I used more software than hardware in producing my magazines, relying heavily on Photoshop CS3. I used more varied software for research and planning stages than production, which mainly involved Photoshop. The internet and blogging platform allowed me to gain ideas from other magazines, share my work online, and update from any device with internet access. A memory stick helped back up my work in case of computer issues.

3. Technologies used whilst producing my
Software Used: Music magazine...
Photoshop CS3 I used more software than
hardware whilst producing
Powerpoint either of my magazines. But I
I learnt a lot through
used more software for my
Prezi making my magazine music magazine than the
Blogger due to the programmes College magazine because I
I was introduced to. had to present my work in
Paint different ways. I found that I
Software Used used more software in the
Survey Monkey planning and evaluation stages
Microsoft Word Photoshop CS3 than in the production stage
as Photoshop was the main
Slideshare Google programme I used to create
the actual pages in both cases.
Blackboard Internet Explorer I think I used more software
Microsoft Word for my music magazine as the
Publisher College magazine was just a
Adobe Acrobat practise whereas the music
magazine was more of a
Simple
Google challenge so required
programmes. different programmes to be
Internet Explorer used.
Youtube College Magazine...

4. Technologies used whilst producing
my Music Magazine...
I used more hardware
Hardware
whilst producing my
Camera I only used the basic devices music magazine as I
needed to create my College had more time to make
Computer magazine instead of
it better and improve
Phone experimenting with other
things. my work. So through
USB Stick using different
Hardware
Microphone devices, I could show
Camera my work in different
Tripod
Computer ways and use things
Lights such as lights to
USB Stick
(spotlights) improve the quality of
I wouldn’t of been able to my photographs, as if
create either of my magazine they were shot in a
pages if I didn’t have the studio.
technology. This is why my College Magazine looks
rough and rushed, because I created
College Magazine... it using only the essentials so that it
met the criteria.

5. Research & Production Evaluation I tried to use
different
Planning
technologies to
Photoshop CS3 Photoshop CS3 present and record
both my planning
Microsoft Word Microsoft Word and research and
Powerpoint Powerpoint the evaluation of my
pages. I did this by
Publisher using a microphone
to do voiceovers on
Adobe Acrobat videos, I felt this
Blackboard Blackboard Blackboard was easier to do
altogether and I was
Blogger Blogger Blogger able to get my point
across quicker and
Slideshare Slideshare explain my reasons
Survey Monkey without it being in a
long paragraph of
Phone Phone text, which people
wouldn’t bother to
Microphone Microphone read. By recording
my work in different
Memory Stick Memory Stick Memory Stick
ways, I was able to
Camera Camera Camera learn how to use
new things.
Tripod

6. As the table
Research & Production Evaluation shows, I used
Planning more technology in
Paint Paint the research and
planning stage
Google Google
than the
Youtube Youtube production stage.
Internet Internet This is because
Explorer Explorer the production
stage was mainly
Computer Computer Computer
based around
Photoshop CS3.
I have used a lot of software to produce my music
magazine, this is because ways of presenting work have This was when my
become more virtual so everything is based on the skills in using
computer. This is an advantage as it enables me to be Photoshop
quicker whilst producing the work, meaning I can get more increased as I was
done. This came in when I was at the research and planning able to try new
stage as I had a period of time when I had to do as much things to be able
useful research as possible, to make sure my music to get the effects
magazine would have a target audience and compare it to
I wanted so that
others on the market already. I have learnt many things
through using different types of technology, and my skills my magazine
built up whilst I was creating my final pages. looked like other
professional ones.

7. The internet has played a big part in the whole
process of designing my music magazine, from the
start when I was planning and during the production
of the pages. This is because I used the wide range
of information about other existing magazines to
gain ideas and inspiration. I then was able to take
those ideas and use them for my own magazine and
display my work on an online Blog. I have learnt how a
Blog works and found it very simple and interesting
using it. I found that with this technology, I was able
to update my Blog anywhere through my smart phone
or anywhere I had internet access. It enabled me to
upload photos, videos and text to explain my work in
more detail. At the start of the project, I thought
that using a Blog would get confusing and my work
would be hard to keep track of but I have found it
to be very easy to maintain as all you have to do is
save it and make sure it is backed up on a memory
stick.
I have used a memory stick at all stages of the
project incase the computer systems failed and I lost
all my work, fortunately this didn’t happen but it was
useful to keep copies of my work anyway.