- Frequency of Posts- Based on my evaluation, I believe that these students do a fair job of posting rather often. Today is the 23rd of September and they have posted 12 times throughout the month. This approximates to about once every-other, which in my opinion is enough to keep an audience interested.
- Voice- Each writer for the blog obviously has a distinct voice in their own posts, but they are still able to formulate interesting points and easy-to-follow stories when writing as a team.
- Passion/Expertise- When writing about a topic it is very important to be knowledgeable about your subject and to care for it. Most of the posts on this blog seem to be rather in depth and well-though out. When it comes to the chapter reviews however, they seem more nonchalant and less important to the authors. My advise to them would be to maintain passion for every piece you create. Even if the subject is dull, force the reader to become interested.
- Clarity/Organization- The pieces within this blog are very clear and the website is easily navigable, but there is no real order to it. Blog posts are randomly put up based upon the assignment due that day. This is not a bad thing, it just causes some confusion for the reader when searching for a specific article.
- Aesthetically Pleasing- To be blunt this blog is not visually appealing. There are quite a few nice graphics within the posts but the overall theme of CAAS is dull in color, very generic, and would not catch any reader's eye.
- Original/Interesting- Solely based on the fact that everyone in English 121 is required to create the same blog posts I would not say that this blog is particularly original. However, the content of the posts does keep a reader's attention and is rather interesting.
- Good Writing- Throughout the blog there are various posts from different authors, including group posts. Generally, I would say this group does a great job at formatting their compositions properly, using good grammar and punctuation, and keeping the reader entertained. As with all amateur blog posts, there will be the occasional mistake but that is to be expected.
- Relevance- Everything within the blog is very relevant to the work being completed in class, and gives the reader a good idea of what each student is working on.
Overall, I would say that CAAS has a very nice blog with the exception of its lack of visual appeal. Their link is http://caas121.blogspot.com/ for those interested in checking it out for themselves.
By Claire Reyburn
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