Archive for the 'Reflection' Category

Effective Blogging

I’ve begun to think about the modes of writing and how they intersect with the writing that appears on blogs of all types. After only a month of actively reading others’ and contributing to my own blogs, I found that I had internalized a certain style and structure for my blog writing, one that helped me to determine what to blog about, and which made the posts I generated better.

So how does that relate to student writing? There are a plethora of blogs out there, and definitely more than one type of blog writing. However, there are some common elements to successful blogs and effective blog posts. Let’s look at the posts below and discuss which elements make each an example of effective writing.

For Hard Times

Twenty Year Payback

Rhett Bomar

Conflict