During this course so far I have learnt to use many
different types of technology: some of which I didn’t even know existed.
What Technology I have used:
-Mac
-Blogger
-Flickr
-Slidely
-Prezi
-Slideshare
-Adobe Elements 11
-Camera
-Memory card/ Memory card reader.
The Mac- before this process and experience I had only
used a Mac a couple of times in order to use the Internet. I was therefore a
novice in all of the application I would be asked to use in order to create my
magazine. The Mac has a different layout compared to a normal PC that runs
Microsoft technology: this was tricky to get my head around but I have enjoyed
the experience and look forward to using the Mac in my Media course next year.
Adobe Elements 11- all three of my Magazine pages have
been created using Adobe Elements 11. I had never used this software before so
at the beginning of the process the amount of different things to do was a
little overwhelming. However, after practise and making a few errors, I feel I
got the hang of it and enjoyed using the many different tools.
The different tools on Adobe that I used the most
were: Zoom, Move, Hand, Magic Hand, Brush, Eraser, Paint Bucket, Shape tools
and crop. All these tools have different unique roles in helping me create my
magazine; the tools became very easy to use after some practise on some early
drafts. The more practise I had the more complicated things I could do. This
gave me a wonderful sense of achievement.
The Adobe elements 11 experience overall was difficult
to start but ended up becoming a fun and enjoyable way to create my magazine.
Blogger- this has been used to upload all of my work:
from research to planning to then my final constructed pages. It illustrates my
journey – on which I believe my skills have progressed and developed well,
preparing my for the next challenge my Media course will through at me.
Blogger has helped me to keep all my work safe and
easily accessible from anywhere with Internet; it also allows others to see my
work and, due to teacher feedback and comments, helped me improve upon it.
Blogger was totally new to me when we first started, but was never a struggle
to access and work on as the layout and different things to do on it were
relatively simple. Overall I have enjoyed working on Blogger and am proud of
the journey it exemplifies.
Flickr, Slidely, Word cloud and Slideshare are
applications that I used within my research for my media magazine. I feel I have
not used these applications enough and feel my research and planning could have
been improved had I done so. My reasoning for not using these applications is
that when I have used them I haven’t felt confident in doing so and have
therefore resorted to what I know. If I were to start this course again I would
take the time to learn how to confidently use this technology.
The Camera- when the task of taking photos came up I
enjoyed the experience and felt confident in doing so as I have used cameras
before. I found it easy to take the photos however, what I did find challenging
was finding the correct locations and lighting to suit my genre and TA. I feel my cover photo was my most successful
image, yet feel my main DPS image could have been stronger. This is the only
image I would replace.
The memory card and memory card reader were simple and
easy to use as they are something that I have done before, meaning I found it
easy to transfer the photos taken by the camera and put them onto the Mac.
In conclusion I feel I have used a range of technology
but could have pushed myself further and used an even wider variety including
thinglink, powtoon and prezi. If I had to start the process again I would
definitely challenge myself more. Enjoying the process of completing my
magazine, Adobe Elements 11 has been my favourite mode of technology and I now
confident using a variety of tools.
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