WELCOME TO BLOG SPOT 2250DE

Since there are many ongoing issues affecting public administration and governance lately, I felt that it would be appropriate to set up a blog so that everyone can share their opinion on current events relating to this course. There are 3 blogging oppurtunities in total for this course. You will be required to blog on ANY ONE of the three "headline" news item based on a theme for that week. THIS WEEK' s THEME is : MONEY MONEY MONEY! So you can share your opinion on any news even relating to finances, taxes, monetary service, pension budget, government overspending etc that you heard or read about recently. Keep in mind that these are blogs and not discussions, so one individual post by you is more than sufficent. You do not need to include the link of the news article, or even mention it, as long as you discuss the subject matter that you heard or read about.
Your blogging is not limited to just newspaper items, as you can comment on ANY news article, or event you heard or read about within the last few weeks/month. Your comments can be opinionated, however you must relate it to the course content. To access the blog site, simple click on the link found on the navigational bar on the course homepage. This link will take you directly to the course blog site.

DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind that these blogs are public blogs, which means that your blogging posts are available to the public. If you are NOT comfortable with this , you have two options:
1) You can submit your blog via the course homepage under dropbox or
2) you can use a pseudonym and email me your pseudonym at ( nmohan@uoguelph.ca)
Some student prefer to blog in private, which is why we have set up the dropbox option for those who would like to submit their blogs privately using a word document. Some have opted to use pseudonyms for the public blog site and some their real names. We have made accomodations for all of these options. Blogging is NOT the same as discussion, so it is not necessary to respond or critique anyone's blog post if they are on the public forum. The main aim of this assignment is to get students to keep up with current news and share their thoughts on the subject matter.
To create a new blog or to post a comment, please sign in using your google, twitter or yahoo accounts. If this does not work, you can create a new account or use the other methods of submitting your blog.
IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WEEK's THEME, then YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR BLOG BY SUNDAY June 1st by 11:59 PM in order to obtain 5 marks. You may choose to participate in all three and we will pick your best grade.

If you have any questions about this, please email me or post it in the main discussion forum.

Regards
Prof Mohan