The document discusses various technologies the author learned about through constructing a music magazine. The author used Wordpress to create a blog documenting the construction process. Photoshop was the main technology used to create the four magazine pages, allowing the author to edit images and text. Flickr and Pinterest were used to store and gather inspiration for photos. Microsoft Publisher and Slideshare were also utilized for layouts and sharing presentations during the planning and construction phases.

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

2. Wordpress
• I used this website to create my blog for my
coursework. I decided to use this form of
technology to document how I created my music
magazine. This blog allowed me to update what I
have done and how I have done things during the
process of construction.
• After setting up the blog I learned that it was easy
to navigate and link webpages to allowing me to
use other platforms through the construction of
my magazine.

3. Microsoft Publisher
• From using Publisher I was able to learn how
to easily create digital versions of my flat plan
and upload them by saving them as images.
• I found that by using Publisher ( initially on my
preliminary task) I learned how to easily
create layouts by using the ‘shapes’ section
and decide on the layout easily as I was able
to move sections easily and freely giving me
endless opportunities.

4. Photoshop
• This is the main technology that I used all the way through
the construction of my magazine. I used Photoshop to
create all four pages of my magazine. Through
experimenting with different editing techniques I was able
to create and alter my images and add text to my pages in
Photoshop.
• The main thing I learned when using Photoshop was being
able to alter images and text so that they complimented
each other on the page this made constructing my
magazine a lot easier.
• I also found that by creating my flat plans on Photoshop I
was able to speed up the process of construction as I didn’t
have to over think the placements as I was constructing the
pages.

5. Flickr and Pinterest
• Flickr- during the process of constructing my
magazine I took a lot of photographs that I found
I could create albums for on Flickr so that all of
my images were in the same location and easy to
link to my blog.
• Pinterest- as well as looking for inspiration from
real media products I was able to use Pinterest to
gain more inspiration through a wide range of
images online. I was then able to put all of these
images together and create moodboards.

6. Slideshare
• Another technology that I used during the process of
planning and constructing my magazine was
Slideshare. Slideshare is an online platform that I used
to share Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.
• I created presentations when analysing magazine to
learn about the common conventions of magazines.
• I then used PowerPoint presentations all the way
through the construction of my magazine so that I
could document print screens of how I created my
magazine in Photoshop along side my blog.