Investigating Best Blogging Practices

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Students will investigate a list of "Best Blogs of 2013" from DailyTekk - as well as TIME Magazine's list of "25 Best Bloggers of 2013." They will peruse the wide variety of blogs, observe how they function as a communication tool for a wide range of concerns, and see just what makes these blogs "the best."

Students will review 4 blogs with this selection criteria:

• 3 blogs from different areas in the DailyTekk list.
• 1 blogger of their choice from the TIME list.

They will write a brief review of the fours blogs they selected, and will provide a list of tips from each blog relating to these areas:

1. Best Visual Practices (Design, color, use of photography, use of fonts, layout, etc.)
2. Best Verbal Practices (Topic treatment, content, writing style, ethos, etc.)
3. Digital User Experience (Navigation, interaction, collateral content, social connectivity, etc.)

Students will post their reviews and share their "best practice findings" on their blogs.