Blogging 101

Welcome to the Blog! We will be using this throughout the year as a class forum. A few simple rules for posting and commenting apply...such as:

Posts

• Must have a catchy, relevant title. (This post’s title is Blogging 101)
• Must be 75+ words in length.
• Must be free of any spelling errors. (Word choice errors are not spelling errors. For example; there/their/they’re, choose/chose, loose/lose, to/too/two, etc…)
• Must end with an interesting exit strategy. (A question or challenge to the reader)

Comments

• Must be 50+ words in length.
• Must follow the same spelling guidelines as posts.
• Must also end with an intriguing question for the writer.

Two additional rules:

• You must be the 1st or 2nd person to comment on a writer’s post. If there are already two comments, choose another student’s post.
• Writers should (not must) respond briefly to all comments.

THE GOLDEN BLOGGING RULE: No Negative Comments. Ever. Politely disagreeing and giving an example why you might disagree is certainly ok. Respond to posts the way you would want others to respond to your posts.

Lastly, I suggest you use Word (or another word processor other than Google Docs) to write your posts and comments. Why? Two reasons: One, Word has a word count feature in the lower left hand corner of the page. And two, the spell checking feature is going to be far better than the one in Google Docs. You can then copy and paste your work into the blog. 
Sound reasonable?