(Caren Litherland)

I think it will be beneficial if I set out some guidelines for the students to keep in mind as they write and post to their blogs. I am open to suggestions or clarifications. Here they are.

• No insults or attacks on other people
• Must use proper grammar and punctuation
• No making fun of anyone
• No threats
• Do not pretend to be insane
• No joking about hurting people
• No foul language
• No posting of copyright material (text, pictures, video, etc.) without permission from the copyright owner
• If you use pictures or other objects that are in the public domain or are used under a Creative Commons (CC) license, you must give credit to the owner of the material, and provide a link back to the original (like I did when using the CC-licensed photo from Flickr in this post)

You can post as often as you want. Some good topics for blog posts include:

• A subject you know a lot about
• Hobbies
• World events
• Sports
• Local news
• What’s going on in your neighborhood
• Pets
• Books you are reading
• Product reviews (only if you are very familiar with a particular product)
• TV shows
• Movies you have seen
• Games
• How-to do something

Those are just a few ideas.