Dylan's Journal

My main focus over the past few weeks has been on my final presentation and reflecting on my Spreadsheets project. My final product was l earning how to use Spreadsheets to analyze sport statistics. This was very unique to me as I analyzed my cricket statistics that I have gathered over the past few years. I chose to do this project as I have a prominent desire and passion for sports, so I thoroughly enjoy analyzing sports statistics and information. Having learnt spreadsheets will not only assist in gaining a great skill but it will also assist me in the future as I want to go into the business world where Spreadsheets is widely used and required. I was able to complete this project through online courses and research, as well as speaking to people who have background knowledge in spreadsheets. Under the guidance of Mr. Shappell, using his understanding and knowledge, the learning process was a lot easier and quicker. Once completed, I had gained considerable knowledge in spreads...

The past few weeks have been very productive as I have been able to complete roughly half of my initial product. Unfortunately, my first attempt did not work out well. I am working towards becoming  a resilient, persistent and adaptable achiever as well as a critical and creative thinker. Fortunately, I have had many strengths which include being able to follow the finer details of my tutorials in order to produce a modified image of high quality. A specific example of this was being able to select the correct brushes for a certain effect as well as when applying the effect, increasing and decreasing the brush, changing brushes so that it doesn't create create a pattern and rotating the brushes. The reason for this was that I have been following a brilliant tutorial and I have asked for help when needed. I am still very new to Photoshop, for that reason I have come across adversities as I don't only want to just follow a tutorial but rather understand the details o...