Project Monitoring

I haven’t done a write up in a while on my blog because I have had exams in other subjects and haven’t managed to write up in the other lesson time as I have been too busy making sure I don’t get behind in my schedule.  I don’t think that I am doing as well as I could be and am slightly behind my schedule because of my exams, but I am not too concerned as I am making my time up by working very hard in lessons and using my free periods and after college time to stay behind and complete the work that should be done.

The exam situation has not been ideal however I know that I need to work hard to finish and I am prepared to do so.

I also had a problem when I did my first Photoshoot for 2 double paged spreads, front cover and contents page my pictures where lost of the camera and therefore I had no images. I went to book a Photoshoot but as the list was very full I had to get one for the next week, in which I will make sure that I do get my pictures from the camera and there are no problems, as this was a major setback in my project and wasted a lot of time.

Apart from this I think that everything else is going okay, as I said I just need to make sure that my project doesn’t fall too far behind where I won’t be able to finish it before the deadline. I will make sure this doesn’t happen by working extra hard.

Projecting Monitoring

This week in my schedule I aimed to make amendments of my body dysmorphia article, which I re-drafted and completed ahead of my schedule. Secondly I completed my task of setting up the pages for all my documents using InDesign which I also completed ahead of schedule, because I had a Philosophy exam on Thursdays lesson so knew I couldn’t waste any time. Friday’s lesson is today in which I am assessing how I am completing my project and if there is anything I am behind in. After this I will start putting together on In Design Body Dysmorphia article, creating the title, help lines box and writing the introduction.

Everything is running smoothly with my project and I feel as though I am in control and up to date with everything I have completed so far. I am not currently worried about anything in my project and feel like everything is going according to plan.

Project Monitoring

I have organised my schedule in a way which I can make sure that my Media work won’t fall behind whilst I am doing my January exams. In the weeks that I have exams I have made sure that I have set myself realistic goals so that I am still doing work so I don’t fall behind, but making sure that I don’t fall behind on my schedule. I have also made sure that I balance my skills so I will write an article, put the page together in InDesign and design one DPS, before I move on to the next one as I feel like if I choose to do all my articles and then all my designing, they might not be to my best creative ability and I don’t want to get mixed up.

I think I have set myself realistic goals as I explained with my exams making sure that I can complete certain tasks in the weeks which I have exams so that I don’t fall behind on my schedule. I believe that because I have allowed for contingency time on my schedule it has made it more realistic as things could and might go wrong, so I know I will definitely have time to finish it before the deadline.

The big challenges in my schedule will most likely be writing my articles as I have to be in a very focused and creative mind, which is often hard to find in class. I might also be challenged by InDesign and Photoshop as my skills are not particularly good, I will need to explore new things which might take longer.  

Schedule

Week	Date	Activity
1	7th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: this week I will make sure that I create a realistic schedule to enable me to submit a completed project for the 15th February in accordance with the objectives outlined in my treatment. The schedule will be realistic, detailed and will contain 3 meaningful activities to complete as homework. Homework activities should take up four hours additional study time per week. 2 Schedule Creation: Today I will look at other commitments I have in my other A Levels including scheduled exams – this will enable me to produce a realistic schedule. In order to do this I will need to ask my other subject teachers about deadlines for homework/coursework during the next six weeks. 3 Research layouts I like for my front cover and contents page to get some inspiration for my project 4 Project Monitoring & researching layouts I like for my individual DPS to get some inspiration for my project Homework 1: Research and download fonts for my magazine Homework 2: Start thinking about my article writing and put together plans Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines: Philosophy & Ethics and Psychology mock exam on Wednesday
2	14th Jan	1 Make amendments to body dysmorphia article and redraft it 2 Set up front cover, contents page and DPS sizes on InDesign and Photoshop 3 PHILOSOPHY EXAM 4 Project Monitoring & Start putting together on InDesign Body Dysmorphia article, creating the title, help lines box and writing the introduction Homework 1: Homework 2: Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines: Philosophy exam on 17th
3	21stJan	1 Start putting together a DPS for teenage pregnancy, make sure the page is set up, produce the title and create the layout. 2 Start writing teenage pregnancy article using my aritcle planning document to help me 3 PYSCHOLOGY EXAM   4 Photoshoot for front cover, contents page, teenage pregnancy and body dysmorphia article. At 11.50 – 12.50, my model is coming from Carmel college at 12.00. Homework 1: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Homework2: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Homework 3: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Exams/other subject deadlines: PYSCHOLOGY EXAM  24th January
4	28th  Jan	1 Start making break out boxes for my teenage pregnancy article and teenage stress article, make sure that they are complete and ready to put into my DPS. 2 Edit pictures for my contents page and front cover 3 Edit pictures for my body dysmorphia and teenage pregnancy article 4 Project Monitoring & Start writing my teenage stress article Homework 1: continue teenage stress article Homework 2: continue teenage stress article Homework 3: continue teenage stress article Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	4th Feb	1 Today I am going to sort out my contents page. I will look at my research I have gathered on what contents page I like and take inspiration from that and start designing. 2 Make a start on designing my contents page, putting in the pictures and I have taken and produce titles and text 3 Continue contents page sorting out my layout 4 Project Monitoring & sub edit all my pages, look over them and make sure they are okay Homework 1: Re-draft articles and make finishing touches to them all Homework 2: Re-draft articles and make finishing touches to them all Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines:
6	11th Feb	1 Make sure break out boxes for teenage pregnancy article and teenage stress ariticle are finished 2 Make sure that my front cover, contents page and DPS’s are put together and finished of correctly, adding the final finishing touches 3 CONTINGENCY TIME 4 Project Monitoring & CONTINGENCY TIME Homework 1: Homework 2: Homework 3: Unit 5 Deadline Friday 15th Feb –projects to be uploaded to Moodle
Half term	18th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
	25th Feb	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 25th Feb