Dear Moderator,

Welcome to my media blog, I have created a music magazine for my coursework. I hope you enjoy looking through my posts.

My Research and Planning start from Monday the 10th of September 2012.
And my Evaluation starts from Tuesday the 19th of February 2013.
Below you will find my completed magazine.

Thanks,
Amy Jenkinson

Thursday 14 March 2013

Evaluation: Question 6

What have you learn't about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
1. Blogger
I used blogger to upload my research and planning, progress of my music magazine and then to evaluate the final product. After each lesson I would upload any work I had done that lesson to blogger. I have also embedded codes from presentations that I created on such sites as Prezi and SlideShare in my posts.


2. Prezi
I used Prezi for the planning of my magazine and then again when I was evaluating the final product. I first used Prezi to create a publication plan and to talk about my target audience and then when in my evaluation which you will find on the previous post.




3. Adobe Photoshop
I first used Photoshop to create my prilimary task and then used it to create my music magazine and also to edit my photographs. I had not had much experience with Adobe Photoshop before, however over the period of time producing my magazine I have got to learn new skills in photoshop.


4. Flickr
I have used Flickr for my evaluation on question 3 where I talked about media distribution. This was the first time I had used Flickr but I did not have any problems with it as I found it quite straight forward to use.




5. iPhoto 5
I used iPhoto to download the photographs I had taken to the iMac and then selected the ones that I wanted to use.





6. iShowU
I used iShowU in my research and planning and in my evaluation as I created podcasts to highlight what I had done on my blog and work, also to show what I have learn't.



7. Cannon SLR camera
I used a SLR camera to take the photos for my magazine, the photos taken with this camera are a better quality than photos taken with a standard digital camera. I first used the SLR camera for a task I was set when I was asked to take SLR test shots through this I learn't how to use the camera to create higher quality photographs using the different settings on the camera.


8. SlideShare
SlideShare converts presentations made on such programmes as PowerPoint into embeddable digital presentions. I had no previous experience with using SlideShare before, however it is simple to use and I used it to upload a presentation I had made on PowerPoint to show the answers to my questionnaire which my peers had filled out. Furthermore I used SlideShare to present question one of my evaluation.




9. Apple iMac
Another technology I have used is an iMac, I had never used an iMac before as I usually use Windows 7. It was quite strange at first as the setting and layout of Windows and iMacs are completely different but I got used to it quickly. At the start of the production of my magazine I worked on an Apple Mac Mini, however part way through I started to use an iMac.
10. The Student Room
The Student Room is an academic discussion forum for school and university students. I created a thread asking other students for their feedback on my music magazine and then uploaded screenshots to a posts on my blog.


Here is a video taking a closer look at the technologies that I used when creating my magazine.


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