1) 4
2) 3
3) 5
4) I was able to use my intuition and understanding of people along with the concepts I learned in the book and apply them to the show. I provided a through analysis of each shows events and made a consistent effort to connect Survivor situations with course concepts.
5) I think that my blogs could have been better if I had been more organized in my process of analysis and application of course concepts with episode content. My blogs were scrambled eggs and often failed to follow a smooth and orderly progression of concepts and content. If i had picked a specific course topic for each episode, my blogs would have been much more eloquent and informative. If I had given myself more time to do the blogs, instead of Sunday night, my blog content and participation would have benefited greatly.
6) I have never blogged before, and did not have a good time blogging about Survivor, but I think that it was definitely and effective means by which to engage visual information in a deep and meaningful way.
7) I did not like the deadlines. I did not like having to watch a reality TV show( although I DID get sucked in) I liked blogging, just not about meaningless reality television.
8) I think that the blogging could be more expansive in so far as what students blog about. It would have been nice if students could blog about something meaningful and important( as determined by each individual student) If students were allowed to chose what they blog about, it would be a much more engaging experience. I am in a lot of political science classes at the moment and I would have been able to easily apply course concepts to current international events. Some people may be into entertainment/sports gossip, both of which lend themselves to blogging and can easily be applied to concepts from the book. If students could blog about things they actually like, students would be more engaged and actually learn/remember how course concepts apply to real life.