I have learned about different technologies from creating my magazine. Mac computers have different programs than my Windows laptop, so I had to learn how to use programs like iPhoto on the Macs. The camera at school was harder to use than my home camera because it was more advanced and it took longer to access photos from it. Microsoft Word was easier to use than Picnic for laying out my magazine because I could use a white background and insert shapes, though adding images was difficult.

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

2. Macs
Macs have been one of my main sources of technology for making
my magazine, as they are what we used at school
however, because I do not have one at home it has been hard
transferring work as the macs have different programs than my
windows laptop has. Therefore, I have had to learn how to use the
different programs on the macs for example IPhoto.

3. Camera’s
To take my photos I used different camera’s the one at school and
the one at home. The one at home was a lot easier to use and
easier to transfer my photo’s. The one I used at school was a lot
harder as it was more advanced and as only 1 mac had a slot of
the memory card, it took much longer to get the photos as most of
the time that mac was being used.

4. Microsoft Word
I used Microsoft word to create my entire magazine, because I
found Picnic very hard to use. Word was a lot easier to use
because I could get a white background which was very
conventional, and I couldn’t do that on picnic. However, it was
quite hard to crop my images and get them onto my blog. In the
end I managed to do it. Word was easy as well for shapes and they
had a variety to choose from. I will defiantly be using word again
in the future.