VARK Results

Today in my tutorial lesson I took a VARK test. This test is used to see what type of learning style an individual has. The results are categorised into five types; Visual, Aural, read/write, kinesthetic, multi-modal.
The score that was assigned to me was mostly visual points:

• Visual - 10
• Aural - 1
• Read/Write - 2
• Kinestethic - 5

I feel these results are correct, because in my previous studies I have often used videos to research and learn topics. One of the traits of being a visual learner is that hand gestures are used a lot when communicating with people, especially when trying to get a point across; I've noticed I do this very often! When writing reports I also tend to include a lot of graphs and diagrams, in these parts I usually achieve a good mark, it is the actual writing of the report I sometimes struggle with. I will definitely need to improve my reading and writing skills in order to gather the information I need from text books/ journals for my research. I will do this by trying to read more books (not necessarily relevant to my course).

Design For The Internet - Module Blog

In mondays tutorial lesson we were asked to create a blog to keep a record of what we have/will learn from the module 'Design for the Internet'. Link below!

http://designfortheinternet.blogspot.com/

Learning Line

Mentor

A friend has agreed to be my mentor for this semester, He is in his third year at Lincoln University and studying computer games production.

SWOT

Strengths

• Friendly, no problems with meeting and interacting with new people, I feel confident and positive towards tasks (most of the time).
• I work well independently, last year in my studies I was assigned the role of team leader so I have no problem completing tasks as a part of a team as well.
• Good computer skills, the pathway I have chosen is computer networking, previous to this term's studies I achieved a National Diploma in ICT Practioning. 

Weaknesses 

• I've never been great at mathematics; however, I plan to brush up!
• I can lose interest in some things very easily, e.g. reading, math problems etc. I'll have to learn to stay more focused.
• I'm not very creative (wish I was!)
• I'm not very good at managing my money, I spend far too much on things I don't need!

Opportunities

• Get a decent job! (Something I enjoy, with a good salary :)
• Meet new people, make new friends.
• Paying off debts.
• Learn new skills, like how to manage my money adequately (related to the above!)

Threats

• Sometimes I can be too laid back towards a task, managing to completely overlook the difficulty and the work load; resulting in several all nighters because I left things to the last minute. I tell myself not to do this at the start of every academic year, but it still occurs occasionally.
• Losing interest in topics.
• Mathematics! I need to get more help with this.

First Post..

My name is Adam and this is my first post! I have just begun a course in Computer Networking, My interests are technology, music and cinema. However there won't be much of that here.. This blog is for the 'Learning and skills development for HE and Work' module. Expect more content soon!