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To an undergraduate University is a highly competitive environment. So we need develop our personal talent with academic knowledge will be stronger for future life.

Personal Progress Development (PPD) 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 realise and maximise their potential.

Advantage of personal progress development skills

This is identifying the skills you need to set life goals which can raise your confidence, and lead to a more fulfilling, higher quality life. Plan to make relevant, positive and effective life choices and decisions for your future to enable personal authorization.

This contains information and advice that is designed to help you to think about your personal development and ways in which you can work towards goals and your full potential.

This develops your teamwork skills and techniques. And also develops leadership skills in teamwork.

Paper tower

Paper tower is group work that our class friends made at our PPD lesson at last Monday. They were divided into three groups by our lecturer. There were two groups had eight members and another one group had seven members. Then our lecturer gave them 12 A4 papers, tape and scissor for each group. After that they went out from our lecture room. In out place our lecturer gave separate places for each group. Then they had get fifteen minutes for stand their paper tower that means they should built a paper tower from that 12 papers and the tallest tower builders should be the winner.

Through this activity we can improve

• Leadership quality 
• Planning sense 
• Time management

The paper tower is really enjoyable activity it was very useful activity for develop our personal development skills.

What you learn from PPD?

• Independent Living Skills
• Personal Development skills
• Working with others in groups and teams, both formal and informal.
• Preparation for Work
• Leadership skills
• The ability to use one's time effectively or productively, especially at work.
• Working with others to identify, define and solve problems, which include making decisions about the best course of action.
• The ability to convey or share ideas and feelings effectively.
• Make eye contact.
• Monitor your body language.
• The activity of delivering speeches
• The activity of skill of writing.
• Practice active listening skills 

University of Kelaniya

He University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara Pirivena, founded in 1875 by Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera as a Centre of learning for Buddhist monks. With the establishment of modern universities in Sri Lanka in the 1940s and 1950s, the Vidyalankara Pirivena became the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon in 1972, and, ultimately, the University of Kelaniya in 1978.

The University of Kelaniya is committed to provide high quality education and to conduct high impact research which will contribute significantly to the enhancement of existing knowledge in various fields of Humanities, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, Commerce & Management and to the development of the country.

Vision
To become a Centre of excellence in creation and dissemination of knowledge for sustainable development.

Mission
to nurture intellectual citizens through creativity and innovation, who contribute to the national development.

Lava River & standing on the paper

Our lecture gave a papers to each team to take the challenges. In the first challenge all team members should stand on a given paper.

In 1^st round our lecturer has given a command, we all have to stand on paper. She will notice our actions on paper. It was a challenge for every crew to take the feet off the paper.

In the 2nd round sheet was folded into two, it was difficult to keep all the legs on the paper, our commitment descended down. 3^rd round was folded into three. 

In the 2nd challenge all team members have to get safely across the lava river. Participants do not touch the river, so you have to use the sheets for security.

We were able to pass our members to the 1^st round. We try to be individuals or two to across the river. But in the 2^nd round we could not do that. All the members of the team had to participate in the same time.

If any group is out of the paper for a specified period of time, a group will removed from challenge.

Finally the winner was concluded by total points.

Learning outcomes

• Communication
• Cooperation
• Leadership
• Problem solving

 It is very fun and exciting game.

Egg protecting cover

In our PPD lesson we did another wonderful activity that called egg protecting activity. 

Our lecture divided pupils in equal three teams and gave an egg to each team. We need to protect that egg from breaking when we throw that from the top with given five A4 sheets and cello tape. She gave 45 minutes time to make it. 

Life Goals

At this time we made a life-key activity in our lecture. We focus on the goal of our lives as a separate activity at our lecture. Our lecturer told us to come with a bristle board, in which we should design a clear description of our living goals. So we first divide our goals into three main categories.

1. Academic goals 
2. Professional goals 
3. Personal goals

Barter Puzzle

In our PPD session we did another interesting activity as Puzzle.

We were divided into three groups, and I was in the third group.

Then our miss asked a person to come front from each group. She gave an advertisement paper to that each person and asked to see it as a group for a minute. She once again asked another person come front from each group. She gave a scissor to each two persons and to cut that advertisement paper into hundred pieces. Then mixed the hundred pieces asked together and toke ten pieces in each group and mixed that also with other groups. Then all the groups were asked to solve the puzzle in 45 minutes.

Learning outcome

• Working as group. 
• Planning before working.
• Time management.
• Situations handling.
• Decision making. 

