6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

Adobe InDesignThis was a key program in the

construction of my music magazine. It allowed my to create my cover page, contents page and article in a sophisticated style.

This program has many tools that with induction and practice (through my preliminary task), I felt by the time it came to produce my music magazine, I was able to use this efficiently.

Adobe PhotoshopThis program is one I was only

briefly introduced to. I used it’s background erasing tools to subtract the background away from the images in my preliminary task. When I came to use this tool on my music magazine images, I felt the practice had lead me enabling using the tool more efficiently with better results.

Digital Camera

I used a digital camera to take all the images I used for my music magazine, as well as other props like the addition of a lamp for brightness on the face of my artist ‘Ella’.

The reason behind this was that I felt other camera devices, such as a mobile phone camera, would not give as good quality, and would therefore tarnish the overall presentation of my magazine.

Blogger

I used Blogger regularly throughout the progress of my music magazine production.

I used my account to upload all drafts of my production, as well as drawn drafts, image selection, target audience and music magazine pages research, etc.

I found it simple, easy, and quick to use, displaying my progress in a sophisticated and professional presentation, through a diary-like manner.

Prezi

Prezi is another online application that I have had to get accustomed with as I used this, not only to display my music magazine research, but also during my evaluation.

This alternate way of presenting certain aspects of my evaluation was chosen as using the online site was quick and easy. It’s inventive designs allow my content to be displayed in a visually different and appealing manner, which I consider a breath of fresh air from the sometimes bland presentation of continuous essay-like layouts.

By using creative tools such as arrows, it can convey content in such a way that can be more easily understood.

PowerPoint/Slideshare

I used PowerPoint to display some aspects of my progress in the production of my magazine, such as the results of my target audience questionnaire.

It allows the observer to accurately follow slides of what I’m conveying, in a simple, yet, effective way. This simplicity helps not to distract the observer from the progress of my production, but allow them to view it in a clear manner.

The Internet

The internet has mainly been the foundation in the progress of my music magazine, in addition to Adobe InDesign.

It allowed me to access online applications such as Prezi and Slideshare, that I used to display questionnaire results, research and certain parts of evaluation.

In some areas of this research I could use the search engine Google to collect images like, the music magazine pages, to use for analysis.

Also, I could use the site Blogger to post my progress easily and efficiently.