The student used various technologies in constructing their magazine product including Slideshare to organize work, Blogger to create a blog to track progress, Photoshop to edit photos, and Survey Monkey to create an audience questionnaire. The student found some technologies like Photoshop frustrating but felt more confident using such programs. Overall, the student learned that using technologies is crucial for producing and editing a magazine to create the final product and please the intended audience.

1. Evaluation 6: What have you learnt
about technologies from the process
of constructing this product?

2. I have used a variety of technologies such as:
- Slideshare: Slideshare is a programme that allows you to create online PowerPoints
putting them on blogs. I used this to organise my work, as I did not like all the photos
and information being spread out onto one page – this way made it easy by making it
compact and ordered together. I found it extremely difficult to embed the PowerPoint
onto my blog however, as soon as I found my way around it, I found it easy and
extremely helpful to use.
- - Blogger: Blogger is a website that allows people to create their own blogs about
anything. Obviously, I had to create one to show my progress through my magazine
coursework and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I have used similar blogging sites before
so I did not find it too difficult to work with and I liked the fact that I could view it from
another person’s perspective; so I could keep checking on my progress throughout the
course.
- - Photoshop: Photoshop is a photo-editing programme that allows you to edit photos
or create entirely new ones. I did not enjoy using this programme very much as I found
it frustrating and time-consuming. However, I do feel I have grown in confidence with
using particular programmes like this, which is always a good skill to go back on if I
ever need to use it again. Using Photoshop helped me create conventional images that
are both creative and professional by allowing me to edit them in ways that I could
transform them to fit into the style of the rock genre.
-Survey Monkey: Survey Monkey is a website that allows you to
create questionnaires about anything. I found this very helpful
when creating my audience questionnaire because it meant that I
did not have to go around asking every individual in my class and
instead, they could fill it out themselves in their own time. I also
found it rather easy/simple to do and enjoyed making my
questionnaire on it.
I have also used technologies such as a computer. I used the
computer to put my progress onto my blog and to overall use the
rest of the programmes I have used. I also used the internet a lot
for research and for viewing other people’s blogs if I ever was
stuck on a piece of coursework.

3. I have learnt that using technologies in the producing
and editing of a magazine is incredibly important
because it is what creates the final magazine product. It
helps to edit photos and order information/text to fit the
magazine and to please its audience, which is important
otherwise; there would be no point in publishing the
magazine without an audience.