Week 2:

Wow, what a week. I'm not even sure where to begin.

First, the reading. This week we read and discussed the book Getting It: A Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Art by Becky Hendrick. I actually enjoyed reading this book, because I felt as if the author explained everything well, and in a way which was fairly easy to understand. I liked the idea of analyzing form to discover content, and to compare pieces of art to things you're already familiar with. She let her opinion show a little too much in the book, but I felt like it was a worthwhile read.

This week was full of making group plans and figuring out who is doing what. I think this week I realized just how much WORK this project is going to take. Between three sub-groups, we're all going to be keeping very busy! I am a part of the virtual tour group, tech/web design group, and documentary group. I think we're off to good starts in all three of these groups, and we're all starting to realize how important teamwork and collaboration is going to be for this project.

The only group I'm concerned about getting along and collaborating well is the tech/web group. We almost immediately came to head on the entrance to our website, and how students and teachers would navigate it. Ultimately, this decision will be left up to Tania Said, which is the appropriate route. What worries me is simply that there was so much bickering over this one element, a few spats rose up, and even in our meeting with Tania I felt like we were a bunch of middle school students fighting over something. It was almost a little embarrassing. I'm hoping as time progresses we start to learn to compromise better and to discuss things rather than bicker. Otherwise, we are in for a very long semester.