question 6 of my evaluation

1. Question 6: What have you learned
about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

2. The pre-preliminary task which was my previous task helped
me to gain some experience of different technologies
such as Photoshop and the SONY camera which has
helped me improve on my media skills and I have been
able to put these skills into action in the construction of
my music magazine.
introduction

3. Blogger
Blogger is the blogging website which
I chose to exhibit my planning,
research, and construction on as
it seemed the most appropriate
way to show my progression at
completing a media product in
the form of a music magazine. I
had never previously owned or
written a blog online so this task
was a learning experience on how
to use different social media
websites such as blogs as
I am normally use to Facebook and Twitter (skills which I used throughout the process). I
feel Blogger worked well for my task and I am happy that I learned how to use the
blogging website to show my construction of my music magazine. Blogger acted as my
online diary on my progress to producing my music magazine for my main task.

4. SurveyMonkey
Survey Monkey is the format which I distributed my questionnaire on. I
previously used this website to distribute my school magazine
questionnaire for my preliminary task. When using Survey Monkey I
did find it difficult to adapt to the new ways of the website but
through time and help from my teach and fellow classmates I learnt
how to distribute and analysis my questionnaire to a high standard
whereby the feedback was correct and was answered by a large
audience.

5. SLRCamera
SLR Camera is a type of camera which captures high
quality shots. For my music magazine images I
used a SONY SLR camera which I had previously
used before however I had to take into
consideration high angle, low angle, eye level and
other media conventions which would ensure the
image was professional. Other features which
were a part of me using this type of camera was
lighting – I had to adapt to new environments to
ensure lighting was correct; the use of the flash
on this camera helped to ensure the image was
visible and not blurred.

6. Padlet
Padlet is a website that I had
never previously used
before and so I developed
new skills by learning how
to upload and
communicate with my
audience on it. I used
Padlet to gain audience
feedback on my images for
the magazine and to also
display my work.
On this website I learnt how to design ways to show information to my audience and
also I learnt how to embed Padlets on different platforms such as Blogger. I found this
website very helpful when completing my tasks. Here is a screenshot of me using
Padlet to gain audience feedback.

7. Photoshop
Photoshop was the program that I used to create my
front cover and edit the images featured on all pages.
This program was hard to use at the beginning as I used
different features of the program when completing my
preliminary task and so I had to learn as I constructed
my product.
Video tutorials helped me a lot through this process and I
feel the ending result of my product has showed this.
When constructing the front cover I completed
different drafts which shows that as construction went
on I learnt more about Photoshop and the different
features I was able to use and so I kept improving the
front cover over the many weeks I was constructing it.

8. InDesign
InDesign is a program very like Photoshop. I used this program for the
first time when constructing my contents page and double page
spread. At the start I found it different to move from Photoshop to
InDesign however as my construction of the two pages continued
my skills and knowledge of the program improved. Again, I
completed drafts of each product and gained audience feedback
which allowed me to continue to develop the two products well
enough to meet the standards of my target audience. The program
itself got easier to use as I used it more and more – I got use to the
cropping images tool and transform tool which made it easier while
constructing the pages. I believe my progression at InDesign worked
well in the construction of my media product. Without InDesign I
would have been unable to complete the contents page and double
page spread so well and so Ii feel that my skills in the program have
benefitted the overall final product.

9. SocialNetworking
Throughout my main task I used my skills in social networking
sites to gain audience feedback as I felt this was the most
productive, effective and easiest way to do so. I feel the
feedback I received as a result of this was much more
informational and accurate.
Facebook and Twitter were the main way of sourcing my
audience and was also a good way for me to address my
target audience.
Social media is a massive factor in the lifestyle of many
individuals and so I believe that I met the demands of my
audience by using much more assessable programmes and
sites such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate with
them.

10. Here are screenshots of me using social networking
sites;

11. YouTube
I also used the very popular video sharing website;
YouTube. I upload a video on this programme for
my evaluation which I found to be quite helpful
due to the different format I could present in.
I feel this format was very professional to use and I
found it easy to embed my video on my Blogger
account as I have become very skilled at using the
convergence of two media programmes, YouTube
and Blogger, together.

12. Prezi
Prezi was the main format to which I displayed my tasks
– previously I had only used PowerPoint however
now that I have developed skills in using this
programme I am happy with the outcome of my
presentations and delivery methods (prezi) to which I
showed my findings and research. I used other
programmes such as PowerPoint's and slideshare as
well as prezi to display my work for my main task. I
developed the skills while using this programmes to
embed prezi's, PowerPoint's and slideshares onto my
blog.