Question 6

QUESTION 6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT

TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING

THIS PRODUCT?

By Charlotte Alderson

DIGITAL CAMERAS

I used the high tech digital cameras to take the photos for my

magazine and for my test shoots. I also used the lighting

equipment. I had never used this type of technology before

but I was able to learn about not only how to use the

technology but how to use this

technology in order to create effects and

use angles and lighting. I found using this

equipment really interesting to use.

APPLE MAC COMPUTERS

I have never owned an apple mac computer, nor

before I began this course, used one but all though

at first I found them quite difficult, I

quickly adapted to the way macs work. They

are so different to how the windows

computers

work but they are very user friendly

and I have

learnt a lot from using them.

IN DESIGN

In design was one of the pieces of software that I

used when using the mac pcs. I found this piece of

software quite complicated but it taught me many

things in the magazine production process, including

alignment, structure and positioning of a magazine.

There were many functions to in design software and

I learnt a lot from

Using it.

PHOTOSHOP

I used photo shop in many sections of my magazine production,

research and analysis. I used it to edit, manipulate and improve

photographs and also used it to put together the front cover and

contents page of my magazine. I learnt many

things about the use of the functions of photo

shop. I found this software really good and vital

to the making of my magazine.

I PHOTO

IPhoto was another piece of software that was

available on the mac computers. I used it to upload

all the photos that I took and it also helped my select

The ones I wanted. I had never used this software

before but I found it really easy to use. I learnt how

to select, crop and make slight changes to the

photographs.

PHOTO BOOTH

I used photo booth for my research

and

evaluation of my product. It is

another piece of

software that was on the mac

computers that I

hadn’t used before but found it very

easy to use. I learnt how to make simple videos and

effectively give feedback to my magazine and others

comments.

BLOGGER

I used blogger a lot in the magazine production. I

have used it to share posts about the

process that I went through in researching,

editing and evaluating my magazine. I

learnt about the way I should present

information and also how to use

the software as I had never had or used a blog

before. I found it a really good way of showing the

process of my work.

GARAGE BAND

This is another piece of software on apple computers that

can help you create sounds and songs originally. I used this

to put music behind one of my evaluation questions. I

learnt how to use this software and how to search and

create different

sounds. I only used this software very briefly but

I believe that I can adapt the skills I have learnt to

create more music in the future.

FINAL CUT EXPRESS

I used this software to put videos together. It was

very useful in both the research and evaluation of my

product. You can easily add and edit

pictures and sounds. I also learnt how to cut,

shorten and rearrange clips of the

videos. I

found final cut express really good

and simple to

use and I believe I learnt a lot.

PREZI

Prezi is an online presentation tool that make

presenting materials such as text, pictures and

videos with ease and in a really interesting manor. I

learnt how to present, make, edit, zoom and create

presentations. This is a really great

piece of software of conveying

information.

GO ANIMATE & VOKI

I used go animate to make one of my evaluation

questions. It is a brilliant piece of online software to create animations and characters that can say and convey everything you write. I learnt how to use this software and all of the functions that it offers.

Voki is another piece of software that does a similar jobto go animate but uses a smaller window to presentcharacters and is another really interesting way of showing text

PIXTON

Pixton is another piece of internet software that I

used to create another way of presenting data. I was

able to create a comic strip showing the

processes within the music

industry.

I learnt how to create the comic strip and the

different functions of the pixton website.

YOUTUBE

I have become very familiar with YouTube and have used it

many times but it is only since creating my magazine

which I have ever had an account with YouTube and so

therefore have learnt to upload and embed my own videos.

I found this very easy to do and

I know that I will continue to use

and upload more.

INTERNET RESEARCH

Internet provided me with a lot of websites that I

used including:• Dafont.com – finding different fonts for my magazine• Google images • Researching different products • YouTube• Slide share • And many more

POWERPOINT & SLIDE SHARE

I used PowerPoint to create many presentations

for my magazine. They are really useful to use

however I have used them before so I didn’t

generally learn more about them in my project but I did learn

how to upload them both on the internet and on Slide share.

I learnt a lot from

using slide share and all of its

capabilities.

…FINAL THOUGHT

Throughout researching, making and evaluating my

coursework I have used many types of technology

and software. I have learnt many things about the

use and functionality of everything I used. I have

really enjoyed each stage of making

my magazine

and everything I used to get there.