Showcase B1.2

Nikki Butter

Extracurricular activities

Workshop: Planning and Setting Goals

In this workshop we learned about and practiced with setting smart goals, making a planning and managing our time.

“Planning (not her natural thing), prioritization and choosing achievable goals will be her challenge - probably for a considerable part of her education.” - P. van de Graaf, assessor B1.2

This feedback was the reason that I decided to put effort into improving my planning skills, therefore I subscribed for this workshop. In the workshop we were introduced with different tools to help keeping track of all our activities.
I have started using those tools and it helped me in keeping track of my development. I will certainly use this knowledge in the rest of my education.

Workshop: Pitching your Project

At the mid-term and end-of-term exhibitions you need to show your project and design process by means of visuals, tangible materials such as models and prototypes, and by telling the essence of your project. The latter is related to but also different from an extensive, one-hour project presentation: at these exhibitions you only have a few minutes to pitch your project. In this workshop you learn more about the basics of presenting, expand your basic presenting skills, and become aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your own presenting skills. - Information on Oase

This workshop was very useful. It taught me how to give good presentations by giving me several guidelines of what a good presentation should contain of. I realized that preparing your presentation contributes to your confidence and helps you to communicate a clear message.

HTML and CSS

In order to gain more knowledge about using HTML I have programmed my showcase entirely using code. I started by using tutorials on the internet and the information on the website of w3schools, where they explain HTML and CSS step by step. I managed to make a nice start for my website, but I noticed that some aspects were still very hard to master. That is why I have called in the help of an expert, Thijs Krooswijk. He taught me the basics of HTML and with this knowledge I was able to program this website. I still have much to learn, but by looking at the code of this website I will be able to keep improving myself.