2. Thorough out this whole project I have
learnt a great deal about different
technology's as I have had the chance to
use them through out this project. I had
the chance to use various programs to aid
me during the creation of my magazine. I
had blogged regularly about the different
things that I had to do and whether I had
enjoyed it or not.
3. Hardware, Software and Websites I
had used during this project.
Blogger (Website)
SlideShare (Website)
Scanner (Hardware)
Sound Cloud/Mobile ( Website)
Adobe Photoshop (Software)
Camera (Hardware)
4. Blogger (Website)
I have had no previous experiences with blogs or blogger, at first I was
not sure of what to do but or how to use a blog but eventually had
gotten used to using and it had turned out to be very straight
forward to use. I was able to design my blog to the way I wanted it
look, there were various different ways of personalizing your blog so
it took time to get it the way I wanted to look. I had also learnt about
the way I should be displaying my work as sometimes the layout
didn’t allow much space for my work to be seen. Blogger was an
valuable tool during this project
as it acted as a way for me to
publish my work.
5. SlideShare (Website)
SlideShare allows me to post PowerPoint presentations on the internet,
the presentation can then be embedded into blogger so people can
view PowerPoint presentation through blogger. This was a new
website to me as I hadn't used it before, this website was very easy
to use the site is very user friendly, I was easily able to navigate
around the site and get done what was needed to be done. Overall
this site was very helpful as Blogger sometimes didn’t allow you to
copy and paste of text of Microsoft word which made posting work
off Microsoft word very difficult. So I had been using PowerPoint as
an alternative, this site was very helpful as some of the work I had to
post had to be presented as a
PowerPoint presentation, using
SlideShare I was able to easily
link my PowerPoint presentation
to my blog which made working
a lot more easier.
6. Scanner (Hardware)
The Scanner was very useful to me during the project as I had need to
draw sketches of what my magazine would look like, this then
needed to be scanned and then put on my blog. Unfortunately the
Scanner at school didn’t work at the time, luckily my teacher was
able to scan my rough sketches at home, however this did result in
me posting them on my blog at a later date
than I though. Overall the scanner was a very
valuable tool during the process of my project,
this had allowed me to have a rough idea of
how I wanted my magazine to look prior to
the creation of it.
Example of
one of my
sketches that
had got
scanned.
7. Sound Cloud/Mobile ( Website)
Sound Cloud have allowed had help me during the development
stages of me project. I had used it to record my Vox Pops (an audio
interview). I was very lucky to find the app on in the Android market
on my mobile phone, this made the task very easy as I had the
ability to record an interview anywhere I when as well as being able
to upload it straight to sound cloud which was the embed into my
blog. Overall the Sound Cloud app had allowed me to finish the Vox
Pops app as quick as possible as well as making this task easier for
me.
8. Adobe Photoshop (Software)
This was the program that I had used to create the finished design of my Music
Magazine, I have used Photoshop before but had not really know how to
really use it. During the preliminary task I was able grasp some aspects of
Photoshop which had helped me during the creation of my magazine but I
learnt a great deal more when I actual started creating my music magazine.
Photoshop has allowed me to learn valuable skills and techniques which will
help in future projects. Entry from Ongoing I was very pleased with how
production log 1, relating to my preliminary magazine turned out;
how I felt about using creating the school magazine gave me a
Photoshop chance to develop my skills in
using Photoshop which will help me
when I go on to create my music magazine.
I also gained a large amount of knowledge
about the use of different tools
within Photoshop which I will be able to
capitalise later during the course. This was
a very enjoyable task as I was able to be
very creative in the creation of the school
magazine as Photoshop enabled me to add
a vast amount of effects to the
images I have used within the magazine. At
time I had found it hard to use certain tools,
for example the text tool proved very
difficult to use at times as it created new
text boxes when I actually wanted
to highlight the existing text. But eventually I
was able to overcome this problem.
9. Camera (Hardware)
I hadn't previously used a camera to take picture before,
this was a great experience for me as I had the chance
to learn something new which would help me during the
project. The camera was easy to use, I was easily able
to find out where everything was and whether I wound
need that feature or not. The more I had used it, the
more I felt confident in my ability to take pictures, this is
something I had no previous experience with so I think
for my first project I had done a good job.
