EVALUATION: Question Six

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

Digital Camera: I have learnt to use a camera at an improved level as I rarely have used a camera and Now, I have learnt the functions and settings on the camera. I learnt about shutter times and lighting levels, how useful camera lens are such as UV filters and what difference they can make... The Digital camera has helped me understand more and gain an interest in cameras and I believe that what I have learnt will definitely be useful in the future.

Internet: I have learnt to detect what are good and what are bad websites for getting information from. I have also learnt how to use forums to further my own goals as I posted on multiple Euro-dance Forums my survey and asked people to fill the survey in. If I remember correctly, there were about 112 or so people who filled it in and I did a survey with at least 100 of those people. I also used the internet to find good information to help with my research.

Microsoft Word: I have learnt how to improve the layout of any word document and how to efficiently use it to create pictures when no other programs are available. I created all of Picture Flat-plans in Microsoft word which turned out successful and I have used work to plan everything throughout the entire project from beginning to end and to take down notes.

Microsoft Excel: I have learnt/ Re-learnt how to create graphs and statistics. I have used the software before but unfortunately, without using the programme for such a long time, the skills fade away and thus I couldn’t remember how to do a thing so I have had to re-teach myself.  I can now create graphs, How to multiply numbers and create statistics. This helped me when calculating my facts and Survey results.

Microsoft PowerPoint: I have learnt to improve the quality of slideshows and how to link slideshows to the internet by using a website called ‘Slideshare’. I also learnt how to use templates to a degree and now I always use a certain template. I have used PowerPoint for my Evalution: Question One, Style Sheet and others to such a degree that my skills have no doubt improved.

Photoshop CS3/ CS4: I have learnt to manipulate and improve images through the means of editing with the tools such as the eraser, Shape tool, Blue tool and colour tool and also with rendering and filtering. This allowed me to improve the quality of the images that I took pictures of and The shape tool to create the Other pictures which were included in my magazine (Example: Eating Pyrite, Brit Awards, Galactic Party...) And Has given me the necessary skills to make things for any other projects that I may begin work on.

Overall: I have improved in many areas But with technology overall, I have improved my metal knowledge on technology and I have improved  on almost all aspects of technology ranging from Input Devices to Image manipulating Programmes and Presentation and word processors for information.