Question 4 (Evaluation)

How did you use media technologies in the evaluation?

WordPress

• Through the evaluation of my media products once again WordPress was helpful in presenting all of my evaluation.

• Being able to embed videos into posts was effective and visual way of presenting the evidence instead of just writing out all of the evaluation.

• Wordpress also allowed me to show my poster and magazine, with analysis to the different elements.

• I found that it was easy to organise the posts and had them set out in the way that I felt presented the evaluation effectively.

• However, Wordpress did update through the process of my evaluation, the school computers didn’t respond well to this. Therefore my Wordpressdidn’t work very well for a couple of weeks.

Prezi

• For my evaluation this year I also decided to use more visual and interesting ways of presenting the information I found through my evaluation.

• Prezi is a web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. I decided to expand my knowledge to different presentation applications that the internet offered. It took a while to get the hang of the application and I was slow using it at first.

• It was easy to add the link into my blog and it works really well, at a quick pace.

• However, because it was confusing to work at first it wasted a lot of the time I should have been evaluating.

Powerpoint

• Through the evaluation of my trailer with the ancillary texts I have used PowerPoint various times. It was used for question 1, analysing what conventions I had used and challenged.

• I use PowerPoint a lot and think that it’s a quick programme that works well especially for evaluation. It allows pictures and symbols to be inserted so it doesn’t just involve text.

• Powerpoint was especially helpful for the presentation of my magazine, as I was able to place current magazine covers along side this, shows visual differences.

Slideshare

• SlideShare is a revolutionary presentation tool that allows individuals to share presentations in real-time from anywhere in the world.

• I began using Slideshare last year for my previous evaluation. I find Slideshare really easy to use and it looks professional. It was useful because I was able to make presentations on PowerPoint that I find really easy, the file is just then uploaded to Slideshare and embed the file into a post on Wordpress.

• I never found any problems uploading the videos and it allowed me to upload as many videos as I wanted to at any time. It was easy to access from any computer.

• However, to read all of the text fully the screen would have to be made full screen, which takes you away from the blog.

Windows movie maker?

• I have previously used Windows Movie Maker in my own time and for other projects like IT and presentations. The programme is really easy to use and because I know how to use it so well I was able to get all the videos with titles and audio done really quickly.

• I have the programme downloaded on my home laptop, and after converting video files using ‘Any video converter’ I was able to insert the videos in and add effects as I chose

• However, sometimes the programme would freeze and it is not the newest version of Movie Maker that I could have used.

Soundcloud?

• SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows musicians to collaborate, promote and distribute their music.

• I used Soundcloud for my evaluation interviews with various people.

• It was really easy to use soundcloud and quick to upload the files I had previously edited in Windows Movie Maker- cutting the files down if mistakes were made. This therefore made the interview alot more professional and flow better.

• Also when I wanted to share the audio clip, there was a specific embedded code for Wordpress so I could have the clip in my blog instead of as just a link. This helped my evaluation to look more professional.

• Sometimes it took a while for the audio clip to play when in my blog-patience was needed