The document is a portfolio for William Flood, a 14-year-old student, that lists his experience with various programs and software, courses he has taken, and skills learned. It also outlines his interests, strengths, areas for improvement, and goal of becoming a computer software engineer, inspired by his cousin's husband who designs websites. The portfolio provides details of William's qualifications and background for his preferred future career.

1. William Flood
My name is William Flood and I am 14 years old, I have
experience in many different programs of which I will list
within my portfolio. It also contains a list of all the different
courses I have studied and a description of each. It also has
my IT growth plan as well as my 10 strongest transferable
skills. I have also included a list and information about the
people that have inspired me over the years and information
about my preferred career in the future.

2. Digital Literacy: In this unit I have studied how to manage files and
folders, search for information on the internet effectively and manage
options for accessing the internet. As well as I have learned the proper
way for a computer workstation to be setup so that you don’t injure
your self when working on the computer for long periods of time.
Applications Software: I have learned how to effectively use five
common programs that are used to complete everyday assignments, of
which I will list on the software studied page of my portfolio.
Business Communications: In this unit I have learned how to effectively
create a presentation and have learned possible legal issues with
electronic communication.
Information & Communication Technology Issues: I have learned the
impacts technology has on personal health and the environment. As well
as I have learned about different privacy and security issues with
technology. I have also learned the legal and ethical uses of the internet.

3. • Word
A word processing program used to type
documents and sometimes create small
diagrams.
• Excel
A spread sheet program used to organize
numerical data, like prices or profits.
• Publisher
A program used to create publications
like name cards and posters.
• PowerPoint
A Presentation program used to design
digital presentations that can also
include sounds and moving objects.
• FrontPage
A program used to create detailed
websites.

4. Skills learned: use word rap, apply a border to a page, use a table to
display information, use proper keyboarding techniques, use basic page
breaks.

5. Skills Learned: recognize parts of the spreadsheet window,
change the column widths, format a cell or block of cells, sum a
column using auto sum feature, build a formula into a cell.

6. Skills Learned: differentiate between starting from scratch and using a
wizard, add a page border, crop graphics, create a text frame, layer
text o graphics.

7. Skills Learned: change the background of a slide, create a text area on a
slide, add sound and/or music to a slide, select/modify a slide layout, move
between different slide views.

8. Skills Learned: create a hyperlink, format the theme(background), Create
a marquee, Add sounds and motion to objects, create a link bar.

9. I am quite capable in these areas: Technological problems, working
with various types of software and programs, problem
solving, Mathematics
I would like to improve in these areas:
Artistic skills, Listening skills(Brandon’s advice),
I would like to learn these software applications in the future:
Eclipse(used for Java coding)
Computer-related courses I would like to take in the future include:
Multiple computer programing courses for example Unix and Java
coding possibly. Almost any computer course that may possibly be
of use to me in the future.

10. 1. Excellent at organizing my time, and the time of others
2. Able to plan presentations
3. Expert at getting things done
4. Develop markets for ideas/products
5. Able to explain difficult/complex ideas, concepts and problems
6. Excellent research skills
7. Train someone in something
8. Enjoy cost analysis, estimates, projections and comparisons
9. Excel at program development and planning
10. People seem to find you very approachable

11. I am thinking about becoming a computer software engineer.
An Application engineer mainly designs software programs for specific
uses.
A System engineer designs larger computer systems.
I think this career is a good choice for me because I am interested and
eager to learn more involving programing and computers. Also because I
am interested in technology and have great mathematical skills(which
are needed as a software engineer).

12. My main inspiration would be my cousins husband, Matthias.
Matthias designs websites for a living and he first inspired me to get
involved in computers. Which has become my main interest and a
possible future career.
I am inspired by him because what he does for a living interests me
and I wanted to learn more about designing websites and he showed
me the basics of what he does; which is what first inspired me.