What have you learn about new technologies from the process of creating this product
- 2. ADOBE INDESIGN This software allows you to create a well structured piece of media product such as a front cover, a contents page or a double page spread. This is an advanced piece of software which was crucial for me in order to get my magazine completed. Adobe in design has difficult features which can be used but it takes time to perfect your InDesign skills as it is highly professional. I used InDesign to create that I inserted columns to place the text which made my work look professional. This is easier to use than Photoshop because it allows you to perfect your design and features by being able to easily add banners, columns and images.
- 3. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Adobe Photoshop allows the editing of photos and allows the creation of media products. This is also an advanced piece of software which uses up-to-date tools which allow you to edit and add effects which helped ne to complete my front cover and contents page and front cover. and in order to perfect my front cover I had to use my editing skills which I gained from classes. I used Photoshop in order to complete my contents page as I think that this is a easier software to use rather than InDesign.
- 4. BLOGSPOT I have learnt how to create and edit my own online blog. This software is very simple and allows people to get to know it very fast as it is designed simply and it is easy to understand. I used BlogSpot to create my own media blog, this allows people from around the world to access my blog and present what I’m doing throughout my media studies.
- 5. POWTOON&EMAZE PowToon is fun and creative software which allows me to create slideshows. This software has a range of tools which allows you to create entertaining and appealing slideshows in which I have used to present my work and research. PowToon has a range of layouts, transitions and other tools in order for me to make slideshows for my blog. I think that Powtoon is aimed at unprofessional people and mainly teenagers/children as the layout is cartoon alike. Emaze is a software which has allows me to create slideshows and easily share them. There are many layouts which I find appealing and I think that Emaze is one of the easiest and most developed online PowerPoint building software that I have used in my media studies. This software has a good range of tools in order to make slideshows appealing. Emaze appears to be a very professional software due to the different layouts provided.
- 6. PREZI & SLIDESHARE Prezi is another software which has allowed me to produce high quality and professional slideshows. Prezi is an advanced presentation software which has allowed me to create a range of different presentations. Prezi is laid out professionally which gives off an impression of exclusivity . Prezi is very easy to use and the tools provided allowed me to create interesting, informative and appealing slideshows. Prezi is the easiest and best software to use as the features and layout are highly appealing. Slideshare is a software which allows me to share my presentations with the world, for example; when making a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint you need your file to be embedded in order for it to be able to go on your blog. I found this software very useful and easy to use.
- 7. SURVEY MONKEY Survey Monkey is a free website which allowed me to create my questionnaire site which allowed me to create questionnaires to use on my blog. I feel that online questionnaires are a better way of collecting data I find this site very simple to use. MetaChart is a very simple site to use when presenting different types of data. This site has a range of different presentation types such as pie charts, bar charts, line graphs etc. You can edit your graphs using the tools to make you chart more appealing and eye-catching. This website did help me and in the future I will be using it again.
- 8. BECOMING A PROSUMER New technologies and Blogspot have enabled me to become a prosumer in the age of web 2.0. my work would have been only been viewed by my peers, a sample of my target audience, teachers and examiners. Now, it can be seen by the worldwide audience across the world due to the advanced technologies available in the 21st century.