So far, my opinion of the blog continues to vary. While I never expected the outside of class work involved with a drawing studio class, I appreciate the introduction to a new medium for displaying my work. I also enjoy writing and the construction of a personal blog site has promoted my interest in writing. I personally feel that my blog is well constructed, informative and provides a decent reflection of my personal work. However, if I were to represent myself professionally I would spend more time evaluating the layout and I would be far more selective of the content included. However, when you have to constantly make scheduled blog postings, it is difficult to take some of these creative liberties.
Though this is a useful personal tool for each individual student, I know that it has personally only helped me to view the blogs of other students so that I can keep up-to-date on assignment deadlines for my own personal blog. I never feel compelled to browse other student's blogs and I comment on them only as often as required. When viewing other student's blogs, I noticed that many of them lack comments of any kind. All in all, the experience has been interesting but I feel it would be more useful as an informative activity or segment of the class rather than an assigned add-on.
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thanks, erik. one thing that has surprised me this semester is how little students have wanted to or taken the time to comment on other blogs--to have a kind of art student conversation through them. it may just be the fact that it is assignment-based, but if it was not assigned, would anyone do it at all? lots of stuff for me to think about.
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