What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

All the different technologies I have used through…

Indesign

Photoshop

Blogger

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Publisher

Prezi

Microsoft Powerpoint

Slide Share

Panasonic camera

Email

MacBook Air

IndesignAdobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe

Systems. It can be used to create work such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. I used This software to actually create my magazine on.

Advantages- Everything on design is inserted

into layouts, therefore this means you can work on separate layers

of your posters at a time.- Indesign has a lot of edit effects

you can do to yours text! different sizes, fonts, shapes and

spacing.

Disadvantage- You cant edit the images in the

programme who have to do this before.

- Is very confusing to understand.

The strengths of using this software to create my magazine is that we can press “shift W” so see the what the final magazine will look like. Also another

strength is that we can use the layers to do it bit my bit and improve one part without effecting another.

The Disadvantages of us using this programme for our magazine is that I found it very confusing to use and kept forgetting to put a new layer when adding

new things. Also the programme doesn't have a wide range of shapes, in my magazine I wanted to add

different shapes to my magazine yet the programme only had a square and Circle.

PhotoshopAn image editing software. Photoshop is considered one of the leaders in photo editing software. The

software allows users to manipulate, crop, resize, and correct color on digital photos.I used this software to edit all my photos before inserting them into adobe indesign.

Advantages• you can quickly and easily import

videos and photos into the software. Once imported, everything is neatly organised on the screen.

• Most of the edits regularly done on photos can be completed with a single click.

Disadvantages• The main disadvantage of Adobe

Photoshop is its high price tag. Adobe Photoshop costs much more than most of the other photo-editing software. If you don’t plan on using the software professionally, it is not worth the high

cost.• Not for the Novice User: Despite

the fact that its quick-edit features are simple to use, this software was not built for the novice user.

It is photo-editing software designed for professionals who edit photos regularly.

One strength of us using it in our coursework is that after you edit a photo in photoshop it is then very easy to insert it into indesign. Another good thing

for using it is that you can do almost anything with the image, which in my case was good because I

could delete the background because stereotypically pop images have a plain white

background which can be difficult to do!The disadvantage of my using this is that

photoshop is very confusing if you don’t get how to use it therefore it was very confusing to work and I

didn't use it to the software full capacity.

BloggerBlogger is a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations,

opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites. I used blogger as a software where I kept cataloguing my progress of my coursework.

AdvantagesBlogger is very and easy to set up and

you don't need any technical knowledge to use it.

Also It’s easy & quick to update and add new photos.

DisadvantageEveryone can see straightaway your post when you blog it therefore you need to make sure what you post it

suitable for everyones eyes.Writing blog posts can be very wordy

and take up a lot of your time.

One strength of using blogger is that it is a way of showing my progress through my course work

throughout the time space. Shows how Ive progressed and it there online for me to refer back to. Also it is a way of looking at your peers work to see how far they are in there coursework and see how there progress

compared to yours.A disadvantage of using blogger is that it is all online

therefore you need internet to update your blog, sometimes finding internet can be tricky which means

you cant access your blog. Another disadvantage is that someone could hack into our into our coursework and mess and delete things which could destroy my

whole coursework.

Microsoft Word

Advantage- Easy to use therefore you

don’t need a good technical knowledge to use the software

- Microsoft word has many features.

Microsoft Word is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. The purpose of the MS Word is to allow the users to type and save documents.

Disadvantages- The program sometimes

crashing therefore you may loose all your work.

- Microsoft word costs a lot of money to download and buy.

One strength of us using word that I found was that most computers have the software on it therefore you can save it on your Jpeg and open it on most

other computers, also you can send our work to our teacher for her to mark it and she will be able to open it. Another strength is that it is easy to use

therefore you can use the software quick and its not that time consuming.

A disadvantage of Us using the software is Not everything is best to do in Word, even though it can sometimes be done we use other programs, such as Publisher, which are more specifically designed for a

certain purpose.

PreziPrezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for

presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. I have used this programme to show my analysis of different pop magazine and also my evaluation questions

Advantages- By using Prezi rather then PowerPoint or

Keynote your presentations may be a lot more creative.

- Your Prezi presentations can be a lot more engaging then PowerPoint or

Keynote

Disadvantages- Unfortunately, the free account

with Prezi limits you to basic functions. If you want more tools and options you will

have spend a little money- Quite a big disadvantage is that

no audio can be added to Prezi presentations

One strength I found of using this programme was that it saves it self automatically and I can open it on the internet no matter what computer I have. Another strength I found of using this programme was that it was a different technology to use so I didn't always use the same softwares like powerpoint and word

One disadvantage of us using it is because it was a new software it took ages to get use to it as it can be quite confusing. Another disadvantage of using it was you couldn't print from it! I like to print my work out

to prof read it whereas I couldn't do this with the software.

MacBook AirThe MacBook Air is a line of Macintosh ultraportable notebook computers from Apple Inc. The Air was designed to balance both performance and portability, consisting of a full-sized keyboard design, a machined casing made of aluminium, and a very light and thin structure. I used this to take my videos for my evaluation and analysing of a pop

magazine.

Advantages- Long battery life 4.5 - 5 hours under

"normal" conditions- Innovative technology allows you to

"share" DVD drive from networked computers (Windows or Mac)

Disadvantages- Lack of common ports and connectors- Only 3 connectors available

◦ USB port◦ Headphone jack◦ mini DVI port for connecting external display

One advantage of using my macbook air was that it has a good quality camera

therefore I used it to video myself and my peers. Also it is then very easy to then

upload the videos onto my blog. A disadvantage of using the macbook air

is that it has different softwares compared to other computers so if I start

a document of work on one i’ll have to finish it on my macbook.