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What have you learnt about
the technologies from
constructing this product?
By Vickii Lennon

2. SOCIAL NETWORKS
I used Facebook to gather feedback from my
friends, regarding improvements for my music
magazine. I have the app on my iPhone so I
was able to screenshot the evidence, and
upload it immediately to my blog with
annotations. I don’t use Facebook as much as
Twitter and Instagram but it was a quick and
easy way of communicating which also allows
you to send images.
I used Twitter to post images of my work for
the public to see to gather a wider range of
opinions. I did this because most of my friends
use Twitter rather than Facebook.

3. YOUTUBE
I used Youtube to watch videos to
learn further skills and shortcuts on
Photoshop. For example, how to cut
images out which had unneeded
white background.

4. CAMERA
I used an SLR camera to take my
model photo’s. I did these
because they give the best quality
images, whereas if I’d of used my
phone the images would have
been pixelated and slightly
distorted. This would of also made
it harder to edit on Photoshop as
they wouldn’t of been clear.

5. IPHOTO
I used iPhoto to upload my shots
to my mac computer where I was
then able to upload it to my blog.
It was a quick and easy process
of transferring images.

6. PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop was one of the main
documents which I used for my music
magazine. It allowed me to edit photo’s in
multiple ways and create the music
magazine pages. Photoshop allowed me
to resize and transform my images which
made my final piece successful.

7. INDESIGN
Indesign allowed me to create my
WHY magazine on. I didn’t use
Indesign often however when I
did use it, it was successful. In
my opinion I think that Photoshop
is much better due to it being
easier to understand.

8. PREZI
I used Prezi to create documents on to
explain my progress of my coursework.
I also used it to show my research
which I needed to do before creating
my coursework. I thought it was a fun
and easy way of presenting your work
rather than typing it. It also gave you
plenty of options on how to embed your
link.

9. DAFONT.COM
Dafont.com was a website I visited
multiple times in order to find a suitable
font which reflected the indie genre. I
found it difficult to start with trying to find
a suitable font. However, the website
included lots of fonts to choose from
which would suite any genre.

10. SLIDESHARE
Slideshare was easy to use
and allowed me to upload my
powerpoint documents to it
and embed them to my blog. I
have used slideshare multiple
times and would use it in the
future as I have made my own
account. The only issue with
slideshare is that it can take a
while for the powerpoint to
process and then embed.

11. MAKE A GIF
I loved using make a gif as it was an
easy way of showing different pictures or
my progress without uploading loads of
images and taking up lots of space on
my blog. The website gave you options
on how to adjust the size of images and
the pace of how fast the images change.
The embed codes are very easy to use
and I would definitely use makeagif.com
in the future!

12. FLICKR
I made an account on Flickr
where I made different albums for
my cover, contents, and double
page spread. It was a very quick
and easy way of presenting my
progress and the images were all
full size. However, I had a
problem with the embed code as
it wouldn’t embed on my blog but
there is a link. Flickr is another
social media site but I only use it
for my coursework progress
images.

13. OUTLOOK
I used outlook to send emails to and
from with attachments of my work. I
did this multiple times as in college
the mac computer software is
different compared to normal
computers. This made it difficult
working outside of class if I didn’t
use outlook to send it to myself each
time. It is a quick process and I
receive my work on each email
instantly. Outlook is very handy and
I use it frequently outside of media
class too.

14. MICROSOFT WORD AND
POWERPOINT
I used Microsoft Word to create various
document. It helped me keep all important
information secure in different folders. For
example, the risk assessment documents.
I used Microsoft Powerpoint to make
presentations on with a range of designs.
Once I had made the powerpoint presentation
I then used slideshare to get the embed code.

15. BLOGGER
Blogger was one of the main ways of
presenting my work due to not using
much paper based work. Without
blogger we would have had to of
used a much harder website which
we would most likely not be able to
access out of class. Blogger is easy
to use and understand. I visit my
blog each day to update and upload
more posts within college and at
home.

16. COMPUTER
I used different computers to edit my
media work. I used the mac
computer in lesson and I have my
own mac laptop at home which I
used to edit my work. Before I started
my media studies course I had never
used a mac before and I found them
very hard to use. However, I now use
a mac on a daily basis and funded
into buying my own mac laptop to
allow me to get the best grade
possible in media.