What I Have Learnt About The Use Of Technologies & How Have I Used Them

What I Have Learnt About The Use Of Technologies & How Have I Used Them

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  What I HaveLearnt About The Use Of Technologies & How Have I Used Them
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  This course hastaught me a lot about different technologies and I have learnt how to use many to reach the final product.
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  Here is alist of all the technological mediums I have used Computer/Laptop Scanner Internet TV Adobe Photoshop & USB InDesign Webcam YouTube E-Mail PowerPoint Ipod/Itunes Blogger Blackberry SLR Bridge Camera Fronter Slideshare
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  Information communication technology within media Within the media course you had to have a good understanding of ICT in order to do well, we needed to know how to work a computer and have a decent idea on how to use the internet to find reliable sources of information and research. When we first went into media we were told we had to set up a blogger account and that is where all our recordings and work would be stored this is a very efficient way of doing it meaning it is less to physically carry around and that it is accessible anywhere. Doing it this way has taught me that it is very important to show refinement and to display things in a step by step fashion so it is clear and visible that I am improving in order to gain the higher grades. As well this has set me up so I would be able to do an online portfolio if I needed to.
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  Adobe Products For manyof my classmates doing this course was the first time they had used these products but luckily for me I am studying photography at Bishop Ramsey so I have a head start on Photoshop but I was new to InDesign. I watched a few tutorials on YouTube for things I didn’t understand but sure enough in next to no time I was using it fluently. In the field of work I wish to enter it is very important I have some knowledge on how to use products like this. So I am glad I am being taught it, and having time to learn at my own speed. One thing I did find was that it is very hard to know everything and learn everything about these products as they keep changing and updating but it is important to understand the basics as that rarely changes.
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  Microsoft Products I usedboth PowerPoint and Word in this assignment. I used word as an extra editing process checking spelling and grammar as InDesign doesn't have that facility. I found that sometimes it was easier to type up on these products and copy to the other programs as Microsoft have a wider variety of fonts to chose from. This changing the complete look of my magazine compared to someone who used adobes basic fonts. Also I am using PowerPoint and Slideshare now to evaluate my magazine. I find this a very clean cut way to evaluate and conclude fully.
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  USB, Email, Fronter,Blackberry These are the mediums I used to transfer data from one place to another I found these the most practical especially transferring my work from school to school. The problem lied in the fact E-Mail and Fronter had upload limits meaning that larger files couldn’t be posted or sent. But I have managed to work around this to still produce all the work I needed to and to make my magazine pages. I also found difficulty in using USB between schools as security settings at Bishop Ramsey restrict the use of USB but again I have worked around this by working more from home and staying behind at Ruislip High some days after school. I used my Blackberry smartphone to read my emails on the go meaning I could easily catch up and complete any work I miss and/or any feedback the subject supervisor gives me I get to read sooner.
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  Scanner & SLRBridge Camera I used the scanner to put print outs of my magazine on my blog this way I could have a hard copy to show not only my teachers but also my peers so they could help evaluate and refine ideas. This also meant I could put my class work and feedback sheets on my blog. I have been using my camera right from the first school magazine task. I went round Bishop Ramsey taking photos even then. When I had selected Maddi to be my model for my real magazine we arranged to meet up and go to Ruislip Woods for a photo shoot then back to hers using a backdrop in her front room. I used all the different settings on my camera and took well over 400 photos then refined it down to just four of her that featured in my magazine.
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  Internet, Webcam, Ipod/Itunes,TV I used all of the above for research purposes. I was always looking on other magazine companies websites and on Google images looking at magazines double page spreads. I used TV, I made sure I caught ‘the fix’ ITV2’s ninety second showbiz news bulleting between 11pm-11.30pm. This gave me a snippet of what was going on in the celebrity world thus inspiring the magazine theme and other fake articles. This is similar as to how I used iTunes I used the live top 10 to help me pick an artist and style that was current and popular. By using my iPod I came up with the name DoYa it is a song by the boy band McFly. From listening to the song as I worked on my blog the name stuck. Using my WebaCam I was able to take videos of my target audience reading my my magazine so I go their input first CLICK hand and they helped me refine ideas.