SMART Target Update 1/01/2014

Seen as I had not done a SMART target update on my original SMART target in a while, I decided to do so. 

Since my last update almost two months ago, I have used a wide range of new technology. The main thing I have used is photoshop to a higher level. I had used it before to make my preliminary task, but other than that, not much more. This time, I had too use it to try and achieve my aim of making a media product to a high standard. This included integrating my work so that the images, text and everything on the page fitted together and looked like a magazine. I managed to do this quite well with help from people around me, my teacher and some trial and error. For a more detailed explanation of how I did all this, go to the construction page of my blog.

Another new technology I used recently was screen recording on my laptop for my evaluation. I had never done this before and I was very intrigued to find out how it worked and what I had to do to make it work. I researched how to do it and how to sort out issues I had with it. For a more detailed description on this, go to my evaluation page, question 2.

Also in my evaluation, I have used Powtoon. This was a lot like GoAnimate, however, I had less problems with this one and I think this was partly because I had the previous experience with GoAnimate. 

Diary Entry - 19/12/2013

I didn't manage to make the time to finish the work I planned to finish at home yesterday. Therefore, I had to complete it at the start of today's lesson.

Diary Entry - 18/12/2013

My targets for today's lesson are:

1. To finish my construction of article page
2. Take print screens
3. Start to upload the print screens to my blog with explanations.

End of lesson review
I managed to complete my first target that I set at the start of the lesson as well as the print screens target. I have also completed my last target of the lesson by starting to upload my print screens to my blog and beginning to explain them for the article construction. I plan to complete this when I'm at home.

Diary Entry - 17/12/2013

I did not get the work I was planning to get done at home yesterday and I also did not have a media lesson today. Therefore, I had a lot of work to catch up on today. 

At home today, I added the new print screens I had of my construction onto my blog with detailed explanations. I will continue to do this when I get more print screens of my new construction development when I have a media lesson tomorrow.

I also added detailed introductions to my answers I have completed on my evaluation page of my blog. They explain different aspects of my answers: from the making to the reasons behind the technology used.

Diary Entry - 16/12/2013

In my media lesson today, I finished constructing my 3 magazine pages. It was a very successful day and I had no issues with technology. I then started to add my print screens of my construction to the construction page of my blog and I will finish this at home.

After I have completed adding my print screens, in the next few days I will start answering some other evaluation questions.

Diary Entry - 15/12/2013

Today I started and completed question 5 of my evaluation questions. I didn't know what kind of technology to use to answer this question so I made a spider diagram showing each idea I had and why each one was or wasn't a good idea. This is the spider diagram:

I decided to go for the video presentation because it seemed to have the most pros to it. I made a powerpoint explaining my answer to the question and then edited the slides together in iMovie to make it into a video. I then uploaded the video to Youtube and embedded it into my evaluation page of my blog. For a more detailed explanation the making of question 5 and to see my answer, go to the evaluation page of my blog.

My plans for the coming week are to finish making final changes to my magazine construction and also to add print screens of my progress onto the construction page of my blog. I am also planning to answer some more of the 7 evaluation questions once I have completed my construction.

Diary Entry - 13/12/2013

In today's lesson, I was planning to make changes on my front cover. However, I could not do this as the file would not open on my computer. Instead, I decided to make changes to my article page and this turned out to be a very good decision as there was a lot to get through.

To overcome the problem of the file not working, I copied the file and made another document of it and then it worked. I then caught up on the work I missed from not having this file in my free period. I managed to complete my front cover. However, one problem I had was the photoshop application crashed during the time I was making changes and I lost some of the work I had spent a lot of time on. Luckily, I had been taking print screens for my construction page so I could refer back to these when I had to redo the work I lost. I have now almost finished all the changes I need to make to my 3 pages of construction. All I have left to do are a heading changes to my contents page.