8A: The st(A)ndouts

I found it interesting that this week’s assignment involved us evaluating each other’s blogs. I think it will be exciting to see what we as peers consider as “A” material amongst our bunch. However, this is not the first time I have analyzed my fellow bloggers blogs and it definitely won’t be the last. I always go through a variety of the blogs each week because it’s a great way to make sure I won’t be too repetitive in my own. Although I wish I could credit everyone for things that are amazing about their blogs unfortunately for this post I’m going to have to narrow it down to a couple of the people who I think are likely deserving of an A/A+.

One of the blogs that in my opinion demonstrates good work is "Blog girl". I like this blog because it’s simple and easy to get around while at the same time it still manages to be engaging. It’s nice how she makes her points clear and organizes her work accordingly with an intro, middle, and end. She also always includes interesting pictures or videos to go along with her posts which to me are a plus. Altogether I think she succeeds in getting her opinion across and shows satisfying work.

Another blog that usually catches my attention is "An Owl's Mind by Kali Rogers". I admire how it has a unique background composed of pictures of a fierce owl which compliments the blog’s title. I also think it is great how she splits up the writing so you don’t have to read just one huge collection of words. She also makes her blog enjoyable by including funny pictures which show her sense of humor. However, the biggest reason why I think this blog is A+ material is because she is always very elaborate and backs up her writing with educated and detailed information which enlightens the reader. An example of this is from her 3A post: “This line from the infamous play, Hamlet, came from a conversation between the Prince of Denmark himself, and one of his courtiers, Rosencrantz.”

All being said about these two wonderful blogs, hopefully they are receiving appropriate grades. It’s clear that it takes thought and effort to produce a blog of excellent quality. I constantly try to implement such elements in my blog in attempt to make my posts better. I think it was beneficial for us to point out what we think makes blogs exceptional because it causes us to be more aware of what we need be doing as individuals to improve our own work. As mentioned in our class readings in order for us to get better we need to dedicate ourselves and continuously work on our weaknesses.