The document discusses what the author learned from creating a magazine as part of a course. They learned how to properly use a professional camera, including correct lighting, angles, and poses. They also learned to use Photoshop to crop and manipulate images, and InDesign to layout the magazine. The author also had to learn how to use Prezi to create unique online presentations. Throughout the process there were technological setbacks, including incompatible software between home and school computers, and issues loading work onto the publishing platform.