Learning Best Practices from Best Blogs

Digital Literacies Students are working on adding features, adjusting layouts, and improving design of their blogs this weekend.

In addition, the students will investigate several lists of "Best Blogs" from these (and other sources):

• Webby 2017 Best Business Blogs (find in page "blog")
•  Webby 2017 Best Cultural Blogs
• Webby 2017 Best Personal Blogs
• Webby 2017 Best Political Blogs 
• EBIZ List of Most Popular Blogs May 2018

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 a few or a few dozen blogs - and will select 3 blogs they find interesting, excellent, effective, beautiful, informative, etc.They will write a brief review of the three 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.