A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Question Six.
1. Question 6.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
2. Introduction
During the creation of my music magazine I have learnt
a lot about technology and how it is used to make a
magazine. Without the wide variety of technology to
make my magazine, it would have been extremely
difficult to even come close to my finalised product.
Before this task, I didn’t know half of the technologies
and how to successfully use them, but; this task has
improved my knowledge on the wide variety of
technology available.
3. Blogger
Through out the task I remained on task and in order in
what to do next and how to regularly blogged what I
had done. This helped to keep improve my tasks.
4. Technology Used:
Apple Mac Computer/Laptop
Apple iPhone (For the camera)
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Internet Explorer/Safari
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
5. Apple Mac PC and Laptop
Using this technology helped me create my design,
carry out research for my piece and all in all, the task
could not of been completed without an Apple
computer or laptop.
6. Apple iPhone
My iPhone 5C was used in my task to take photos. The
camera is very clear and good for taking good quality
photos. The camera on my iPhone is most probably a
lot better than a standard digital camera and it was also
easier to take the photo on my iPhone so I could easily
upload it to the Apple Mac to edit and start my design.
7. Adobe InDesign
InDesign was the programme to design the magazine
on. It includes special features to make your magazine
as realistic as possible. You can easily add in your own
photos, change the text font and colours and to make
the page into a magazine design it is simple to create
your own columns so you can simply start typing away.
8. Adobe Photoshop
I only used Photoshop once to effetely get the colour in
my photo to fade out and to change the brightness of
the original photo.
Original Photo
Brightened Photo, with white background fading into text.
9. Internet Explorer / Safari
The internet was extremely helpful. Not only was it
good for research and to research other magazine
plan-outs, It also helped me to blog all of my work
online.
During the research stage, the internet helped me to
look at magazine forms and conventions and research
the general idea of music magazines.
I also used Blogger on the internet, which shows clear
evidence of my progress through out the task and was
extremely helpful to refer to when doing my evaluation.
10. Microsoft Word
I did a lot of my text via Microsoft word and then copy
and pasting the text into InDesign. This was because
Microsoft Word helps you to spell check any incorrect
words and you can easily type and edit your work on
this programme.
11. Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint was only useful in the elevation
stage. It helped me to produce my answer for the
evaluation questions and I liked using PowerPoint to
present my answers as it is clear to follow and easy to
read from.
12. Finally..
Without the technologies I used to create my piece, I
would have had a very difficult job of making my piece
as professional and as good as it is now. The
technology used helped me for each page in my
magazine for various different reasons and ways.
Without the technology and internet, my work would
have been very unclear when showing my progress
and overall, the standard of my work would have been
very poor without any technology used.
