How to Blog.

As with almost anything, there is a right way and a wrong way to do something. When blogging, the line between right and wrong, or hot and wack, is very thin. One image or color scheme too many, and your blog can become tacky and obnoxious, causing readers to abandon your site. On the other hand, eye catching images, flowing colors, and interesting topics will keep the readers coming and your blog with have more hits than you can keep up with. When being graded on our blog, I think our teacher should be looking for images that are both attention grabbing and somewhat relevant to the entry and/or topic. Also, I think that she should be looking for a user friendly, easily navigated blog. No one wants to visit a site that they cannot figure out how to work it. The layout of the blog should be appealing and somewhat mellow, you don't want to pick a layout that is bright, obnoxious, and gives the reader a headache as they explore your blog entries. When reading our entries, I think that our teacher should be looking for fluency, as well as our ability to stay on topic and get our point across. She should also pay attention to length; make sure that we don't get to wordy, yet still meet our quota. My opinion of a moderately "hot" blog is blanchetblog.net. This blogger has a user friendly blog that is easily navigated and seems to be updated on a timely basis. Not only does she have information that is relevant to what is going on within her classroom, which seems to be the basis of the blog, she has updates about things in her life, giving the blog a friendly atmosphere. The user uses entertainment to teach her students and gives them a reliable site to obtain content from their classes. Your blog should be a place where you can display information, either research based, entertainment, or just about yourself, in a way that reflects who you are as an individual.