Evaluation question 3
- 1. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? Evaluation question 3
- 2. I used a range of software for this project; the software I used for this was mainly Microsoft Word, Blogger and Photoshop. Yet I also used PowerPoint and Internet Explorer.
- 3. The main hardware I used was a digital camera, a memory stick which was essential, a computer which it would have been pretty much impossible if I didn’t use, and an SD card for the camera. For my research I used mainly internet explorer to search certain magazine styles. In these pictures below i was testing what certain pictures would look like and evaluating them just for practice for when i had to do it about my magazine. I This style sheet helped me mainly showed what they were wearing and what understand what should really go props they are using and what they did to the photos. on my magazine, and what i should For example, darkened photos. Brighter photos, and include. just black and white photos. These effects make the pictures look more authentic and professional.
- 4. I also used survey monkey for my research, if I didn’t use survey monkey I would have had to do it hand- written, which would have taken a long time. I used my memory stick quite frequently for this project. For planning I used Microsoft word to spell check, as Photoshop doesn’t have its own spell check. For the surveys I used survey monkey, in which I got 15 responses which really helped with the audience I was looking for. For production I mainly used Photoshop, it’s really easy to go back and edit any mistakes you have done. I also used a camera in which I took photos at a gig at the venue Fibbers, in York.
- 5. After doing the work in Photoshop I uploaded my 3 pages onto Blogger, in which it gets marked. For my evaluation I am using Microsoft word, it is very simple and easy to use, I can also spell check when I am done. I could hand write my evaluation but it is neater and less time consuming to do it on the computer. I can simply copy and paste the work from word into PowerPoint after spell checking. I wouldn’t have been able to do my project if I didn’t use any technology, it would have been too time consuming, especially hand writing my questionnaires. I believe I could have done my project without Microsoft word, I could of hand written it, yet again, and it would have been too time consuming.
- 6. I probably could have done my project without a scanner, as I only used the scanner for research, scanning magazine covers. The piece of technology I couldn’t have done without is Photoshop, it was my main editing software, it was the most useful programme I used and I learnt how to use it at a basic level. The positives of using technology such as computers, laptops and matchbooks are it is allot more productive and allot quicker. I wouldn’t have been able to get photos for my project if I didn’t use a digital camera with an Scanning a magazine cover and SD card. Sometimes the negatives about using contents for magazine technology are major faults with the software. research. Handwriting this project would of taken up too much time.
- 7. Such as Blogger, and not being able to upload things to the website. As soon as you learn how to use some of the more basic programmes such as Microsoft word it is allot easier to use more difficult programmes such as Photoshop and Survey monkey. This is my blogger page. It sometimes doesn’t allow me to upload certain things such as style sheets and magazine analysis. This is a down side of using technologies such as blogger and internet explorer. I found that using Photoshop was one of the more difficult programs to use. I often lost my work as the computer couldn't save such a big file to its hard drive, therefore i used a memory stick.