Personal Development Plan - November 2015

1. Think back to last month - considering the whole academic year; Your confidence, your attitude to learning, the work itself?

* In October I said I would speak out when I struggle, I feel that I am still achieving this however my confidence in After Effects is slacking somewhat, my attitude towards the class has changed and it is starting to effect my other process classes as I feel like I just can’t be bothered, the work is loading up on top of me and I can’t shake off this feeling that no matter what I create it won’t be good enough.

2. Think about your learning progression, your personal and social development: What skills have you acquired? 

* I don’t feel like my learning progression is aiming anywhere at the moment, however my seminars with Rob Lycett are helping me more than any other class at the moment this being I feel that writing Rob’s essay is getting me away from everything else.

3. Be Self Critical; What have you learnt about yourself?
* That I will say I understand what i’m doing when I don’t. 

4. At the start of the month; what concerns you?

* Assessment and Workshop week! 

5. What excites you?

* Workshop week was a success and I am going onto working in the industry for one week at the start of January 2016. 

6. What steps are in place to achieve your aims? 

* Post it notes are stuck all over my room with things I want to get done, and try to achieve in a week.

Personal Development Plan - October 2015

1. Think back to last month - considering the whole academic year; Your confidence, your attitude to learning, the work itself? 

* Last month I had a mindset ready as to what I wanted to get out of this term, I feel that I am staying as positive as I can and I am speaking out when i'm struggling. I don't want to struggle in silence, so I tell my tutor either face to face or via email, and if I am very nervous to speak I will speak to my Personal Tutor. I feel that by making lists it works and it doesn't work, It can stress me out by seeing the amount I have to do, however it makes me so relieved when I can cross them off one by one. 

2. Think about your learning progression, your personal and social development: What skills have you acquired? 
* I feel I have learnt a lot more skills in actually speaking to my tutors, I can approach them to ask them for help on personal project and to widen my skills. I have actually become a lot more confident in speaking to other people in which I have started attending extra Art classes with Calder Art Graphics, in Byram Arcade, Huddersfield.

3. Be Self Critical; What have you learnt about yourself? 
* That I can get anxious very quickly, I need to breathe and re-consider the situation before giving up, also by saying I will do this at home, I force myself to stay in University an extra hour, for example on a Tuesday we are in University 9:15 until 11:15 in a Lecture and then 11:15 until 17:15 we have the studio to ourselves with tutors circulating, throughout October I didn't leave any earlier than 16:00 however most nights I would be there till 19:00 and sometimes longer. 

4. At the start of the month; what concerns you?
* The deadlines, being a lot closer together this term, and still being fairly poor on Adobe After Effects.

5. What excites you? 
* That workshop week is coming up and I can gain more skills.

6. What steps are in place to achieve your aims? 
* Lists! A lot of lists!!! 

Personal Development Plan - September 2015

1. Think back to last year - consider the whole academic year; Your confidence, your attitude to learning, the work itself? 

* I feel that since last year my whole attitude has changed towards my learning, I feel I am more motivated to attend every lesson, and I am also challenging myself to go home and carry on learning, I prefer to come home and go through my lesson plans again and go over and research the work I didn't understand. I am also a lot more confident to ask for help when I'm struggling. Aside from this I have learnt to use my time well with my briefs. If I was to change anything from last year I would change my attitude to my lessons and my resources that are around university, and telling myself I could get my work done from my flat. 

2. Think about your learning progression, your personal and social development: What skills have you acquired? 
* I have gained many skills since coming back this term already, I have gained skills on After Effects and thinking outside the box, I feel bad on my tutors for the way I was last year with my attitude however this term with their guidance I've come away and learnt more skills with camera equipment and through Adobe. 

3. Be Self Critical; What have you learnt about yourself? 
* If I am going to be completely honest I really struggle with After Effects and need to get some extra guidance on this, which I have been too nervous to ask for help with until now, and I keep putting it off because I have been so anxious about asking for help, which was silly as I am now behind on how trained I am on After Effects.

4. At the start of the second year; what concerns you?
* The only thing that is concerning me as I have gone into second year is sorting through my Placement Year and getting prepared for it, however I am trying to keep up to date on all my coursework before I think about Placement Year. 

5. What excites you? 
* The new adobe classes make me so excited I am booked on to do a masterclass on Monday 19th October 2015 with the Adobe team which happens from your own computer. In this week's class I am learning Live Drawing on Adobe Illustrator with Brian Kekoa Yap. 

6. What steps are in place to achieve your aims? 
* Brilliant tutors, family, friends and a mentor to help me juggle my work load.