a draft for steven on monday.

Example:

Technical skills:

Using the Internet – An employer would be looking for this skill as it is vital if working with computers e.g. searching the net.

Basic Software Usage – You would need to know how to use the basic software packages e.g. ms word, PowerPoint.

Interpersonal Technical skills:

Good communication – The employer would expect you to have good communication skills in order to communicate with others (e.g. a team) and transmit information so that it is received and understood.

Listening Skills – It is a good skill to have as you could be dealing with customers face-to-face, on the telephone, selling, communication, problem solving.

Cisco Sem1

Tuesday 17th septmeber

Today we had avice and he was teaching us about the logic gates

AND
NAND
NOT
NOR
X-NOR
OR
X-Or

He showed us the different diagrams for each gate

Bowling

The whole class went bowling on monday 16th septmeber

We all had to get the 151 bus to sutton from the college at 3.15

The game was only £2.50 and we had 3 gropus two of 5 and one of 6. In my group it was me, mitchell, sarah, yan, lewis and freddy

Manchester research

we was asked to do a task on a journey manchester it was created on 11th september 2007:

Task: You are to attend a meeting with a potential employer at the Exhibition Centre in Manchester at 4PM on Friday 12 October 2007. You will be starting your journey from Carshalton and need to research the possible alternative methods of transport and costs which are available to you.

My First Day

I'm Nicola i'm 18 and doing a btec course level 3 system support so i can work in ithe ict industory.


We have to write up blogs like this after every lesson, to show an understanding of what we have been doing in our lesson throughout the day.

This is my first day of college and it is induction week.


My interests are my family and friends, I like going out clubbing and going to the pub at the weekends.