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Personal Learning Plan

Digital Photography
Assessment 1
Student Name

Personal Learning Plan

Grainne Mcgee

Date of Submission 28th June 2012

Student Number

TASK

110706

Complete the Personal Learning Plan below and submit to

your Tutor.

Part 1
Provide a summary of your Work Experience and Educational Qualifications.
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_BA Honours Degree in German Linguistics and History, UCC.

Certificate of training in Galileo Systems and Amadeus Reservation Systems

Work experience - 12 years working in Client Business Travel: Rosenbluth International

Business Travel Agent Germany (8yrs), American Express Corporate Group Travel and
Events, Germany (3yrs), and Fleetstreet Travel, Tralee (1).

2 years Work Experience with Luthier: Maker of stringed instruments, Newark England.

Various Witressing jobs to support me through college. 1 year as customer sales agent in

Woodies DIY, Tralee

2 Years as a research assistant with the Northside Folklore Project Cork

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Level 5 Photographic Studies, St Johns College, Cork (2012) including Image Processing,
Darkroom Practise, Digital Photography, Documentary Photography, Digital Studio
Photography, Photographic Techniques and Work Experience. Distinctions in
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Part 2
Provide a summary of your Achievements, Skills, Qualities and Strengths:
Play Irish traditional fiddle. Attendee at regular sessiuns.

Fluent German speaker

Full drivers license

Very passionate about photography, Black and White documentary, landscape and
portraiture
Set up my own fully functional darkroom at home

Involved in a longterm project, photographing Irish traditional musicians from North Kerry on
film, to be printed in the darkroom, with intent to a book publication and exhibition in the next
2 years.

Qualities: Very determined, ambitious. Finish what I begin. Keen eye for detail. Creative.
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Part 3
What do you wish to achieve from completing this course?
I wish to have a better grasp of the digital camera and workflow practises in organising

photograph collections.

Better insight how to conducting business

Level 6 qualitifcation
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Part 4
Examine the Contents page of the course. Are there specific topics that you
wish to focus on?
The physical workings of the digital Camera, all its custom settings etc. Also Flash
photography would interest me, speedlite operation
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Part 5
Devise your Study Schedule for the course.
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Submission

Target Date
4th July 2012

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Part 6
Do you need more information, advice or guidance at this stage to help you
complete the course?
Recently a loved one has passed, so I need a little more time to complete this course due to
bereavement. Sinead in an email offered an extra month to the end date. I hope to complete
by October at the
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Part 7

Course Pre-requisites
The following pre-requisites are required for all students completing this
course:
Level 5 Certificate, Leaving Certificate (or equivalent) or relevant life
experience detailed in a current Curriculum Vitae.
Please provide details and attach copies of all relevant certificates.
I have completed a Level 5 Certificate (Provide Details)
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Yes

No

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OR
I have completed a Leaving Certificate (Provide Details)
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Yes

No

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OR
I have relevant life and work experience (Provide Details)
2 weeks work experience doing a photographic project on the life and

Yes

courses and services offered at Farrenferris for the Northside Community

Services. (Pat O' Hern, HR Manager).

3 days with various photographers

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No

Part 8
Do you wish to make us aware of any disabilities or special requirements, in
order to assist you complete the course?
Please note that this information will be kept confidential, and is only used to
assist you complete the course.
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Part 9
Please read:
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has put in place appropriate arrangements for the protection of learners on
FETAC programmes which have a duration of three months or longer,
should CMIT unexpectedly cease to provide such a FETAC programme. To
comply with this, CMIT has either:- (1) arrangements in place with at least
two other FETAC registered organisations so that learners may transfer to
complete their programme, or (2) a Bank Guarantee is in place so that
learners may be refunded.