The document discusses the various software, websites, and hardware the author used to create their media product. They found Blogspot, Photoshop, Prezi, SlideShare, YouTube, InDesign, and Glogster useful for organizing work, editing images and videos, presenting information, and embedding media. They also learned skills like resizing images, changing colors, adding paths and text. Hardware like the iMac, camera, studio lights, and tripod were important for developing the final product and getting high quality images. Overall, the author found the wide range of technologies provided rich tools to present their work through blog posts and create their final media product.

2. Blogspot
I found Blogspot a very useful tool in making my media product. Blogger helps
me organize my work, keep records of when I have started new posts and
primarily organize my work and make my progression clear.
From using BlogSpot I've learned how to re arrange blog posts and edit them
effectively and clearly
As well as learning how to edit posts I’ve also learned how embed other forms of
media such as power points (using Slideshare) and also embedding other image
based media. (glogster)
A negative point of using blogger is that its very time consuming.

3. Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the professional software I heavily used to create
Images for the double page spread and the entire front cover . Its helpful to
create professional looking images fast and with ease.
I learnt many skills from Photoshop. Amongst the things i learnt one of them
was resizing images effectively.
I also learnt how to change the colours of my images. Using the colour gradient
tool to edit images to black and white and in some places leaving spots with
colour made my images look much more appealing.
A negative point however is that it is a complicated bit of software and was
difficult to use at first.

4. Prezi
www.prezi.com was a very useful website. I would say it is the best piece
of equipment I used because it was simple and presented my ideas in an
entertaining interesting way that PowerPoint did not.
I learnt how to use the basics of Prezi. I imported my images and learnt
how to add text and graphics such as arrows making the Prezi more
organised
I also learnt how to add paths to my work to make it run in a chronological
order.
This website was exceptionally useful as I could also embed it in to my
blogger account and further my coursework.

5. SlideShare
Slide share was a useful piece of technology because it allows me to embed
PowerPoint's into my blogger allowing me to make interesting Blog posts and
answer tasks in new imaginative ways.
I created an account and learned how to upload PowerPoint files easily and
fast.
I found this software very easy to use because its similar to other websites
where you make an account and do the work on that website, such as YouTube
Glogster and blogger.

6. Youtube
I worked with YouTube while making my media product and didn't’t have
much idea how it worked other than watching random videos.
I made an account and quickly learnt how to upload my videos. So I could
later embed them into my Blog to answer questions.
I learnt specific skills on filling out key information on my video.
A negative point with Youtube is the time it took to upload some of my
videos. The time length to upload videos were ridiculously long in some
cases and were monotonous.

7. Adobe InDesign
I think Adobe InDesign was a very useful piece of soft ware to use. I used
this software to construct my double page spread an contents page.
I learnt from this experience how to import my final edited images from
Photoshop (The front cover) and place new pages in numerical order. To
keep me organized. InDesign was also very useful because it had
guidelines for my content.
However the images look pixel-y because of how the program uses a
lower resolution than Photoshop

8. Camera and studio
The camera and studio were very useful because I used both to get images
for my front cover and my double page spread.
I learnt how to do major things like adjust the lights in the studio for when
I was doing my photo shoot which is crucial for the outcome of the image.
I also learnt how to use the camera. I learnt how to hold the camera steady
and take photos while also learning how to take out the memory stick and
put copy the photos onto the mac.

9. Glogster
Glogster was an intriguing website I thought would be helpful in answering my
questions.
Glogster was useful because it is an interesting way to present my ides mainly
focusing on images which was especially helpful for question 4.
From using Glogster I learned how to put images into its web based program
and make a collage centered around my target audience.
I also learnt how edit the images in Glogster, there weren't many options other
than a pre built in frame I had to remove.
A weakness of Glogster is that I could have done a similar thing in Photoshop
with less time.

10. iMac
 The iMac systems in the classroom played a huge role in the developing of my
media product. I used them every lessons to access all the other software I
needed.
 I learnt how to actually use an iMac. Before this I was very inexperienced and
hadn't used pan iMac very much. It is very different to a normal computer.
 Eventually I learnt how to navigate the system and right click, by holing down
ctrl and clicking.
 The iMac was very useful in helping me develop my media product because
once I learnt how to use it it was very simple and easy to use in turn making
me work faster and more efficiently.

11. In Conclusion…
 In conclusion I found all the hardware and software I used
mostly very useful. There was a rich range of different
technologies that were available for use to present my work
through blog posts. It made my blog more appealing and
led up to my final product.
 Using hardware was important as well such as the camera
and tripod. Without these I couldn’t have made my actual
product.