6. What have you learnt about technologies from the presses of constructing this product?

Software/Websites/Hardware

• Internet Explorer• Blogger• Slideshare• Survey Monkey• Adobe Photoshop• Adobe Bridge• Microsoft Word• Microsoft PowerPoint

Here are some of the software, websites and hardware that have been used:

• Camera (SLR)• Laptop (MAC)• Desktop• SD Card• Memory Stick• Computer• IPhone Voice

Recorder

Where is it all used?Research:• Internet explorer• Microsoft PowerPoint• Survey Monkey• Slideshare• Blogger• Computer• Laptop• Memory stick• IPhone voice recorder.

Planning:• Internet Explorer• Microsoft Work• Microsoft PowerPoint• Slideshare• Blogger• Laptop• Computer• Memory stick

Production:• Adobe Photoshop• Blogger• Adobe Bride• Laptop• Computer• Memory stick• SD Card• Camera

Evaluation:• Internet Explorer• Blogger• Microsoft

PowerPoint• Slideshare• Laptop• Computer• Memory Stick

Internet Explorer (Blogger, SlideShare etc.)

Internet explorer is something that I could not have done my product without. I would have virtually impossible to do any of the research or planning parts of my production. The good thing about the internet is that it can be used to find lots of information that might not be availably anywhere else. The negative side is that it is not always information that is 100% accurate such as things from Wikipedia as you do not know who has written it.

I used blogger to upload all of my research, planning etc. so that it can all be viewed online in one place. The advantage of this is that it is all in one place and is essentially safe, but the down side of this is that the blog can be lost at any time as I found out, it also only supports specific file type such as pdf and picture, other files have to uploaded differently.

SlideShare is what I used to overcome this problem, the PowerPoint is uploaded onto slideshare and then a embedded code is coped into blogger that allows this PowerPoint to be viewable without changing any formats.

Other (Photoshop, External Memory & Hardware)

As I have been working on this product in various different places it was essential to have all my work on a memory stick, this also was the case as my laptop did not have enough room to hold all of the work.

Although there are alternative programs that I could have used to create my magazine, I feel as though this product would have been impossible without Photoshop. I had good knowledge of Photoshop before I stared but this had been progressed sue to this product and the making off it. Skills such as; gradient, pen tool, colour levels, strokes, text tool, layers, shape tool, line tool, character spacing and lots of editing.

I also used a camera for this, I feel as though my product would have been impossible to complete without this too. I didn't’t use a tripod or anything when I was taking my photos as I felt as though I needed to engage with the model and have more natural images rather then very staged.

Adv. & Disadv.?Adv:

The advantages of being able to use the internet and all of the technology was that things were a lot quicker and can be done in a shorter period of time rather than having to write it all up by had. I could have done without all of the writing technology but I found it easier with it.

Disadv:

The disadvantages of using so much technology is that it is not always 100% reliable some work can be lost and it is not always save being saved on the internet alone, it all has to be backed up and this takes a lot of time out of actually creating the product.