HI Wendy,

Your stated intent of the assignment is that I should "practice using a tool". If that is the intent then why does the content have to be "meaningful and scholarly"? The lesson is on using a blog, not creating meaningful and scholarly content on a blog.

If the lesson was in creating meaningful and scholarly content on a blog then the course module would have been entitled as such. Since it is not, and the module deals with the practical matter of creating posts on blogger then why on earth would the content of my 3 required posts for a class (not real life) be an issue?

I have met the minimum requirement for this assignment, in fact, I have exceeded it by posting 5 times now. If this will create an obstacle to my receiving credit for this class please let me know.

I can not share the MOODLE page with you due to password concerns, but you can try looking for my Facebook page (under my name) or Newsvine page (under International Schools Group) to see what I have done in real life.

Aside from this issue, thank you for providing an informative and well designed course.

Sincerely,

James Mattiace

--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Wendy wrote:

From: Wendy
Subject: Learner's Edge WebEDU
To: jamesmattiace@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 8:34 AM

Dear James,

It has been brought to my attention that your blog assignment for WebEDU 681 lacks the rigor and content that we expect in a graduate level course. At Learner’s Edge we strive to develop courses that provide our students with relevant assignments that can be readily applicable to the classroom environment. Additionally, we realize that teachers come to us with varying levels of experience and expertise. Teachers enrolled in technology based courses are certainly no exception.

The intent of this assignment is not to have you feel as though you are simply meeting a requirement- but rather to practice using a tool. Clearly you have experience using various communication technologies in your classroom. Please revise your blog assignment to showcase your capabilities with meaningful, scholarly content. For instance, if you are comfortable using a technology other than blogger to communicate with your classroom- tell us about it. Or perhaps modify one of the tools you are already using by adding 3 new postings and submit it for this assignment.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have additional questions.

Sincerely,

Wendy

BTW, for some reason my internet collection is very slow and so the pictures won't upload.

Since I already blog on my MOODLE, with Newsvine, and with a student Facebook account this seems like busywork to create 3 postings. I signed up for this course because I heard the sections on RSS and Screencasting were excellent.

Please accept that I have met the minimum requirement for this application and let's move on, shall we.

Thanks. Comments welcome.

Fourth Post

So, summer time is upon us. There has been an assignment to create a blog, which has been done. The related assignment was to post three times on our own blog. If the point is to practice the technique then it appears to have been accomplished. If the point is to make up something to post so that 3 separate entries can be recorded that doesn't make much sense. If the point is for us to reflect and publish our thoughts then wouldn't one post be sufficient?

Third Post

And there we go, three times blogged. Not a valid requirement, but satisfied.

Second Post

But since it is a requirement let's do post number 2 which covers my increasing frustration with having to post randomly.

First Post

Not sure what the point of posting randomly is.