Comments for ANICO, and more on blogging in general

Skye’s style and content is very organized in her blog posts. It makes it very easy to follow and understand. She presents her topic clearly and then follows it up with in-depth analysis. With the exception of her first post, Skye has offered a response to other classmate’s posts in each of hers’. This makes for a very successful blog, as it is the purpose of the blog to get us interacting with each other about the course and relevant topics – as opposed to providing a summary of the reading and posting it for the sake of not failing this portion of the class. I wish more people would provide content like this. I know I do not, although I wish I would have read Skye’s posts earlier in the semester, as I have a lot I could say about them. She offers a lot of great points and poses very interesting questions. In fact, it took me forever-and-a-half to finish reading her posts, because my mind kept jumping off and making connections. Unfortunately when I have been in the mood to read through other posts I haven’t seen Skye’s. Which leads me to my one suggestion for her: catch up on your posts and make two per week. Of course, if you split up the posts you have made into 300 word sections, you would probably be close to catching up. I would like reiterate that I wish more people would use the blog for its true purpose. I am guilty of it too, so I don’t blame anyone for not posting, or for just providing their response and moving on. We already have to sit through class for over an hour trying to digest this stuff, and with all of our other responsibilities, reading through the blog just isn’t a priority when we can get by with the minimal requirement. I don’t know if anyone else has this problem or not, but when in class I find it hard to contribute because someone will bring up something, I will contemplate it and make connections, and by the time I formulate a response, two or three other people have chimed in and either completely changed the topic or just made a mess of the discussion. So I just sit back and kinda take it all in and then make my conclusions. This is why I think the blog is a very useful tool. We could all benefit by extending the class discussions into the blog. Now this isn’t always easy considering if you don’t make the post right after class you may forget everything you wanted to say, because not every day and every theory can be interesting. In fact, I haven’t found myself that interested in any of our recent theorists since the topic of semiotics. So I am offering to do my best to make solid posts and contribute to the content of the blog by interacting with other people’s posts. Chances are no one will read this, except maybe Skye, but if anyone does I encourage you to do the same. Skye, keep doing what your doing, just more often.