SE/2015/010 PPD

LOOKS BACK We had our PPD (Personal Progress Development) sessions throughout this year. As a first year software engineering student I learned and achieved many things for my life. We have done so many activities to develop our skills and we also learned how to have a positive attitude towards things.      Those PPD sessions helped to improve self awareness, self esteem, talents,potential, social relations and achieve goals & many more.      Apart from this we done so many fun games and group activities to build our team spirit ,decision making, to improve leadership skills and to learn about how to work as a team. We made personal blogs each week to share our experiences and gains with others. There were individual activities and group activities. INDIVIDUAL :- presentation about our life goals                          our introduction       ...

In our PPD session we did an activity to solve a Barta puzzle. In the beginning we were divided into 3 groups and i was in the group 2. The leader of the each given group and one other member taken by the instructor and she gave a magazine paper for each and every group leader. She instructed to cut the whole paper into 100 different shapes with the help of the assistant. After that she collected 10 pieces from each group and mixed those pieces and gave 10 pieces back for each group randomly. within a time frame we had to solve the puzzle and also collect our missing pieces from other groups. We learnt lot of things by this activity, To work as a group. To analize things. To face unexpected situations. To help others. How to negotiate with different kinds of people.

Life Goals Goal is something that you are trying to do or trying to achieve. To achieve your goal, define it believe it write it down split it up review it schedule it make it happen!! For our personal Progress and development session we did an achieving set our future goals. we wrote our goals on a bristle board and presented to our collegues. They are 1-Personal Goals 2-Academic Goals 3-Professional Goals The time frame was 20 minutes to set them and the other thing was we had to write the time, when we expect to achieve those goals in future. Personal Goals 1-Build a house 2-Buy a car 3-Have 3 kids and live my life happily Academic Goals 1-Complete my degree without repeating 2-Do a MSc in software engineering field Professional Goals 1-Be a software engineer in a leading company 2-Work abroad atleast 2 years.

Lava River This activity can stimulate insights ground problem solving,strategy,challenging,collaboration, team work,communication,mutual support and encouragement. How To Play You have given 5 A4 sheets. each team has to have 7-8 members. The team has to cross the river within the given time and no players can touch the river. If you lose the contact with the board it will be swept away by the instructor and leaving you with less boards. We crossed the river one time without any time limit, but when we cross again we had a time limit and had some on the river which we had touch them and collect marks and go to the other side as a whole team. After completing this exercise we discussed about planning,success and failures, sharing resources and thoughts. Stand On The Paper This game is a great game for team building. This game is also called as shrinking Island. Participants have to attempt to keep their legs on a piece of paper and it becomes s...

University of Kelaniya                  The University of Kelaniya is a state university of Sri Lanka.It is situated in Dalugama ,Kelaniya.The University consists of 7 Faculties. Humanities social sciences                                           science                          medicine commerce and management graduate studies computing and technology There are 50 Departments. Faculty of Medicine is located in Ragama.                                                                 Faculty of Science There are 3 affiliated institutes for the university        ...

Personal progress and development is a lifelong process. It is a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realize and maximize their potential.  We learnt a lot from our PPD  sessions .             1. self awareness                            You get to know who you really are; your values , beliefs and the purpose you wish to pursue.    If you want to achieve lasting happiness, you need to design your life based on who you are. Then you can chase your own goals and object ives.               2.Decision making                                you are clearer on the things you wish to achieve from life. Decision-making becomes a lot easier. 3.Improving focus and e...

As I mentioned before in my previous post, every time when we attend our PPD lecture we get something new. PPD session helps us to improve our soft skills. As an university student and also as a member of this society we have to develop our soft skills. Paper tower is one of those great,fun and interesting activities which is done by our class members. What is a paper tower A paper tower is a tower which is made by papers. In this activity you have to  build the strongest, tallest and most stable tower. It is not an easy work. Because we use papers for this. You have to have a plan and a design before you build it. Activity Firstly our friends were divided into 3 groups. Every group had 8 members. But there were some rules for this activity.   You must only use the materials which are given by the lecturer. You must use all papers. You must develop the strongest, tallest and most stable tower within 45 minutes. It must  be kept outside of t...

  I mprove  awareness and identity, develop talents and potential, build  human capital  and facilitate  employ-ability , enhance the  quality of life  and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. Personal development takes place over the course of a person's entire life. When personal development takes place in the context of  institutions , it refers to the methods, programs, tools, techniques, and assessment systems that support  human development  at the individual level in  organizations .