All in all, I was pretty impressed with what I got out of the class. I was a little skeptical coming in, based on the course description and the fancy Internet jargon that was being used the first couple of weeks, however, I think out of all of my courses taken at Kean, this was hands down the most interesting.
Readings:
I thought the readings were useful because they allowed us to better understand the the genres of electronic literature and also served as an example for what we would create ourselves in the future. The readings also provided the framework to the class and without them it would have been hard to truly participate in creating electronic literature. The ones that we covered in class were creative, frustrating, informative, and made us think, which ultimately made us as a group more creative and determined when it came to our own pieces. The amount and order were perfect as well because the information began to build. Hypertext seems the be most basic, so it was essential to start there.
Blogs:
The blogs were useful as well. At points it became a little redundant and unnecessary, but for the most part, useful. Maybe a little less Brainstorming on blog perhaps. However,when I would get stuck on an assignments, the blogs would be helpful because I was able to fish around to see what my classmates were doing.
Assignments/Projects:
This was the best part of the class! Very fun and interesting. However, by the third one my creative juices were dried up. I think if you did a short partner assignment first to learn and master the usage of hypertext, then move onto Project 1:Hypertext and Project 2:Flash, it would be better. Also, more in class time to work on the assignments, this was provided more by the third project we did, but the first two, a lot of the work was down outside of the classroom which was hard because we were still trying to understand this form of writing, software, and Internet usage.
I definitely recommend taking this course! :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
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