"Before taking part in this class, I honestly did not know much about taking an oral history of a person. I guess I had never really even thought about it. Now I feel comfortable with my definition of an oral history. This definition would include communication, preparation, hard work, knowledge, and good listening skills. In fact I was amazed at how well the entire interview session went with our subject Laura Kreidler, knowing that I had never done anything of the sort before. Laura was completely cooperative, and it made asking the questions, taking the pictures, and creating the site all the more easy to do. We first contacted her and made sure she wanted to be a part of our project. We then researched the subject of pottery and developed questions pertaining to Laura's life and her work in order to learn more about her. Then the interview occurred, and from that point on we spent our time creating pages that would accurately portray Laura's art and creativity. The best part about this project was using our creativity to portray an artists creativity. Our work with her oral history definitely helped us to learn more about her as a person as well as an artist."

"Transcribing sucked! I never realized how fragile communication was. I thought I knew what it said but I was shocked at the discrepancies I found. It would take 30 minutes to do one small section. Computers take a lot of patience and even more if you are working in the lab! I enjoyed meeting our artisan and I feel that the artist within connected with her creative spirit. She had a lot of good stories and I feel that we truly met a good person. We wish her all the success she deserves."

"The projects certainly had their frustrating and nervewracking moments. The biggest problem usually occurred when dealing with the computers. There always seemed to be a memory problem, so the computers often had to be restarted while we were in the middle of working on the project. Since a great amount of information we were using was new to us, it sometimes became a little overwhelming or difficult to remember exactly which buttons to push, or which icon to click on. When all the machines and software were working properly, which didn't happen often, things went much more smoothly in the classroom. There were many aspects of these projects that I enjoyed very much. I know all the information I learned about working on computers will be very useful in the future."

"My first instinct was that I was going to fail this class. I knew only a little bit about computers, but was willing to learn. There were a few girls in this class who knew a lot about computers. I remember saying to myself--OH #@!*. The weeks began to fly by and before I knew, I was getting very (VERY) angry at the CRASHING computers. I finally understood how the programs worked, but the programs would not agree with me. Anyway, we all learned quickly that we needed to have patience in order to survive this class."

"Through it all we laughed during the late night at the computer lab (getting kicked out because of closing time) and we cried (when the computers froze, at least once a day). We were ready to pull our hair out, but we stuck through this obstacle for a project and here it is right before your eyes - Not Just O'Keeffe."

"Creating our Web site was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had during my college career. I loved spending hour upon hour witnessing the miracle of modern technology transforming fantasy into reality. The process was quite exhilarating. In fact, because of my experience I have decided to persue employment as a goat herder far,far away from modern society.

Okay. I admit it. I'm not a computer friendly person. The process of creating this Web site was interesting as well as tedious. Cly is an intriguing individual and a terrific writer. I enjoyed meeting her. However, producing the Web site was difficult. I remember my group meeting in the computer lab one night. We became so frustrated with the computers that we began to sing melodies from "The Sound of Music."I have to say, the result of our work has paid off. I've become a bit more comfortable using computers. I worked with some extremely helpful, determined individuals who did not mind having some fun along the way. The fact that we produced a product that may be viewed around the globe amazes me and somehow makes everything we went through worth it."

"Once all the information and photographs were evaluated or scanned into the computer, the next step in the site process was to design a layout that would portray the artists' styles and/or personalities. In the case of the three artists that I created a site for, the main project was to create pages with specific colors. The colors of the pages are intended to draw out the emotions of the text and the photographs. In writing the text the objective was to show the differences in the artists' inspiration and process. Each site is individualized for what the artist was known for and for how the works of the artist need to be displayed. For me personally, the overall task was to make a site allude to the artist and the artist only. I wanted to leave my touch and opinions out of the site as much as possible. Now that the site is basically completed, I feel I accomplished that on my own and didn't pull my hair out and feel that I succeeded in building sites that are as creative as the artists themselves."

"Patience! If I learned anything about making a web site it is that you must be patient and let things take their time. You can not rush and hurry anything up because if you do the computer will retaliate by shutting down or crashing on you."

"When I was creating the web pages about my artist, my creativity was best shown in the process page, because I got to make it from start to finish. The only factor that I believe restricted my creativity in building the web pages was that I had to make the site representative of my artist when I didn't know much about her."

"I've gained patience but, lost my mind. This dungeon of a web design has become my home (I think they're going to start charging me room and board down here anytime). I hate writing! Give me some graphics and I'll go crazy, Just don't ask me to write."