Multimedia Development Blog By Samuel Carroll

 Time Strategies My thoughts on time management strategies for in class and outside are that with multimedia development labs I can pursue what has to be done for the weekend in this class and can progress over the weekend for next weeks tasks this then gives me more time over the weekdays to pursue the labs and assignments throughout the week and if I get stuck I've the weekend to try figure it out. after reading the articles '3 Steps to Recapture time by @JoynicoleM' are that there millions of people who work everyday and who manage to get into work on time and manage their time that suits their day and shows that their time management is really well done and she talks of three rules which can help recapture time and being able to achieve more in the time frame. The first rule is "Rule 1-Refuse to yield your 1st 15 minutes." In this rule she is saying that you should relax and do whatever makes you comfortable as she mentions some examples like 'Pray' or...

 Technology Tools My first impression of TUD Blanchardstown is that it seems like an easy to get to and well equipped campus being close to Blanchardstown centre and having the technology, equipment and service's that you need on campus. Having being at home for all of year one I had to learn a lot of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop on my own and having gotten a Mac last year I know my way around the MacBooks on campus.  While learning a lot of these technology tools at home the environment is a lot different compared to last year while if you ran into trouble using the online tools you had to email the lecturer hoping for a response while now you can simply ask the lecturer in class. Its quite unlike it as its very more social outside the online class as people didn't turn their cameras on and didn't really socialise outside it while its much more social on campus. Some technical skills that id really like to work on this year are that of Adobe Illustrator, to improve my c...

 Assignments I Look Forward To My first impression of Creative Digital Media year two is good as I'm looking forward to a lot of modules in the year such as Multimedia Development, Visual Design Fundamentals and Digital Video Techniques. Im intrigued by the Multimedia Development and Visual Design Fundamental s and see ing as to what I can create using Adobe Illustrator for Visual Design Fundamentals and using typography to create pieces of art and am looking forward to creating a 3D game for Multimedia Development.  I am looking forward to reading more about growth mindset in the upcoming weeks and learning more about it and how it works. This blog is different to what we have done in other classes as in semester one we had a blog but only used it once a week while with this blog were putting up new posts daily and updating it as we go along about new topics that we've learned in class. It's also new as we are talking about what we've learned as well and we don't d...

 Growth Mindset  While reading about growth mindset I had never heard of it before and had never heard of Professor Carol Dweck either and what really interested me about the topic growth mindset was the effects that it had on children and what they could accomplish by it. The most intriguing story was the children's reactions of getting harder math work and that some said they liked the challenge and seemed to look forward to it and completing it. I also enjoyed the story about the school in Chicago and when they got their tests back they had 'not yet' written on them and this meant that they weren't fully there just yet but were close and it was written by their teacher to progress on further and was their to motivate them. When I was listening to the Ted talk video by Carol Dweck it really showed the difference between a person with a fixed mindset and a person with a growth mindset which I found really interesting and how it this can be changed early on in someones ...

 Introduction Post  My name is Samuel Carroll and I am twenty years old I am currently studying in TUD Blanchardstown and am in year two of Creative Digital Media. I enjoyed all my modules from year one but the one that I liked the most would have to be Design Process and Practice as I really enjoyed using Adobe Illustrator and enjoyed completing the different tasks that we were given each week and getting to learn more about Illustrator as the weeks went on. My favourite part of the module would have been the Film Poster assignment which we had to use the film we had chosen based off our website from Web Development in semester one. My website was based off Wes Anderson the film director so I chose his film 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. While designing our film poster we did a discover, define, develop and deliver phase for the poster putting our ideas together and narrowing it down to our final piece. This overall took about five to...

Favourite Game The Last Of Us  My favourite game would have to be the 'Last Of Us' as it not only is a great looking visual game but also tells a great story of a smuggler (Joel) escorting a young girl (Ellie) across a wasteland infected America trying to survive against infected creatures and other human enemies. We see them start off their journey having complications at the start but soon connect and get to know each more and more as the journey continues dodging hazards and enemies along the way. On their journey they meet numerous characters some good some bad and yet through it all manage to stick together and get through it. Last of Us concept art image