Over the last couple of weeks you have been looking at what makes a great post. This week we are expanding that to
What makes a great blog?
Naturally, a great blog will include great posts but what else will there be.
Maybe you will also need to look at
- the layout of the blog
- background design
- sidebars
- widgets
- header
A person might write excellent posts, but then have widgets on the left sidebar that overlap on the writing. There might be loud music playing as soon as you open the blog. There might be a noisy pet chirping away in the background while you are trying to read a post. There might be snow falling all over the blog distracting you from the posts.
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Edublog Awards.
You are being invited to take part in the awards by nominating great student blogs and great class blogs. Here are lists of the nominated blogs from last year for students and classes. In my opinion, being nominated is just as important as winning one of these awards. Not all nominations go forward to the final list.
In order for your nomination to count, you MUST do the following.
- Write a post on your blog nominating one blog.
- Give reasons for the nomination, why you think it is a great blog.
- You cannot nominate your own blog.
- In your post, include a link to the blog of the person you are nominating.
- When you have published your post come back here to fill in the form below. Your nomination will not count, unless you fill in the form below.
You may only nominate one blog for each category. There are other categories you could use such as new blog and individual blog.
So in total, you could write 4 posts nominating a blog in each of these categories – student, class, new and individual. Fill in this form for each post you write.
PS I will add the form later today
I am nominating Louis. Here is his blog. http://blpslouie.global2.vic.edu.au/
This is my blog post. http://blpsharri.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/12/03/my-nomination/#respond
Hi Mrs. W,
Since you have not put the form up yet here is the urls and the information you need:
My URL: http://alex4gpvedublogsorg.edublogs.org/
Susan’s URL: http://susan4gpvedublogsorg.edublogs.org/
I am nominatign Susan!
Since you haven’t got the form up yet, I’m going to leave a comment.
This is my Part B – Week 10 nomination. I am nominating Cecilia’s blog.
This is Cecilia’s blog: http://ceciliascoolblog.wordpress.com/
This is my blog: http://csnatalie10.blogspot.co.nz/
Hi Natalie,
I have just published the form and I will fill in the nomination for you.
http://csisabellaj.blogspot.co.nz this is who I have decided to nominate this year for the bloging challenge.
Hi Abby,
I have just published the form and I will fill in the nomination for you.
My class is working on submitting nominations for the best blog and I do not see the submit form as in other posts. Could you provide directions on where to find the form? Thank you
G’day Ms Boyd,
The form will be in a new post within the next day.
Thank you for your assistance. My students started nominating their favorites today.