Field Trip

2017 December 09 and 10th, the all I and II years Software Engineering students successfully participated in their field trip. There were at about  75 students and 3 lectures were participated that outbound training program at Trincomalee Navy Camp.

These are life long memories for me in my first year.

Out Bound Training - Trincomalee

Earlier in our PPD sessions we planned to go on an out bound training.As we planned we went to the Eastern Command Naval Base,Trincomalee on the 9th and 10th of December 2017 .We started our trip on Saturday morning by 3.30 am from University of Kelaniya.We reached Trincomalee by 10 am.As their schedule we were welcomed by them and sent into the accomadations.We took our lunch at 11.30 am and in the evening we were taken to the beach side for some fun activities.We were given so many tasks and they were really challengable and enjoyable for us.After finishing the tasks we have a talent show with camp fire.In that we sang songs and act dramas.On Sunday morning we took our breakfast early morning and went forest hike.We were divided into 4 groups and we were given a compass and a map.We have to adjust the angle and go to the correct destination.After finishing the hike we had our morning snacks and tea.After that we went to the mueseum and saw a lot of Navy weapons and many other things and we took our lunch there.At about 2 our training was finished and we took photographs with the commanders and officers.Then we returned back at 3 and we took our dinner in Dambulla and we reached Kelaniya by 11 pm.There were one of the most memorable days in my life.Through this I learnt Time Management,Leadership qualities and also I learnt how to face challanges.

   

Life Goals

My Life Goals

In our previous PPD session we did an individual presentation about our life goals.I divided my life goals into three parts as Personal,Academic and Professional.

Personal Goals 

* Marriage in 27 Years.

*Having 2 or 3 kids

*Building a house

*Buy a car

*Look after my parents and my family

*Travel around the world with my family

Academic Goals

* Completing my degree with first class

* Participating in Inter University Games and SLUG 2019

* Getting colors in Tennis

* Participating in Hackathons

Professional Goals

* Getting a job in a well reputed software company

* Working as a Software Engineer for 3-5 years

* Building my own company

Lava River and Stand on the Paper

 On our last PPD session which was held on the 18th of October 2017 was quite interesting.We had some interesting games in that session.We did Stand on the Paper and Lava River on that day.

Stand on the Paper

                At the beginning of the session we were divided into three groups to play Stand on the Paper.In our group there were 7 people,The task given was,all the members of the group had to stand on the paper without tearing the paper.Then  the paper was folded into two and the same task given.In the first two tasks all the three teams could manage to do that but next the paper was folded again and this time other two teams failed and we could manage as well and the next step we too failed to do.We manged to win this game because we get the balance from all of our members.That was the first time that we had such experience and it was quite interesting as well.Through this game we learnt how to manage with the limited resources,time management,working as a team,etc. 

Lava River

                In the next half of our session we played Lava River.Again we were divided into groups of three.In this game each time was given five paper plates and the task given was to cross the river without touching the Lava in the given time.Each team had various plans and we carried the people on the shoulders and cross the river.We had some experience in this game as we played this game earlier.Through this game we learnt time management,working with group,leadership,etc. 

What is Personal Progress Development?

Personal progress 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 realise and maximize their potential.This helps us to develop our soft skills.We can share our plans and thoughts with others.

What we can improve?

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• Self Awareness
• Self knowledge.
• Skills and learning new ones.
• Building or renewing identity/self-esteem.
• Strengths and talents.
• Identifying potential.

Self Awareness 

Self Awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths, 

weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions.Self Awareness allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them in the moment.We might quickly assume that we are self aware, but it is helpful to have a relative scale for awareness.With practice we can learn to engage these types of heightened states and see new opportunities for interpretations in our thoughts, emotions, and conversations. Having awareness creates the opportunity to make changes in behavior and beliefs.

Self Knowledge 

Self knowledge usually means one of two things.knowledge of one’s particular mental states or knowledge of one’s own nature. To have self knowledge in the first of these senses is to know one’s particular sensations, experiences, and propositional attitudes (beliefs, desires, and so on). Much of the recent literature has concentrated on self knowledge in this sense. To have self knowledge in the second sense is to know one’s own ontological nature, or less abstract characteristics, such as one’s own character, abilities, or values. Several different questions can be asked about self-knowledge.

Skills and Learning new ones

Over the next few years the world of contract work is undoubtedly going to get more competitive. You many need something extra to really stand out. Sometimes unusual combinations of skills can result in you having a unique selling point. Are you a programmer who also knows about accessibility? Are you a graphic designer who can also write great copy? Merge your talent and your passions to find creative combinations that make you more marketable.

What is Personal Progress Development?