Through creating a media product, the author learned to use various technologies like Photoshop, Blogger, SlideShare, Prezi, YouTube, and new websites like DaFont. The author used Photoshop to edit images and Blogger to document the process. Publisher was used to create a double page spread while Word created pie charts, graphs, and questionnaires. Research involved using Google Images and a Nikon DSLR camera was used to take photos, helping the author learn photography skills.

1. Through the construction of my media product I have learned
many new skills, and developed most Some of these include:
using Photoshop effectively, using blogger, slide share, Prezzi,
YouTube etc… However I have also learnt about new websites to
use such as DaFont.

2. Whilst producing my
magazine cover, I used
blogger to document and
record my process and why
I’d chose to do what I did. I
have used a range of
technology within blogger
rather than just texts boxes,
such as uploading pictures,
videos, a Prezi etc…

3. For the physical production of my
product I have used Photoshop. I
have also used to edit images. I
had never used Photoshop
previously so it was rather difficult
for me at first. However, after
using it for a sustained amount of
time I know feel like I can
effectively use Photoshop to a
high standard.

4. Before Photoshop After Photoshop

5. I used publisher, rather than Photoshop, to
create my double page spread as it handles
columns of text better than Photoshop in my
opinion. As a result of this it was very easy
for me create my product around the
existing columns of text.

6. I used Microsoft word to create pie
charts and graphs, as well as
physical questionnaires, to present
my research. I did this to make my
blog seem more technological, and
less boring.

7. I used a website, that was new to me, called
dafont.com to find fonts to use on my
products' had never heard of this website
before so now I feel I have a new bank of
fonts to choose from in the future rather
than just basic Microsoft ones.

8. Whilst conducting all my research, I
used the very well renowned search
engine, google. The google images
feature allowed me to search for
existing magazines that I could base
mine off and annotate. This was very
useful and efficient rather than using
physical copies, although I varied the
two, my prominent form of research
was done through Google.

9. In order to identify what was
attractive about my magazine and
why it looked like it was aimed at my
target audience I used a video feed
back (Question 5.) I had to first
upload the video which was taken
on my phone to YouTube in order to
insert an embed code into the
composition of my blog. Despite this
sounding long winded and technical,
I chose to do it because it would give
my blog a range of technology that
has been used to create it.

10. I used Slideshare,
similarly to YouTube to
vary the aspects of
technology that I have
used to create my blog.
However, Slideshare was
particularly useful when
presenting lots of
pictures and annotations,
as you can see now,
rather than taking up a
lot of room in my blog by
uploading pictures
individually.

11. I used Prezi to mind map potential
title ideas for my magazine title. I
used Prezi because it added yet
another aspect of technology
used to create my blog, but
furthermore it was a digital way in
which I normally think of ideas –
mind mapping.

12. When taking pictures used for my
magazine, I used a Nikon DSLR
for my pictures used on my Front
cover, double page spread and
contents pages. I also used my
iPhone 5 to take a picture at a
concert that is on my front cover.
I had never used a high quality
camera before, so in this process
I have learnt much more about
photography. For example, now I
know how to zoom, blur, and
control the camera flash.
Furthermore I learnt about how
lighting and the background can
affect the quality of a picture.