Katherine Payne uses various devices, browsers, search engines, websites and programs to complete her media coursework. The key tools she uses include an Acer laptop, memory sticks to store her work, Chrome as her main browser, Google as her search engine, Pixlr for photo editing, Blogger for blogging, Microsoft Word for spell checking, and Publisher to create a prototype magazine cover. These tools have helped her keep up with blogging, edit photos, search for examples, and access her work from different locations.

1. Devices and Technology
By Katherine Payne

2. Introduction
The following slides show what technology I
have been using since I began my media course
back in September. These include devices, web
browsers, search engines, websites and
programs. They have helped me to keep up with
my blogging, to edit photos and search for
existing examples of work to compare and
evaluate my own work.

3. Devices
These include memory sticks, cameras and
computers such as the Acer laptop 5320, the
dell OptiPlex 360 and the I Mac pro. These are
all extremely important because they allow me
access to the internet, to be able to take
pictures and to store all my work so it is
portable.

4. Memory stick
This is an extremely important device. It stores all of
my media work so when I move to different
computers e.g from a laptop to a mac then I can
continue working on pieces of my work wherever I
go. I have actually ordered a new memory stick
which is also a necklace so it will be harder for me to
loose.

5. DSLR
Tabithakindlylet meuseher cannonDSLR
camerawhich is ofahigher qualitysothatmy
pictureswouldbeeasierto editandwhen I
zoomin thepicturewon’tblurso much
becauseitcapturesmoreofthelight.
I usedacameraborrowedfromschool totake
pictureswhich I wouldlateredit formy school
magazinefrontcover.This cameraallowedmeto
takestandardpictureswithanautofocus.
Cameras
School camera

6. Acer laptop
Schools
I have used this laptop to access my blogger and to keep a second back
up of most of my necessary work so that in case my memory stick is
lost again then I can still continue working. Another thing is that
because Microsoft publisher is not accessible on the macs I have used
this laptop to be able to use publisher to create my prototype music
magazine.
My Acer Laptop
I have also been using my laptop at home to go on blogger and edit
posts or to upload work that I have spell checked on word for grammar
and spelling mistakes. Another thing I have been using my laptop for is
to use pixlr to create my school magazine and also my collage for my
music genre.

7. I mac pro
The mac pro has been used for accessing Keynote and
Pages which are only usable on a mac which i don't own
so can only been done in school. One thing I have learnt
about the macs is how to use keynote and then because
you cannot upload the PowerPoint straight onto blogger
you have to convert them into PNG images first and then
upload them separately which I can now do easily. As
typical I have also been using a mac to blog about my
work as I am doing now.

8. Web Browsers
These give me quick and easy access to the
internet without hassle. They also have helpful
extensions and useful tools to help me save
pages and find what I need quick and easily.

9. Chrome
Chrome is a browser created by Google and it is what I use at home all the
time because it is fast, reliable tools and because it can link with my Google
account so I can save pages I may want to re-read etc. for example if I see an A
grade students work from last year or earlier, I can save the page and come
back to it to see what they have done and compare it to my own work later on.
Chrome has a clean design, a sandboxed security system, and a Chrome Web
Store. Among other new features chrome is am excellent browser because it
now has at the bottom of the main page a bar where people can jump to
Chrome Apps or a page of most often visited sites. As Google continues to
integrate more of its services, such as Google+, into one whole bundle, it
becomes easier for people to not just use Chrome as a Web browser, but their
universal interface to do everything they want. This works hand-in-glove with
Google's Linux-based operating system with a Chrome Web browser interface,
Chrome OS, and even PCs that use nothing but Chrome OS such as Samsung's
ChromeBook. This just proves how well chrome works.

10. Safari
Safari is the alternate version of Internet Explorer for the Mac.
The Top Sites' new-tab page view of your most-visited sites and Cover Flow history are
lovely, but once you get past its pretty looks you're left with a pretty ordinary Web
browser.
The one feature it has, that the others don't have, which I think is noteworthy is
"Safari Reader." In this mode, Safari removes all the images, ads, and other junk and
just leaves you with the text. There are extensions that give you this power to clean up
Web pages in other browsers, but Safari has it baked in. , If, like me, you want the text
and nothing but the text on some pages, it's a really attractive feature.
Now in the mobile world, Safari is the best Web browser around. But, on PCs, well,
you can just do better. The one possible extension is on Mac OS X Lion systems. There,
where Safari can be displayed in full screen and you get swiping, pinching, and tapping
gestures support, Safari is a worthwhile choice.

11. Internet Explorer
Although slow and annoying at times Internet Explorer is still useful
because it means I can have access to my blogger and other websites.
It has become the best improvement over it’s predecessors and has
the benefit of speed, trimmed down interface and HTML5 support.
Microsoft has even built in the unique new Tracking Protection, which
gives users more control than Chrome and Firefox's solutions to this
privacy issue. In some performance measures, particularly graphics
manipulation tasks, IE9 has at this point been equalled or surpassed,
even on its own hardware acceleration benchmarks. On two out of
three JavaScript benchmarks, it's bested by both Chrome and Firefox.
But IE9's improved tabs, search, and unique pinned site capability that
places site icons in the Taskbar, all make it a worthy successor to IE8.
This means that I can easily access any websites, stored information
easily and then quickly and safety solve and problems with
performance etc.

12. Search Engines

13. Google
• Google is as ever a very useful search engine, especially
when searching Google maps for possible locations in
the area. It means that I can print screen images to
upload to my blog and it is also useful because it has
helped me with searching for existing music and school
magazines to see other peoples work and to see
professional pieces of work and compare them to
mine. A final use I had for Google was to search for
alternate words that I could use to make my posts
sound more sophisticated and knowledgeable which I
have also done using media terminology.

14. Bing
Bing is a…

15. Websites

16. Pixlr
Pixlr is good photo editing website where you
can alter the colour hue, style, size and add
fonts etc. for free with little hassle. It is easy to
navigate and there are lots f useful and handy
tools to use when editing your pictures for
example crop, hue, saturation, air brush, coplour
splash, text and overlays etc.

17. Blogger
• This is the website I am using to upload and
blog all of my media work.

18. Slideshare

19. Pic monkey
This is a nifty free editing website which has
some other style fonts and other layers/overlays
which are cooler than pixlr but some of the stuff
has to be paid for as you have to have a
premium account with them to use it like air
brush which on the other hand is free in pixlr. In
comparison pixlr is better.

20. Programs

21. Publisher
• I used this program to edit the front cover of
my prototype music magazine. However it was
probably not the best option I could have
taken and in future when I create my personal
music magazine with my own images I will use
pixlr instead as it will probably easier and
quicker to use.

22. Prezzi

23. Microsoft word
• I have used this program mainly for helping
me spell check my work because blogger does
not have a spell checker but I should think
about maybe typing what I want on Microsoft
word and then highlighting and moving the
work onto blogger.

24. Keynote
• On the I mac pro.

25. Microsoft PowerPoint
This is just like Keynote on the macs but a lot
easier to use and has a wider range of visible
editing tools so you don't have to spend ages
looking for everything.

26. Excel
Excel was mainly only used to create tables for
purposes such as to choose my name for my
prototype magazine and to