Critique

Who was their audience? Were they effective in presenting to them on every page? Why or why not?

Gottfried: In reading her work, Lisa seems to have a varied audience, at times speaking to individual teachers while at other times speaking to a potential administrator looking to convince staff of the merits of blogging. Efficacy in this critique, as it will be in the ensuing paragraphs, is colored by my belief on what I deem to be effective practices. This is a medium with which I struggle, i.e., I do not find this platform effective for me in my learning. That said, I can see the exploration of a topic and a narrative about one's journey in unearthing that topic can be effective as one explores the boundaries of that topic.

Saelee: This work seems to be targeted towards teachers exclusively. This author seems to keep the same voice in terms of to whom he is speaking which had the effect of keeping me more engaged in the topic throughout the pages.  Maybe I am more jaded given my greater receptivity to the topic, but it seemed to present more tightly.

Ellison: I am struggling to identify an audience with this author as it reads almost entirely like a narrative speaking to herself rather than a targeted audience. To that end, I cannot say she was effective communicating to them on each and every page given my inability to identify an audience.

Avrukin: Again, it was difficult to identify a targeted audience but this time it was due to the limited content versus the language used. There wasn't enough to go off of to say certifiably that it was geared towards teachers. My visceral reaction is that it was for teachers, but putting myself in that role, nothing spoke to me on a deep level.