Growth Mindset- my thoughts upon reading

Before reading and watching videos about the growth mindset I had no knowledge or had not even heard of Carol Dweck. 

 

Upon reading and learning about the growth mindset – was quite surprised to learn that abilities could be developed, and that not everyone has the ability to think like this.

I would definitely put myself closer to the growth side of the growth-fixed mindset spectrum, simply because in my everyday life I like to challenge myself, whether it be in work, school or my daily life, I always strive for perfection and when I don’t achieve that I’m able to take a step back and see what went wrong and strive for it next time.

 

Some personal learning goals I have for this semester that would like to implement to growth mindset into would be to get more in touch with my creative side. I find that that assignments and assignment tasks I like to be given a detailed brief with instructions on how to navigate the work , however with this year I’m noticing that a lot of the work that we have been given so far is quite broad and open for interpretation 

Growth Mindset Animation

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Introduction to a future Graphic Designer

I guess you can tell from the title, the module that I favored the most. Coming into this course I had no intention of graphic design being my most favorite module, I had my heart set on the photography side of the course, but after that first lesson in design and learning about the different styles and elements involved to get the end result, I was immediately drawn to it and knew it was something that I wanted to pursue.

 

Some facts about me! I’m 21 years old in my second year of Creative Digital media at Technological University Dublin. I love all things media related, whether it involves graphics, designing, photography or film it has my interest! I think that’s why this course is so suited to me because it has all those elements. My hobbies including dancing, listening to music, and watching films, I also work in a retail store part time. I’m looking forward to creating more content within this module and for this blog!

       ( image information : personal Image of myself:

               photo from may 2021)

Tech Tip: Twitter Widget

hey there! quick update, so I was able to add this twitter widget into the sidebar of this blog, check it out when you get a chance, I think its great. I did this by embedding the link to my twitter profile in the gadget section of this blog.Its a great addition as allows you to see what me and my other class mates are getting up to in this module and in this course.

Favourite Game

Growing up I did not consider myself a gamer, I never had the facilities or even interest to play any of the iconic console games that you usually hear about. I was more interested in computer games instead, one of my most played and most favorite computer game was a game called “SIMS Free play”

If you haven’t heard of the iconic franchise of the sims before, let me give you a brief overview. The Game is basically a life simulation for a character or multiple characters that you can create, you are able to control all aspects of your characters life, such as their job, their home, relationship status, hobbies or even if you want them to have kids! Of course, it’s not all that simple and there are many tasks that you must complete in order to gain access to certain features and unlock certain things, such as houses, pets, job opportunities and so on.

The reason why I loved this game so much growing up and to this day is because it allowed me to create and ideal world of my choice, I was able to create a life for my character completely different to my own. I remember one of my characters that created had 5 kids with 4 pets, was living in a mansion and was also working as a surgeon! They had hobbies that included woodworking, and snowboarding, so yeah that is just and example of how great the game is and how you can tailor it to the life of the character that you desire. 

Snapshot from game -Sims Free-play.
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Test Post

 

This is my first test post for my blog. This blog will be used for my multimedia development module. Enjoy this picture of my cat!