Final Evaluation Question 6

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

Blogger

Blogger was the site I have used to present my A Level Media coursework. Blogger has been an extremely efficient site for when it comes to showing off my work in a presentable way as it allowed me to use a variety of programmes and sources whilst also allowing me to customize my blog as much as I wanted in order to make my coursework appear as attractive and personal as possible. My blog allowed me to have easy access to the blogs of my teachers and classmates so I could review briefs and look for inspiration on my own work. Blogger is also an efficient way of displaying my work on a site that can be easily accessed by both examiners and my teachers.




Photoshop is a photo editing software I used to create my final piece. This was an extremely efficient computer programme for the task I had to complete as it allowed me to customize my images to my own degree and also create my magazine to how I have pictured and planned it. The various tools I used in photoshop included the 'quick selection' tools for cutting my artist out of the image background and the various text effects in order to make my magazine look as eye-catching and professional as possible.

Scribd is a digital library where a user is able to upload their documents to share with other users. I used this to upload my word documents so I could then use an embedded URL to present my document on my blog. Scribd was very useful during my work because it allowed me to display my documents on the actual blog rather than having to provide a link.

Slideshare is a site for sharing powerpoint slides. I used this to display things such as my magazine pitch and survey results. This was a handy site as it allowed me to upload my Powerpoints and embed them onto blog posts so I can present them on my blog.








UK Tribes is a channel 4 project that involves categorising the youth population into certain 'tribes'. I used UK Tribes to label the name of my target audience. This helps as it can also be a guide for me to research into the target audience I have chosen as it has further information about each tribe that allowed me to create a basic audience profile for my target audience.







Soundcloud is a free music distribution service that allows users to record, upload, and promote music. I used soundcloud to make my 20 song playlist. I used soundcloud rather than more popular streaming sites such as Youtube because Soundcloud is more prone to individual unknown artists whereas Youtube is full of mainstream music. Soundcloud was also more helpful to me than Youtube because it allowed me to narrow down my search by genre of music which Youtube does not allow. Soundcloud allowed me to create a playlist of indie artists and then embed this playlist onto my blog.

Survey Monkey is a website that allows you to create your own surveys for the public to take. I used this for my audience survey when asking questions about my magazine and planning my magazine conventions. Survey monkey was helpful as it allowed me to create a questionnaire with the design I wanted and layout I wanted. It then allowed me to share out the questionnaire so that anyone who finds it can take it.

I used the school Apple Macs in order to create the majority of my media coursework. This computer allowed me to use programmes such as Photoshop and Microsoft Word to generate the majority of my coursework. This was a key part of my coursework as it allowed me to do almost everything.








For taking my images, I used a Nokia Lumia 520 and although I was able to edit the images to make them appear to have better quality, I do think my use of equipment was poorly chosen. As an improvement, I could have used a better camera as to capture better stock images for my magazine.