The student learned to use new technologies like the Apple Mac, Photoshop, Blogger, Prezi, and SlideShare while creating a music magazine for a project. They gained experience using the Mac, which was different than their usual Windows computer, and learned Photoshop skills. While Blogger and Prezi were easy to use, SlideShare took some practice. Overall, the project helped broaden their technology skills for future coursework.

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

2. For this project I had to create my own music magazines front
page, contents page and double page spread. To do this I had
to learn about how to use different technologies and software
that I had not had the chance to use before.

3. One of these technologies was an Apple Mac, I got to use this do this project, as it
had more software on and was more suitable for producing my magazine. I had
not done much work on a mac before as I usually use a Windows computer, so it
was an interesting and educational opportunity to get to use this.
I learnt lots of new skills from using an Apple Mac for this project as it is
completely different from what I am used to so I have had to adapt to the new way
of working.
However, using this gave me challenges to work with as I was unfamiliar with the
way it worked and the format of some of the programs. This meant that it took
me longer to do several parts of my project due to learning how to use it.
I think that the opportunity to use Apple Macs for my media course work has
really helped to broaden and develop my knowledge and skills for using
technology.

4. To create my product I chose to use Photoshop software. I chose to use it as it is a
program that I have used before and so know the basics of how it works. I also
think that it is easier to use than other programs such as InDesign.
During this project I developed my skills at using Photoshop so that now I am
very confident with how it works and how to use it to my advantage to make sure
that my final product is realistic and looks effective.
There were not many challenges with using this software for this project as I had
previously used it and so already knew the basics, this also meant that I didn’t have
to spend as much time trying to work out how to use it.
I think that this project has helped me to improve and develop my skills at using
Photoshop.

5. When doing my research and evaluation work for this project I used several
different websites that provided me with the opportunity to present my work in
different ways.
As my whole project was presented on a blog, I had to use Blogger to create it.
Before this I had never created a blog or used blogger before, however, I found it
very easy to use once I had learnt the basics and I found that I could easily upload
things to it and format it to make it how I wanted.
One of the other websites that I used is Prezi.com, I used this for presenting my
research. I found this website quite easy to use and really like the effects that you
can use to present work. I also like that it looks very professional and that I can
edit the presentation to suit my blog. At first I was challenged with how to upload
these presentations onto my Blogger but I soon found out how to do this.
Another one of the websites I have used is SlideShare.net, this website allows you
to create presentations on software such as PowerPoint and then upload them to
the internet to share on blogs. I found this software a bit confusing to use, but
after a bit of practice it got much easier to use.

6. I think that during this project I have developed my knowledge and improving my
skills of using technologies and software to present and produce my coursework. I
think that I tackled any challenges that I came across and now I will be able to use
different software and websites much more confidently.