Monday, 14th January 2008

Today, we worked on the investigate section of teh Promotional CD project. As a matter of fact, the due date for the draft of the investigation is next lesson (wednesday, 14th) and, unfortunately, I wasn't yet able to finally complete any point of the investigation, however having worked at all. I plan to complete all four points of the investigation Tuesday afternoon, whilst making corrections and adding any extra information on the double lesson period Wednesday morning. Actually, the reason for which a large amount of work wasn't possible to complete was also because I am sick for around a week, preventing me from fully concentrating for a long period of time. My aim for the completion of the investigate section is to be capable of total concentration and processing my thoughts deeply and thoroughly. My focus on the promotional CD is the coming Olympic Games (2008), as well as the past ones and the history of the games. My promotional CD will also consist of why the Olympic games are extremely important for society, and how cultural interaction is benefitial for many.

Wednesday, 9th January 2008

Today, we started working on the investigate section, as the issue involving the computers was already fixed. I was able to organize all my work, completing the gantt chart (with the plan for the process of completing this project) and research quite a lot for the points of my investigation. Unfortunately, my work today was not very fast.

Monday, 7th January 2008

As a matter of fact, today's double period was not very successful. In the morning, an electrical problem occured, stricking about 2/3 of the computers in the Technology room. Most of the people were unable to produce any work, such as me. At the end of the second period, several people moved to room 10, where we were able to get some work done. Nevertheless, after about 20 minutes the room was required to be emptied because electricians had come to solve the problem. The new project that was proposed to us was about a promotional cd, promoting a cause. However, as no work was possible to be done today, we were not able to get 100% familiar with the entire project. I sincerely hope that next lesson we are able to get some work done and that the computers are already fixed. I also hope that I am able to properly concetrate and understand the assignment well, therefore also being able to complete it in a short period of time.

Wednesday, 12th December 2007

Today, everyone in the class opted by completing a short Photo Story 2 publication related to Christmas. Photo Story 2 is a free Microsoft programme that can be downloaded from the site and enables people to create a story with a variety of images, narration and music. I thoroughly enjoyed working with this programme also for the fact that I love the theme we were working with, and managed to introduce the well-known poem by Clement C. Moore into my presentation. I am also thinking of downloading this programme at home, as it can be very benefitial and interesting.

"Happy Christmas to all,
and to all a Good night!"

('Twas the night before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore)

Monday, 10th December 2007

Today, we completed a very small investigation about Copyright infringements, which covered how images and sources can be utilized without breaking the Copyright Law. This project was very enlightening, for I was not aware that the regular images that come up in the various search engines have such specific Laws. Also, because I discovered what these laws actually are. Certain URLs allow the reproduction of their images, however with some restrictions. These restrictions were fundamentally:

• Must be utilized for educational purposes only
• Proper Reference must be included
• The content may no tbe modified

I believe that I was quite focused on my task today, and managed to complete the work early. Next lesson, where we will be focusing on the new Microsoft Publisher, my aim is to be equally motivated and involved in the work, such as I was today.

Wednesday, 5th December 2007

Today, we completed a lesson plan by Microsoft Office that taught us the various steps to complete a graph/ chart in the new Microsoft Excell Office 2007 programme. In my opinion, this type of programmes are absolutely necessary, since we do not thoroughly know how to function with the new Microsoft Excell.

2nd Unit - Wednesday 5th December 2007