Okay, so maybe I'm in a bad mood from drug and sex withdrawal, but right now I'm rather pissed off with the bullshit that is the SDI course.
The point is, that since the start of the year, I've written roughly 10,000 words, gathered quotes for printing costs, begun the consideration of a business plan and blogged every few days. (Although that may not have much to do with SDI all the time.)
So here's what I'm annoyed with:
Twitter; I hate it. It is pointless to make small statements when i can just do a blog post on what's been happening.
The Moodle; it has the worst interface in history, but more importantly, I just don't have time to sit and look at all of the crap on there, especially because it takes me 20 minutes to log on as I need to change the randomly assigned password. I could sort that out, but frankly this subject is meant to be CONVENIENT for me. So far, all the of the tasks set have been pointless and a waste of time.
Research; it is CONSTANT. I'm a writer. LIFE IN IT'S ENTIRITY IS RESEARCH. I cannot keep track of every article, video and other forms of media that I use on a daily basis. Per week, I watch several online shows, listen to several podcasts, read hundreds of online articles and countless blogposts. It is impracticle to keep track of all this crap, mostly because I don't know what I'm going to be drawing from for my work.
The Proposal; I haven't done it. Well, not true. I did do it, but the upload didn't work, and I lost the file. I DON'T WANT TO DO ALL THAT CRAP AGAIN! I can do a proposal from home, and post it on my Madman blog.
It's a better idea, because I can keep track of the changes, which will better suit the criteria. I'm also sure there is a part of the criteria that says something about creative thought.
My main problem here is that I've got an absolute mountain of work which I have to sift through to write maybe a line in a blogpost or a tweet. I chose this subject because I need help getting Madman to a publishable standard, but I'm feeling a bit bogged down by frivilous things.
Anyway, this was rushed because I'm hungry, hopefully I've not over reacted.
1 comment:
I hope you are feeling better after writing that :-)
There are many ways of doing this course and you don't have to use any particular tool - provided you meet the course criteria IF you want an award.
If you want to combine your activity log and research and reflection and connection in your blog that's fine.
As far as moodle goes it really has two themes. One introduces tools that are commonly used to efficiently and effectively meet the course criteria.
The second is to introduce concepts, processes and thinking that are used in tertiary education or business/industry.
If you just want to work on Madman that's fine - we just need to be clear that you want to do your own thing and are not that interested in course accreditation for tertiary education or business/industry.
If you are interested in some accreditation then we just need to know what level you are aiming for...
Life as you say is research and from what you describe you are doing a great deal of it. However, you also say "it is impracticle to keep track of all this crap, mostly because I don't know what I'm going to be drawing from for my work."
This perhaps OK if you are working on your own but it makes it very difficult for others to benefit from your research and thinking - or to collaborate with you.
Collaborative research and thinking is partly what this course is designed to facilitate - because this is what the world needs.
You are a deep thinker and prodigious worker. It's up to you to decide how your deep passion meets the world's deep need.
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