What did you learn?- in today's lesson I learnt more skills in photoshop and to analyse problems that I encounter while in photoshop. As well as this I learnt how to generate ideas for a children's interactive book.

What skills did you develop?- I did not develop many skills other than my photoshop which I had a clear understanding of anyway.

What do you need to improve?- I need to improve my evolvement in the group and idea generation of the children's interactive book. I can do this by putting forward my ideas in the hope that they will be taken into consideration or even used.

What problems and solutions were found?- the problems I came across were the ones that were found in photoshop which were resolved later on. When it came to the idea generation we spent a large amount of time thinking of the idea, but nothing that would seriously impact the deadline and the process.

What are the next actions you need to take to produce your e-book successfully?

We need to create some illustrations for the characters and to build on the story of the e-book itself. Once this is completed they can be put into digital form to start the editing process. As well as this we hope to get audio clips and voices out of the way as soon as possible.

Secondary research: what did you learn?- When we went to the local library, we chose a few books that could directly relate to our e-book. We feel that by looking at these books we can see what they done to get the book published and successful, as well as looking at the content and illustration so we have a clear understanding of what children like to read and see when turning the pages of these books. We learned that by using simplistic language and cartoon type illustrations, we could appeal to the audience that we are branching out to just due to the simpleness of the book. We also noted that by using bright colours and bold text could appeal and have a good effect on the younger audience.

How did you create your background using collage/ mixed media?- I used different materials and templates to create a collage for my e-book. I decided to go with a simple design for my collage. The setting was a field as this is the main setting for our character 'Murray the mole'. I used green chalk for the grass of the field, following the outline I had previously drawn to get a clear understand of what it might look like at the end. I then used paper cut-outs to show the outline and shape of the mole. I used fine liner to outline the hills and clouds, although originally the clouds were supposed to be made out of a sponge material.

What problems did you identify and how did you solve them?- I did not identify many problems when on this task, the only notable problem was the change in the material for the clouds from a sponge material to just using fine liner. I feel that if I were to use the sponge material it would look better, and would have a better effect towards the audience that we were targeting.