EVALUATION STAGESHOW I USED MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

EVALUATION 1I MAINLY USED THE IMAC TO POST MY EVALUATIONS. HERE IS A LIST OF WEBSITES I USED TO PRESENT MY EVALUATION 1: BLOGGER – I MADE A POST WRITING HOW MY MUSIC VIDEO AND

ANCILLARY TEXTS CONFORMED AND CHALLENGED CONVENTIONS OF A RAP ONES. I ADDED GIFS TO SHOW REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF CONVENTIONAL MUSIC VIDEOS THAT I ALSO DEMONSTRATED IN MY MUSIC VIDEO.

YOUTUBE – AS MOST REAL MUSIC VIDEOS ARE ON YOUTUBE, IT WAS ONLY RIGHT THAT I EMBEDDED LINKS TO THESE TO SHOW REAL EXAMPLES THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO MY MUSIC VIDEO. IT ALLOWED MY POINTS TO BE STRONGER AS REAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTED THEM.

GOOGLE IMAGES – GOOGLE ALSO HAS REAL ARTISTS THAT COULD BE COMPARED TO MY ARTIST, THEREFORE, I SAVED THEM AND ADDED THEM TO MY POST FOR AN EASIER ANALYSIS.

SLIDESHARE – I USED SLIDESHARE TO PRESENT HOW MY ANCILLARY TEXTS CONFORMED AND CHALLENGED CONVENTIONAL RAP ONES. I INITIALLY MADE IT ON POWERPOINT AND THEN UPLOADED IT ONTO SLIDESHARE IN ORDER FOR ME TO EMBED THE LINK ONTO MY POST.

EVALUATION 2FOR PRESENTING MY EVALUATION 2, I MADE A VIDEO ON A SOFTWARE CALLED ‘MOVIE MAKER’. I INITIALLY RECORDED MYSELF SPEAKING ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THE COMBINATION OF MY MUSIC VIDEO AND ANCILLARY TEXTS WAS, THEN ADDED PHOTOS AND AN INSTRUMENTAL TRACK IN THE BACKGROUND FOR ADDED ENTERTAINMENT. IT WAS QUITE TRICKY TO EDIT BECAUSE I FOUND IT HARD TO SYNC THE PHOTOS WITH MY VOICE, BUT I EVENTUALLY GOT THERE. I ALSO ADDED TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE PHOTOS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD’VE BEEN BORING JUST WATCHING STILL IMAGES.

EVALUATION 3I DID EVALUATION 3 AS A GROUP. WE MADE A VIDEO AND A SLIDESHARE. BEFORE MAKING A VIDEO, WE PLANNED OUT WHAT TO SAY ABOUT OUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK AND MADE SURE WE CONFIRMED WHAT THEY WERE, WHEN WE RECEIVED THEM AND WHAT WE LEARNT FROM THEM. AFTER RECORDING THIS, WE EDITED IT INTO A SHORT VIDEO ON ‘FINAL CUT PRO X’ AND ADDED PICTURES FOR EXTRA VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT. I ALSO MADE A SLIDESHARE FOR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON OUR PRINT PRODUCTS. WE MADE SURE WE HAD EXAMPLES OF OUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK AND ADDED PHOTOS SO THE READER HAS A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE SHOWED THE AUDIENCE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.

EVALUATION 4I USED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WEBSITES IN ORDER TO PRESENT EVALUATION 4, HERE IS A LIST: PREZI – I USED A PREZI TO PRESENT HOW I USED MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION

STAGE OF OUR MUSIC VIDEO AND ANCILLARY TEXTS. THIS WAS BECAUSE I BELIEVE PREZI IS A FUNCTIONAL AND FUN WAY TO MAKE AND PRESENT A POWERPOINT AS IT LOOKS CREATIVE AND COLOURFUL, ADDING TO THE EXCITEMENT OF READING MY EVALUATIONS.

SOUNDCLOUD – I NEEDED TO ADD MORE CREATIVITY TO MY EVALUATIONS SO I CREATED A PODCAST ABOUT RESEARCH AND PLANNING AND UPLOADED IT ON SOUNDCLOUD, TO EMBED ON MY POST.

SLIDESHARE – I AM USING A POWERPOINT TO UPLOAD ONTO SLIDESHARE TO ANSWER MY LAST EVALUATION QUESTION ABOUT THE EVALUATION STAGE. I MAY HAVE USED IT BEFORE, BUT TO MAKE THIS BLOG POST MORE DIVERSE, I CREATED IT AS A NEW THEME AND FONT.

CONCLUSIONTO MAKE MY EVALUATIONS AS INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE, I TRIED TO BE CREATIVE AND PRESENT EACH POST IN AN DIVERSE WAY, AS OPPOSED TO JUST WRITING ESSAYS OF ANALYSIS. I ADDED PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A BRIGHTER, LESS BORING EFFECT, MOVING IMAGES AND VIDEOS, SO IT IS NOT HARD TO READ THROUGH. I THINK THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE DIFFERENT WAYS I PRESENTED EVALUATIONS ALSO MADE IT MORE EXCITING FOR ME TO CREATE THEM, BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON MY OWN PRODUCTS THAT I HAD MADE, MAKING IT MORE PERSONAL SO READERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MY PROGRESS WAS.