From constructing this product, the document's author learned how to use several new technologies: Blogger to organize and archive work online. Photoshop to edit images using layers and tools. SlideShare to publish PowerPoints to their blog. Prezi as an alternative to PowerPoint for evaluations. While unfamiliar with Photoshop and SlideShare initially, practice made the author proficient. These technologies were instrumental in creating a professional magazine and presenting work in new, engaging ways.

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

2. Before this year, I had never used blogger before. We set our blogs up in our first
lesson of the year and they have been very important and useful ever since. It has
been really helpful for keeping all my work in one place. I would sometimes forget to
blog but overall I think I have used it well.
It is kept organised with labels and
easy to find what I need to. I have
blogged everything from little
decisions to final pieces. A really
good way to keep track of my work.

3. I have never been familiar with Photoshop until this year. It took a
little while to get used to the programme and know which tools to
use and understand how to create layers etc. However, once I had
practiced it became the most useful programme I used throughout
my coursework.
I used Photoshop to edit all of my
images as I had used a green
screen to take my shots and, even
though it took some time, they all
turned out well.
It was also used to put my final
front cover, contents and double
page spread together and I really
think without it my magazine
would have been completely
different and would never have
looked as professional.

4. I have used slide share to publish many power points to my blog. Again, this is a
programme I had never used until this year and has been very useful.
This had made my blog a
lot more interesting than
just normal blog posts. It
has allowed me to blog in
a different way and
meant that my power
points didn’t have to be
rewritten into a blog post
and it can be seen at its
full potential.

5. I have used prezi for my evaluation. This is a different technology and a
different way to present some of my questions. This shows that I can use
different technologies other than just PowerPoint to make my evaluation
more interesting.
I haven't had a lot of practice
on this programme but it is an
easy site to use and pretty self-
explanatory.

6. Other useful technologies that I
was already aware of:
• Internet (Google)
• Camera