Formative Statement
I first started an ICT course at High School (Horbury, High School); this was a basic and compulsory lesson up until Year 10, my second to last year. At GCSE I took up a 2 year double award course called GNVQ at intermediate level. I thoroughly enjoyed this course and it was from this course that I opted to take ICT a step further and to improve my knowledge and understanding on ICT. When those 2 years were up I did pass this course and to a satisfactory grade to me and my tutors, I passed with a Merit, which in High School was the equivalent to 4 GSCE passes.
The next step for me and ICT was College, and another 2 year course. I studied AVCE in ICT at Wakefield College and this was an A level course. During those 2 years numerous assignments had to be and were completed and numerous skills were developed. These were such subjects as Hardware and Software, Spreadsheets, Database, Website Design, Multimedia and Presentation skills.

While studying on this course we were encouraged to decide on what future we wanted after the 2 years were up, whether that be going into a job or taking ICT studies a step further to a University or another College, and in some cases was a subject changed if we weren’t happy and felt ICT wasn’t for us. I took serious consideration into this decision as it was a very important decision. I looked at various options like Universities and Colleges and also Full Time work. In the end I picked out my favourite subject that I studied on the AVCE course which was Website Design, I wanted to take my knowledge and understanding of design further so I decided that a place which I could do this, was the correct option for me.

I am now on the HND Interactive Media course and so far it has been a good experience. At this point in time we are on our induction week; this week is all about getting to know the course, the tutors, each other and the College Campus and also the rules and regulations that come with these. So far there has been a lot of writing involved and note taking, but I understand that all of this is too better me for when the course starts and assignments are handed out. We have also had talks on the financial side of College life, as this can be a scary prospect. We have learnt that there are various loans, grants and support to help with these issues, which was really impressive to me. Having looked at what we have to come during the next 2 years of this course I am eager to get started on my first assignment and really get the course kicked off.

As for the future, I hope to successfully complete the 2 years of Interactive Media, to the best and possibly to exceed the best of my ability, and achieve the grades and personal satisfaction. I am at the moment still undecided on what to do when the next 2 years are up. I haven’t yet decided whether University is for me, or if I would be better suited to moving into Full Time work. This is a really important decision and I intend to take my time and think all my options through in order to make the right decision, this can only be made when I have experienced the Interactive Media Course further. As for looking even further ahead, I would like to see my self comfortable in a well payed full time job, with financial security and comfort and owning my own house, my future is all down to me, and putting the hard work in to take the opportunity I have of doing this.