Documenting The Arts

      Over the duration of this course I enjoyed all the topics and the majority of assignments. I found each artistic movement extremely interesting, and I enjoyed the challenge of analyzing works other than literature. I think that in each movement I learned something different, and honed my critical analysis skills. I found the pacing to be very balanced, although towards the end my own struggles with time management led to a bit of a landslide of work. This is obviously no fault of the course. I found the unique elements of each movement a great weekly source of challenge, working through each was entertaining as well. The layout of the course, especially the chronological nature makes everything easy to connect, and allows for each unit to flow into the next. Starting out, I wasn't sure if I could handle using all the different tools, such as Blogger, sites, padlet, and other infographic media tools. After the first week, though, it turned out to be very manageable, ...

      I managed to get caught up on all my analyzations, and I think my website came out fairly decent. I'm actually pretty proud of all the primary sources I found, and the message that develops across my website content. My word count may be a little under final quality, but I am legitimately proud of my results. I am not, however, proud of my own work ethic and time management. Two areas which I will need to work on in the future, and two areas where I failed on this project, leading to an outcome which under the circumstances I can be proud of, I am not proud of when considering the overall pacing of the course. Image: Clock; Source: Pixabay

      Although I got as far behind as I did, I still somehow found trouble getting myself into a successful working groove. I really need to put some work into self motivation and planning ahead. Other than those two facts, I have added two and a half more primary analyzations to my site, as well as a references page for all my images and secondary sources. Image: Wrist Watch; Source: Pixabay

      In my previous blog post I explained my situation, and this post will reflect most of the same sentiment as Week 9. I have fallen very behind on my work, and am now trying to catch myself up. I added two new primary sources to my site, which now includes an introduction page to fit the final requirements. I hope to complete a decent final product soon enough. Image: Deadline; Source: Pixabay

      This week, I foolishly let myself get extremely behind on my project. Most of my work has occurred in the last few days rather than weeks, which is to the fault of my sub par time management and motivation skills. I have updated all my old pieces to meet final requirements, and added two new primary source analyzations. I also completely redesigned the purpose of my project, as my old ideas were inadequate when considering the full scale of the project; it would not have been enough to create a final project's worth of content. Image: Timer; Source: Pixabay