The document discusses the technologies used during the creation of a magazine product. Photoshop and Survey Monkey were used for design and research. Publisher was used for layout planning. Photoshop, Fireworks, and a camera were used for production. PowerPoint, Word, Blogger, SlideShare, and other programs were used for evaluation. The author learned new Photoshop skills and how to take better photos. Improving Photoshop skills and learning additional programs would help further develop their use of technology for future projects.
1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
What I have learnt from technologies
from constructing this product is how
important programs such as Photoshop
and survey monkey is in terms of
creating a magazine and the importance
to know how to use these programs to
create a media product.
2. Which technologies have you used for your research,
planning, production and evaluation
stages of your product?
3. research
• The technologies I have used to do my
research is survey monkey the reason why I
have used this because then I can get
thoughts and opinions on how my magazine
should look and what the forms and
conventions should contain such as the title
for the masthead.
4. planning
• The technologies I have used do my planning
is publisher the reason why I used publisher is
to see what my magazine layout is going to
look like. It has helped because then I have a
rough idea where conventions such as cover
lines and the masthead.
5. production
• The technologies I used for my production are Publisher, Photoshop,
Fireworks and a Camera. I used publisher because it’s the program that I
used to put my magazine on and is useful for me to input text and edit the
format of text. I used Photoshop to be able to edit the magazine features
such as the masthead and the image in order to make improvements to it
for example the masthead has been improved because as you can see
from the pictures above the colour has been changed and there has been
a picture edited with the masthead. I have used fireworks to edit some of
the features I couldn't do on Photoshop so far example if I couldn't use the
magic wand tool on Photoshop. I used the camera in able to take a picture
so I can an image on my front cover.
6. evaluation
• The technologies I have used to do my evaluation are PowerPoint, Microsoft Word,
Blogger, Slideshare, creazaeducation, prezi, Brainshark and a Voice recorder.
• I used slideshare in able to import a PowerPoint slide into a online presentation so
people can view it online.
• I used a voice recorder in able to record peoples voice and get their opinions on
my project and is more effective as it is more creative.
• I used creazaeducation to be able to edit my voice recordings such as trimming it,
it also allowed me to input images and turn it into a movie.
• I used prezi to be able to make my powerpoint presentation more creative so i can
zoom in and out the text and images and freely click on the individually slides.
• I used Brainshark to be able to upload my powerpint and be able to add my voice
to the slides.
7. Which new skills have you developed
and what skills have you improved?
• The skills I have learnt and developed is Photoshop I
had little knowledge on using Photoshop but I know
how to use the program better to do edits such as the
magic wand tool, add colour to text, edit picture to
make the character darker or lighter. I have also
developed my knowledge on how to take better
pictures with a camera such as camera angles, camera
shots, mis en scene and how to take the actual picture.
You can say I learnt to be able to use programs such as
survey monkey and creazeeducation in order to
improve my evaluation and for research.
8. If you had to make another music magazine, what
would help you further develop your use of
technology?
• I think I can still improve on my knowledge on
programs such as Photoshop as it would help
me make my magazine look better. I could also
improve on using tools such as the gradient
tool so I can edit the features on my magazine.
I could also look at more magazines to have a
better look on how they look like. It would
also be useful to know more programs I could
use to help me create my magazine.