MODULE 1

1. How was the process of creating the GMail account and setting up the Blog?

2. What do you expect to learn in this course?

3. How do you feel about taking an online course?

4. What three things in the Growth Mindset videos do you believe most apply to you?

1. I had a personal gmail account already that I use for things not related to school so I set up my Art Inquiry blog through that. 

2. In this course, I expect to learn how to write about art after analyzing and interpreting it. When first looking at a piece of art it is easy to judge it simply on how it looks. I think this class will teach me what questions to ask myself when viewing a painting for the first time. I will be able to take account the historical content of the time period it was made in or even the personality or temperament of the artist.  From the knowledge I gain from this class I hope to be able to then transfer these thoughts or information to writing.

3. I am nervous to take an online course because I fear the deadlines will be hard to remember. So far, I have written all due dates in my calendar. Hopefully I will remember to use my calendar. I am a forgetful person. for an additional reminder, I printed out the module schedule. It has each blog and discussion group assignment listed so I can cross them off as I complete them throughout the week which is pretty satisfying. I plan on hanging this list on the wall somewhere I'll see it everyday.

One thing I like about having a class online is I can do the assignments at my leisure as long as they're done at the end of the week. I also like how I don't have to go to a class. Sometimes motivating yourself to get up and physically go to the class is the hardest part. I promise I'm not that lazy. I'm making myself sound like a horrible student. 

4. It was hard to get past the bad acting or script reading (whatever that was) and the sentence long hashtags (do they know how hashtags work?) in the Growth Mindset videos. When I started listening to what they were saying, they had some good points. One guy mentioned balancing school and work. Teachers understand students have to work because they are paying for college. I like how many of my professors offer textbooks at the library so I don't have to buy them. This saves me hundreds of dollars a semester. 

One "student" talked about exploring Buffalo and finding cool spots. During my free time or breaks my friends and I like to leave campus to get lunch or walk around. It is important to keep doing this and explore further outside campus to get to know the city and try everything it has to offer. If you just go to school and then go home, it's just like high school and going to class becomes a chore or something you don't look forward to.  

The same guy said how even though he is having fun exploring Buffalo he is still able to maintain a relationship with his family at home. I have learned to make frequent trips home at least every other weekend. This is easy for me to do since my parents live in the suburbs outside of Buffalo. This semester I should try to make phone calls to my mom and dad more frequent especially if I won't be seeing them that week.