Sunday, January 22, 2012

What good blogs look like

Below are a number of previous blogs kept by students that turned out to be particularly great. What makes them so great? You'll have to take a look for yourself, but in my opinion, these blogs stand out for three  reasons:

1. Good Writing -- If you read through some of the posts, you'll see the authors took a lot of time and thought to develop and express their ideas.

2. Good Use of Media -- Most of these blogs use pictures and video to their advantages. This is the point of having a blog. It's a visual, dynamic medium. The blogs below each realized this and used media to draw readers in and make their points.

3. Unique Voices -- Reading through these blogs, you not only see that each writer's done a lot of work, but you also begin to get a sense for them as people. Their personalities and voices come out, whether they are sarcastic, skeptical, etc. Remember, these blogs aren't for a single reader; they're out there for the world to see. Make them interesting, and make them yours.

Examples of good blogging
  1. Hip to B Square
  2. Jake's Blog 
  3. The Blog 
  4. English Lit
  5. The History of Hip

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