Wk C2 (15) Class Feedback, Points Update & more!

Hi, and farewell, everyone! It’s been a privilege and a pleasure sharing this Art 110 journey and a part of your Fall ’18 with you.

Thank you for taking the class. Thank you for getting to know each other. I hope that 10 years from now you’ll still know someone that you met in Art 110 this semester.

I hope that as you embark on your Engineering-Business-Nursing-Psychology-Communications-Biology-Nutrition-and other careers that you can find a place for Art in your life.

Maybe that’s a visit to a museum or gallery, but it’s as good or better to Live Artfully. Many of us love experiencing media: mobile apps, games, movies, music, and books. That’s wonderful. But sometimes that can be a lot of consuming other people’s dreams and ideas.

I hope you’ll have art in your life, whether that’s picking up a pencil and sketching something, or getting off the couch and dancing, or simply preparing a meal with love.

All points through B10 & C1 are now up on BeachBored. We’ve had 730 points posted so far. Here’s where you should be to be on track for each grade level, and how many peeps are currently at that level:

• 657 points = 90% = on track for final grade of "A" – 83 peeps
• 574 points = 80% = on track for final grade of "B" – 11 peeps
• 501 points = 70% = on track for final grade of "C" – 11 peeps
• 428 points = 60% = on track for final grade of "D" – 5 peeps
• 427 & below = on track for final grade of "F" – 13 peeps

Class GPA this week: 3.19

Still to come:

• Attendance – 216 points
• Final – 54 points

As you know, the final is Wednesday, 19 December, 2:45 – 4:45 in the SOA Gallery Courtyard.

• I will upload all Attendance points on Thursday 20 December.
• I will upload your Final points on Thursday 20 December.
• I will submit your Final Grades to Brotman Hall on Friday 21 December.

Here’s our Top 10 for Week C2:

1. Erica Lander, 896
2. Audrey Resella, 887
3. Toty Tottress, 838
4. Hope Kindred, 825
5. Allison Sanchez, 811
6. Jamie Landicho, 804
7. Hailey Hairrell, 795
8. Trenton Riemer, 794
9. Sienna Sanchez, 790
10. Brian Freeman, 786

gave feedback: 50/123 = 41% of class

1. A-B-C format

• Useful – 43
• Not useful – 2
• Constraining format – 1
• Confusing – 5
• Too compacted in the middle – 1

2. Messy Hands activities

• Fun / Relaxing – 42
• Not relevant – 1
• Mixed feelings – 3
• Too expensive – 3
• Too Messy – 2
• Difficult – 1

3. Life Design activities

• Useful – 35
• Mixed feelings/relevant but no fun – 4
• Confusing – 1
• Not relevant – 2
• Difficult – 5
• More like homework – 4

4. Student Choice & One More activities

• My Favorite – 42
• Rather have a specific activity – 1
• Mixed feelings – 3
• Redundant – 3

5. Conversations with SOA Artists

• Loved them – 32
• Intimidating, but helped me get out of my shell – 1
• Without this class I would never have set foot in an art gallery – 1
• Mixed feelings – 8
• The "Template" detracts from genuine conversation – 1
• Have more Short Story type variations – 2
• Liked because I could leave class early – 1
• Too much work – 1
• Waste of time – 1
• Felt forced – 2
• Got old – 3
• Prefer not to – 1

6. Class websites vs BeachBoard

• Useful – 37
• Mixed feelings – 5
• Complicated/Confusing – 3
• BeachBoard better – 7

7. WordPress for your blog

• Useful – 41
• Mixed feelings – 3
• All posts should be password protected – 1
• Sucked having to post videos separately on YouTube – 1
• Confusing – 4
• BeachBoard better – 2

8. Wix (or other) for your ePortfolio

• Useful – 23
• Mixed feelings – 5
• Harder than WP – 7
• Not Useful – 10

9. Guest speakers

• Useful – 40
• Mixed feelings – 2
• Not relevant – 6
• Boring – 1
• Have class choose who guest speakers will be – 1

10. Meeting classmates

• Useful – 34
• Have small group activities – 3
• Mixed feelings – 2
• Fun but pointless – 2
• Hated being forced to talk to people – 1
• Unnecessary, we formed our own groups – 1
• Awkward/Caused anxiety – 7
• Not what I came for – 2

11. No tests (no focus?)

• Useful – 40
• Less stressful + more interesting – 1
• I found a more genuine interest in what I was learning – 1
• Kept me on my toes for assignments – 1
• No tests good, but class materials maybe not relevant – 1
• Had to waste a scantron for no reason – 1
• Lack of direction – 1
• Difficult to stay invested in the class – 1
• Made me not take the class seriously – 1
• Led me to not pay attention – 1
• Made it harder to just pass the class – 1
• Made class more difficult – 1

12. Other thoughts

• Would recomend this class – 2
• Thank you – 1
• I enjoyed coming to class – 2
• Keep it simple – 1
• Motivated me to figure out my career path – 1
• I will remember the Scantron midterm for the rest of my life – 1
• Don’t regret taking the class – 1
• Loved films/videos – 1
• Appreciated advice – 1
• Helped me open up – 1
• Pleasant – 1
• Learned a lot – 2
• Inspired creativity – 1
• Thanks for listening to students – 1
• My favorite class this semester – 2
• Felt like Art Appreciation and not real art – 1
• Learn from different experts – 1
• Instructor showed favoritism toward those in front – 1
• We learn by doing – 3
• Class was freeing & exciting – 1
• Some days my mind was elsewhere – 1
• Doubt Club was very important – 3
• I had fun – 2
• Great class – 6
• Unique class – 2
• Enjoyed class – 2
• Taught me to be open minded – 1
• Lots of opportunities – 1
• Inspired to go out & do things – 1
• Will visit your OH next semester – 1
• Learning outside the classroom mindset – 1
• Stay awesome – 5
• Investment in our lives as people – 3
• Empowered students – 1

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