Evaluation Q6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have used a variety of programs and technologies in creating my music magazine, some I had used before and others that I had not. By using them I have improved my project and feel confident in using them in the future to help with work then.
I completed this project on two computers; the Apple Mac which was used in lessons and my own Acer laptop which I used at home. I took all of my photos with my Canon Digital ixus 9015 camera.

These photos were cropped and edited using Adobe Photoshop CS3, a program that I had not used before and now feel confident using.

The research, final magazine and evaluation of my magazine were all posted onto a website called Blogger, a blogging website which sets out all the work I have done for my project. This has given me an interactive platform to show my music magazine.

My music magazine itself was made using the program Adobe inDesign CS4, as was my student magazine for the preliminary project. I had never used this program before, and I found it a very useful creative tool. It allowed me to convert my ideas that I had for my R&B magazine into a real magazine. I learnt about the different layers a magazine uses, as well as how to layout the piece.

One example of a program I had used before was Microsoft Word. I used Word to type out the text of my double-page spread, as well as to write the treatment, action plan and evaluation, as it is the easiest program when writing text. This text was then copied over to Blogger and posted online.

I also used Microsoft PowerPoint to create a presentation on ‘How to create a questionnaire for a music magazine’, which I then turned into an interactive production using SlideShare.

In order to get people to complete my questionnaire, I posted on my Facebook and Twitter pages in an attempt to gain more feedback.

I created the questionnaire using www.surveymonkey.com, which collects the information. I then turned this feedback into graphs using Microsoft Excel.

As you can see, I have used a variety of technologies and programs to create my magazine, with this experience making me confident and capable with all of them.