Final Reflections

          Overall, I thouroughly enjoyed my time in Digital Citizenship. I had no idea what this class would consist of in the beginning of the semester, and I'm not even sure I could give a straight answer to that now because we have covered so much stuff. We explored so many aspects of technology and social media and art that I have gained an abundance of knowledge this semester. The lectures and short films taught me a lot about art and how it influences the world's population. For example, the Free to Play documentary opened my eyes to the world of gaming, which I didn't realize was such an influential area of the arts. I also loved reading Letters to a Young Contrarian. The fact that we had to blog about each chapter helped me get more involved with the book. I found myself excited to read it and I was always fascinated by the points Christopher Hitchens brought up. Blogging about the chapters also helped me develop my own thoughts and allowed me to comment on the controversial issues from the book. The Internet Art book was interesting, but I found that the in-class lectures on the chapters were much more helpful and engaging that reading the book on our own. That book just has so much information that it was difficult to take it all in, but having examples, videos, and pictures on the screen in class made the content seem more real. I learned a lot from the lectures and I always found them interesting.
          The projects were definitely my favorite part of the class. I absolutely love art and I love being creative, but since I'm not an art major sometimes it can be hard to include art into my every day life. This class allowed us to explore our artistic abilities and basically express ourselves however we wanted. The remix project was my favorite because I love editing videos. It was also cool to see the different issues and topics that my classmates decided to comment on with their own videos. That brings me to another part of the class that I loved: critique days. I think it is amazing that we all had to share our projects with the class because art is meant to be shared and it is supposed to spark some emotion or thought in other people. Sharing our projects in class allowed us to become more comfortable with our own work and we were able to get feedback from the class. Overall, I thought this class was amazing I don't think much needs to be changed for the next COM242 class.

1. LinkedIn Recommendations? No.
2. Swede Film Festival submission? No.
3. RunKeeper GPS art? No.
4. Course Survey completed? Yes
5. Digital Art: Chapters Intro-3? No.