Organisation Security Systems
Within this lesson I have learned about the various forms of attacks that can be launched against both home and business computers. I have also learned some of the ways in which these attacks can be defended against.
Key Skills
I have learnt more about the workings of Excel, Word and Access than I previously knew before. For instance I had not had much practise at IF functions with Excel which I now feel I am fairly proficient at. Although I already knew most of what was involved with studying Word again it was helpful to go over it as a reminder. Finally Access was the one I had touched on least since I have been using computers so this was beneficial to me to get used to seeing how it worked.
Website Design and Management
Previous to this lesson I had never created a website using either plain old HTML in notepad or ever used Dreamweaver. This being so almost everything done within this lesson has been new to me and I think I am starting to get to grips with the basics of making a simple website.
Software Development/ Programming
This lesson has been another new one to me, having only ever heard of Visual Basic before I had never actually used it. I feel I can now write some basic code involving multiple choices, pictures and different consequences for doing different things with the program.
Communications and Employability Skills
This subject is the cause of this blog in the first place. It has helped to cause me to think about what I have learned as well as how I could improve in certain areas. The lessons are becoming more interesting as we go along.
Computer Systems
This is probably the subject I have found most interesting as it has dealt with the changes in computers over the years, how hardware devices interact with one another and what each one does by itself as well as other interesting things about computers. Even though its last thing on a Friday I do look forward to this lesson which is an odd thing!
Advanced Database Skills
So far most of this has been theory with little work done on the computers, however I have learnt about such things as primary keys, foreign keys, relationship diagrams and so on. We have started doing more practical work during lessons so it has become more interesting.
Networking
Probably the hardest of all the subjects, I sat confused through a fair number of the lessons although now I feel I’m beginning to understand better the topics being covered. I have learned about the different protocols used during the transfer of data, IP addresses, subnet masks etc.
Much of what I have been studying has been new to me and I can see a lot of what we are learning to be useful not just from a job perspective but also to help with things at home.