1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Samantha King

2. The software that I used during my
project
• Photoshop
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Survey monkey
• Slide share
• Blogger

3. The hardware that I used during my
project
• Camera
• Memory stick
• Memory card
• Video camera/recorder
• Computer
• Laptop
• iPhone

4. Research and planning Production Evaluation
Software • Internet Explorer • Photoshop • Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Word • Internet Explorer • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft PowerPoint • Microsoft Word • Blogger
• Survey monkey • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Slide share • Blogger
• Blogger
Hardware • Camera • Camera • Memory stick
• Memory stick • Memory stick • Computer
• Memory card • Memory card • Laptop
• Video recorder • Computer
• Computer • Laptop
• iPhone

5. What pieces of technology could I
have done without?
• Blog – I could have produced my work in a hand-written format rather than electronically if
absolutely necessary, although this would have been more time consuming and harder to
manage.
• Survey monkey – I could have distributed my questionnaires in a hand-written format rather
than electronically, although this way it was easier to distribute and enabled me to receive a
faster response, also it saved the cost of the paper/ink etc that would have been used if it
was decided they were to be distributed in a hand-written format.
• Photoshop – there are other programmes available to use in replacement for the Adobe
Photoshop CS3 software, however by using this I had the ability to have access to a wide
range of different professional tools allowing me to produce an identical product as to how I
envisioned it to be.
• Slide share – I could have distributed my progression via other means of presentation for
example in essay format, however I decided to use slide share as it is presenting a range of
multi media on my blog and is more appealing and aesthetically pleasing to read.

6. What pieces of technology couldn’t I
have done without?
• Internet Explorer – I needed this software to research the codes and
conventions of specific genres of existing products in my research and
planning stage, so I could identify what elements I needed to contain
within my own final product. By using the internet rather than recently
published magazine products it allowed me to find more of a range and
gain a further insight to the varied products available for analysis. In my
production I had to refer to the appearance of existing products to gain a
supplementary insight as to what is associated with particular genres and
what colour schemes, photography etc are opted by particular genres or
which elements subvert the usual codes and conventions within their
product. For my evaluation I had to compare my final product to that of
professionally published existing magazines, using the internet to do this
was a quick, useful and easy way to gain access to multiple different
magazines within different publishing brands, to make my perception of
the codes and conventions of a particular genre more reliable and to
compare my product to the elements of existing products.

7. What were the positives of using
technology?
• By using technology I was given access to create a blog, by doing this I saved a lot of valuable time
that would otherwise be wasted by producing my work in a hand-written format. It is also freely
available and vacant to the public, this means that I can gain constructive criticism to help improve
my final magazine product, research analysis, planning or evaluation of my product.
• By using technology I was given access to create a Survey monkey account, by being able to
distribute questionnaires electronically it enabled me to receive a faster response, also it saved the
cost of the paper/ink etc that would have been used if it was decided they were to be distributed in
a hand-written format. Also by this software, I was able create a chart displaying my results in an
aesthetically pleasing imagery format, which was pleasant to display on my blog for the affect of
different multi media to create a more satisfactory post rather than the form my results would have
appeared if perhaps this was conducted in a hand-written format.

8. What were the negatives of using
technology?
• However because it is freely available and vacant
to the public, this means that there is the
potential it is vulnerable for useless exploitation.
• Also, being reliant on a memory stick to transfer
data and information essential to make
progression was a defective way of working, as
not always did the computer allow me access to
the data or information of the memory stick
contents and then I had to resolve unnecessary
problems before making progress with my
product, meaning valuable time was wasted.

9. •
New skills
Different aspects of technology was new to me and therefore by doing this, I have developed the
understanding as how Adobe Photoshop CS3 itself functions as well as the tools of which are available to
use. This means that I can come across this software in the future and be more aware of different
possibilities available to gain a satisfactory result.
• Also, I have never created, read or posted a blog before and therefore there are skills such as importing
images and videos which I have learnt and will become useful for me to know for future reference.
Also, importing html links in the correct way in order for software’s such as Slide share to function properly
and to be displayed correctly on the blog itself.
• During my blogging experience I learnt how to display by work in a more presentable, approachable way
of which was so much easier to navigate for myself and other viewers.
• In addition, I had never constructed an online survey before, so by using Survey monkey I have developed
the skill to be able to construct a questionnaire and distribute the link to online social sites and collect the
feedback and form an appropriate display of results, i.e. In the form of a pie chart, bar chart, graph etc. I
was able to have access to display my results in a whole range of more extravagant multi media
foundations rather than in a long winded essay format.