1. What have you
learnt about
technologies
from the process
of constructing
this product?

2. Throughout the process of producing my
music magazine I have used different
software’s, websites and technologies to
help me create it. Along the way I have
picked up new skills and knowledge about
software and techniques on helping me
create a professional looking music
magazine. I was introduced to Photoshop
and InDesign in the preliminary task and
didn’t have a great deal of knowledge on
what to do with the software’s. Using the
software’s again allowed me to expand my
skills and knowledge on the software.

3. To create my magazine I used the College
Apple Mac’s which provided the software’s
I needed to create my magazine. When I
first started using the Apple Mac’s I found it
difficult as I was new to using Windows 7.
But using the Mac’s each lesson made it less
difficult and got easier each time I used
them.

4. I used InDesign to create the layout of my
magazine and to produce my magazine. I
had some knowledge on using InDesign
from the previous preliminary task which
gave me a head start when creating my
magazine. I used InDesign to create my
front cover, contents page and double page
spread.

5. I used Photoshop to experiment with my
photo’s I had taken. I experimented with
the contrast to tone down the blue
background. I haven’t really used
Photoshop with this project as I haven’t
wanted to change my photos.

6. I was introduced to a website called
Survey Monkey which helped me with my
questionnaire. I created a survey and
posted it on Survey Monkey to get
responses. I also sent links to my
questionnaire on Facebook to get more
responses.

7. I used my Canon digital camera to take
photographs for my magazine. I took a
series of photographs with my camera and
used the black and white effect on my
camera to capture an indie feel photo.

8. I used a website called Blogger to post all
my research and planning and to show my
experimenting with my magazine. I used
Blogger to post my final designs of my
magazine and the evaluation. I was
already introduced to Blogger for the
preliminary task so I found it easy to post
blogs and how to edit them.

9. Facebook was used to help me get
feedback on my music magazine. I created
a group called ‘AS Media Music Magazine’
and added people to the group to get
feedback to see what I could improve on
my magazine. I also used Facebook to send
links to people to get them to do my
questionnaire.

10. I have also created PowerPoints on
‘Microsoft Office PowerPoint’ then
unloaded them onto a website called
‘SlideShare’. I then embedded the links on
my blog, this was my first time using
‘SlideShare’. ‘SlideShare was simple and
easy to use and I would use this website
again.

11. To create my video responses I used a
college video camera to capture my
responses. This was my first time using a
video camera but it was very simple to
record and upload them to the computer. I
then used software to edit my videos
allowing me to delete unwanted scenes.