What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

My course• In the process of making my media product I used a

wide variety of hardware and software appliances. Using a wide range of these allowed me to progress throughout my project as I was able to adapt and get used to different programmes. I had never made a blog at the start of my media course and joining this course allowed me to blog sufficiently and up to a high standard also my used of being able to edit photos of Photoshop has excelled as I never used it before and every time I used this application I learnt more about it and am now confident to use it with different aspects of my work.

Use of software

• When doing my market research I used a range of software to gather information such as I used survey monkey to produce my survey and then used Facebook to put my survey out there and allow people to take part in my survey for me to gather information, I also viewed other magazines through Google to compare the differences between them and my magazine.

• I also used these products; blog spot, Mictosoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Dafont, Paint, SurveyMonkey to plan out my magazine.

Hardware

• I used a Sony camera to take pictures to put on my final image, I also used a pen drive to back up all my work that was saved onto my computer so it wouldn’t be lost if it wasn’t updated onto my blog.

What I’ve learnt• I’ve learnt a great deal throughout this course, I’d never used a

blog before and I learnt to blog frequently and found myself at ease doing so. I also then found myself using survey monkey for my market research which allowed me to used a brand new website that I wasn’t familiar with and gain an understanding of how to use it and also came in useful to use on my other courses in college. The main thing I learnt the most about was using Photoshop, I had used it previously but hadn’t used the majority of tools on their and wasn’t confident in using it and now I am able to produce a magazine cover and edit photos, cut out images to fit what I need, used different layers and do this without feeling like I’m unsure of what to do which enabled me to slowly grasp different concepts of Photoshop and develop deeper into them as I could edit things and if I didn’t like it I could always change it back.

Use of technology

• The idea of having the coursework all done entirely through computer work is a good idea as paper based work would put you at a disadvantage as work wouldn’t have been as well presented and as neat as on a computer, the use of computer means it’s all saved onto a computer and there is less risk of anything getting lost which is a negative of paper based work. Although I did come across some problems when using the computer I still have a preference towards the outcome of my work on the computer than if I had to do it all by hand.