In our first class, we were told that we had to open a blog and post the discussions after every business and management class. However, since Mr. Sen was away fort he first two weeks, no one had a clear idea about exactly what to write into their blogs. So our main discussion for todays class was about the essentials of a good blog and creating a blog rubric. Here are some main parts of the discussion our class had:
First of all, our blogs should focus on just one certain subject. This can be anything but the main point about is that every post of the blog should be relevant to the subject. The things that we post into our blog can not be judged as if it is wrong or right because our main intention is to write our ideas and thoughts of the course and discussion. So we should feel free to write what we think but of course in a proper manner. However, while writing our ideas, we should be careful that they are detailed enough, clear, persuasive and supported with good examples. In other words, a blog post should be precise and there are four factors which makes it precise that we discussed in class:
1)Engaging:
A successful blog should refer to a certain audience. In this case, the blogs will be read by people who are interested in business and management. The post should not bore the readers. It should grab the audience's attention and keep it reading avidly.
2)Persuasive:
Just writing an idea into the blog is not enough. If a blogger is going to s hare his/her opinion, he should be persuasive. This is done by stating the opinion clearly and plus adding more information from other resources and giving strong examples that support the idea.
3)Informative:
Combined with the bloggers opinions, a blog also needs to give information about the certain topic. As it is said in class, the class discussions will not always be informative enough. So utilization of other resources such as internet and boks is also essential in writing a blog post in order to make it more informative.
4)Use of terminology:
Using vocabulary which refers to a certain subject makes a post always more interesting. This factor also makes people to learn new terms easier and to get familiar with them. In our case, business terms should be used while blog posting. For example; terms such as input, sector, profit, input etc.
To sum up, these four factors were briefly discussed in class and a good rubric that would apply to blog posting would contain these factors in it.
