Analysis of A2 Blogs
- 1. Analysis of A2 Blogs
- 2. Firstly, I looked at Claire, Hannah, Cindy and Steph’s blog who did a similar task as mine which is creating a teaser trailer.
- 3. What I noticed first was that on the sidebar, they two sections called contributors and a blog archive. This blog has four different contributors so it makes sense to have links to their individual blogs but as my own, I am the only contributor so this wouldn’t be necessary for me. Also, the blog archive is useful as we can see what work was done at what time however, I noticed that there were no labels that clearly stated what type of work it was, for example, research or planning. Therefore, it is harder to navigate through the blog and we cannot see specific work related to the label.
- 4. Also, while showing their final poster, they went into explained about specific details such as the tear although, it wasn’t as detailed, we could still gain somewhat of an idea on what they were aiming to do.
- 5. In addition, they showed 4 different ideas of how they wanted their poster to look like. This is useful as we can understand that instead of using the first idea they came up with, they tried to look at different ways to portray their image and the best way their poster would be effective.
- 6. However, a negative is that they haven’t used various types of presenting software and have resorted to having texts as posts. Although, they have used some software like slideshare and their own video. This is useful as one of the criteria is to show evidence of use of technology so I can see that in order to gain higher marks, I need to make use of different websites to show my information.
- 7. I’ve also noticed that they haven’t embedded their Prezi onto the blog which could show less use of technology and instead they’ve used screen captures of the different steps in the Prezi and given a short description.
- 8. Secondly, I looked at Emily and Tolga’s blog who had a similar main task as mine as well as the previous blog I analysed.
- 9. Development of Magazine This was the first post that spoke out to me. This post outlined the process of how they created each aspect of the cover. This is useful as they went into detail and explained each part rather than just showing the magazine. Apart from this post, there are various other posts that show the process of creating the cover.
- 10. Development of Poster Going along the same lines as the previous slide, they have gone into incredible detail about how they created each aspect of the poster. This is useful as it shows me that I need to go into similar detail and show each part of the process so that it becomes clear to the reader about each stage.
- 11. Although, a negative I found was that like the first blog, Emily and Tolga didn’t make use of a lot technology as they have text heavy posts. This shows that, once again, in order to gain high marks, I need to use different presenting software in my posts and try to find new ways of presenting rather than using the same websites like Prezi.
- 12. I found that going into detail is key because instead of just stating things, analysing and showing detail will mean that the reader can get a clearer idea of the process of reaching my final tasks. Making use of technology will be beneficial as it won’t be too text heavy and by using different presenting software, it will be more interesting to view. What have I learnt?