Expectation of the Blog!

There is a difference between writing a POST and making a COMMENT on a blog.  For the purposes of the EAT class, you will create a post each week to a prompt given by me.  In the future your prompts will be found on this blog.

There will be some weeks which you will be asked to COMMENT on a blog post I have written.  A comment is exactly what the name implies.  It is short and to the point.  It gives your opinion in a short amount of words.  In many cases, it may be a sentence or less.

Here are some quick guidelines on how to make a good POST.  Expert blogger, Darren Rowse, offers ten tips that will help you become an expert blogger.

Ten Tips for Writing a Blog Post

Here is how you will be graded each week on the blog.

Criteria	Points	Score
Quality of Writing Interesting style and voice Informative and reflective Organized	10
Writing Mechanics Grammar Punctuation Capitalization Spelling	15 -1 for each error
Presentation Formatting, font, background	5
Multimedia Multimedia enhances post Adds perspective and information	10
Deadlines – Blog is posted by deadline (no late grades).  Blogs due on Friday of week assigned.	10
TOTAL	50