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December 18, 2005
Upstate Greek Revival, Or, Blogging Pedagogy and Me
My Art 208, Greek Art & Architecture class, participated in a blogging assignment between Thanksgiving and the end of the semester. Here's the blog. There are lots of good pictures and interesting comments -- interesting enough that I gave credit for them, at least. Go look!
I had several objectives in this. I wanted to get my students off campus to look at some of the interesting 19th and earlier 20th century architecture all around them. I wanted them to draw specifric comparisons between what we had studied and a revival style. I wanted them to practice in a new medium -- taking and uploading pictures, writing short entires, commenting. I wanted to see if blogging would work with a class as a mixed group and individual assignment (they were to take pictures and post in groups and write comments as individuals).
I'm particularly happy with the categories - the few readers who know Geneva (four or five of you, I think) will know where the streets are. If not, don't worry. In a better incarnation these would all have clickable map graphics.
All in all I'm quite happy - look for a medieval revival version next semester!
Posted by CrankyProfessor at December 18, 2005 7:58 PM