What+does+a+good+blog+look+like?

=  **What does a good blog look like?**   =

**Quality Writing**
It may seem as though writing a blog entry is an easy task and certainly it is not meant to be a hard arduous task. One does need to be careful; however, to use proper grammar when posting. You blog needs to be clearly written and grammatically correct. That means that you cannot write your blog as you would text. You must capitalize at the beginning of a sentence and always capitalize when you say ‘I went’ rather than ‘i went’.

**Comment on entries written by other students in the class**
It will help your art work and increase collaboration in the class if you read other students blog postings. You can then add a comment on your peers blogs. Make connections to their art works with your style of art. Ask them questions about their art work, anything to get that community and information sharing going.

**Respond to comments made on your blog**
It is important if someone has taken the time to comment on your blog that you also take the time to respond to their comments or questions. Did they have a question for you that you could answer? Did they present some information that would be helpful for you as you create your art work? If so, let them know. You could ask for their advice or input on a problem that you have been struggling while creating your art work. You could respond by just refining your original post adding new thoughts to what has been said or articulate misunderstandings.

**Post pictures and include links**
It will be helpful when you are posting your blog to link to other sources of information. If you are doing an art work in the style of Norval Morriseau it will be helpful to post a link to either his web page or some other information about him or his art work. Pictures add interest to your blog and will hold peoples' attention for a longer period of time. If you are posting pictures that you have found on the internet then you should click here to find out how to site the correct creative licence commons for the work.