In Class: Over the past 4 weeks I feel that my particpating levels in class are at a sufficient level. I could defiantly talk more in discussions as a class, but particulary in the group work (for the soundscape) I believe I have really contributed well to this. I was very straight up and organised from the beginning of establishing our groups which I think was very beneficial to our outcome of being on time and creating a successful soundscape to the selected locale. One thing that I want to improve on is my full attention in class. I feel that sometimes I zone out when theory and explanation about things such as ontography as I get confused or start to drift away. I think that to improve this if I take more notes through what Adrian is saying I will be able to reflect and comment on it more and this will help with blog posts and assignments.

Readings: I have re read ‘Alien Phemonology’ chapter 2 three times now… I really wanted to make sure that I was interpreting Bogost in the correct way for my essay and each time I did i started to understand it a bit more. After Adrian had a discussion with us at the beginning of Tuesday’s class, re reading Bogost after did actually make a lot more sense in regards to my soundscape and ontography. I feel I am participating in the readings at a high level and feel that my discussion around them is efficient for an in-depth understanding.

Assignment: Through the first soundscape I am happy with my participation with the group so far. I am always hesitant in the first meeting with a group because no one knows each others weaknesses/ and or what we are good at so it is mostly a trial and error. I think that since we were all straight up first hand (because we didn’t have a lot of time) we were able to get on track straight away where I made a draft of the script (list) that night that we were all able to comment on to get a good feel for where the soundscape was heading. Now it is due today and I feel reasonably comfortable with the outcome.