What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation Question 6

Camera

During the process I have had to use a camera to take pictures to use in my magazine for the front cover, contents and double page spread. I am very familiar with the camera so it was so simple to use. Although it was simple to use it was difficult trying to find the right scenery to use for my model that had a form of association with the genre of my magazine, but I think with the trial photos and a bit of practice I got this right and used the right photos even though they were not to a standard that could not be improved upon. To take my photos I used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS35. This camera allowed my shots to be of a high quality.

Computer/Laptop

I used I used the school computers and my Acer aspire laptop to create my coursework . I used these for my research and planning and the construction of my magazine. I didn't learn anything new about them during the process, although I did learn a significant amount about the programs and software's that I used.

Photoshop

The programme that I used to construct my magazine was Adobe Photoshop CS6. The techniques I used that were put in my work were techniques such as the lasso to delete unwanted items on pictures to make the picture look more appealing. I learnt new techniques from my friend who taught me how to use the programme. With the use of photoshop I felt I progressed massively with use of it as I had never used it before. The difference from my mock up to my final copies were massive and there is visual evidence in the improvement I made. When using photoshop I found out numerous of new things I was able to do on the software which helped me dramatically improve my magazine with ease

Blogger

I blogged all of my completed coursework on my blog. I posted all of my planning and research, my final copy and my evaluation. This is my second blog I've used before. I have learnt how to use it effectively and post sufficiently. I used blogger to present question 4 in my evaluation, we were told that we were alowed to post one question as a standard blog post and I thought that for me question 4 would be best presented and understood as a blog post.

Animoto

Animoto is a programme that I used to create a video for question 3 in my evaluation, it allowed me to display images with text along side music. This was put onto my blog, it is an easy way to present and explain quickly and effectively.

Microsoft Word

Another programme I used was Microsoft Word 2007 to plan and create the text for my article. This helped me as it allowed me to make few errors as it auto corrected spelling and identified grammatical errors this ensured that my article read well with no errors and looked as professional as possible withNo spelling or grammatical errors.

Scribd

Scribd is a way of presenting a word document so this is a very simple form of presentation that I had no difficulty using and because I have used it several times before so it is not new to me. I used scribd to present question 7.

Prezi

Prezi was not a new form of presentation to me, I was familiar with how to use and found it easy and simple to use. When using it I also learnt new things about it that I didn’t know I could do whilst using it before which helped massively when it came to presenting it. I used prezi to present both question 1 and question 3.

Glogster was a form of presentation id never used before and I was recommended to use it by one of my peers and when I started to use I quickly found it easy to use. It also looks neat as a form of presentation and ties in with the magazine concept as it looks like its presented on a magazine page.

Slideshare

Slideshare was something completely new to me that I had never used or heard of so I had no idea how to use it. When I found out what it was and what it did it was fairly simple and I found it a great way of presenting. As this was completely new I learnt a lot about it, what is, what it does. I used slideshare to present questions 2 and 6.