Blog posts can be likened to the heart beat of a blog. They determine the health of the blog, its status and future. It is the most important element of the blog. Therefore, those who wish to improve their blogging skills need to consider how to write effective posts. What makes an effective post? (See some suggestions at Nine signs of an effective post)
Choose one of the following and write a blog post to share:-
- Provide a link to an effective post from a blog you have found (preferably not a post you have written). What is it about this post that makes it effective? What characteristics do effective posts share?
- Five steps to an effective blog post (or choose your number of steps)
- Five effective blog post ideas
Then please:-
- Add appropriate categories and tags. Make sure one tag is #ksyb Consider other tags eg effective_ blog_posts, what_makes_effective_blog_posts etc The search engines will pick up on these tags and drive more people to your blog.
- Add a comment back to this post with the link to your post. (See extension activity)
- Find at least three other bloggers in this challenge and comment back on their post. Add a question where possible to keep the conversations going.
Extension activities
- Add a link to your blog post in a comment rather than the url eg If I leave the following comment back on this post it should look like this:- See my post Down Blog’s Memory Lane and not See my post http://murcha.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/down-blogs-memory-lane-10-questions-to-ask-my-blog/ Read Sue Waters’ edublogger post on Adding links in comments to find out how.
- Read the winning Most Influential Blog Posts in the recent edublog awards. Checkout all those that were shortlisted. Consider why these posts were so effective.
- Read some of the amazing posts from Down Blog’s Memory Lane where, at the time of writing this post, there were 53 bloggers from a number of countries including Indonesia, South America, USA, Canada, NZ and Australia. (Who have I left out?) One post is in Spanish, so either use google chrome as your web browser and ask to automatically translate or copy and paste the post into Google translator. Thanks everyone for a great round of first challenge posts.
- Check out the second challenge Effective and Engaging Posts for the beginner bloggers
- Join in on the discussion forums.
If you haven’t joined in before, it is not too late to either complete this challenge or previous challenges. Look forward to reading the second round of posts.
Evening all, I have completed Challenge 2 – What makes an effective blog post. I have used a post titled Alphonso’s Dog, by Anne DeManser.
http://www.annedemanser.blogspot.com
Enjoy
Ooops – you can read my post at
http://www.margm.globalteacher.org.au
sorry
I’m trying to catch up on the challenges! Here’s a post on writing effective posts!
how to keep your heartbeatr
ahhh…some trouble linking my page~~here’s the URL:
http://teachtoinspire.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/challenge-2-how-to-keep-your-heartbeat/
I’m still trying to figure out how to put the links in. I’m used to just typing the site on an email and poof it’s there!
Thanks to the challange I added a new blog to my subscription list. Check out my reply here
An interesting challenge…
It’s certainly made me more aware of what I’m doing, or should do when writing posts.
Here’s the link to mine.
Post Haste – why one post is better than another
Carole’s blog can be found here http://just4fun.globalteacher.org.au/ Scroll through until you find the appropriate pots. The url above has an incorrect componenent.
I’ve written a blog post about effective blog posts!
http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/kick-start-activity-2-%E2%80%93-advanced-%E2%80%93-posts-the-heartbeat-of-the-blog/
No time now, but will try to figure out how to embed the url in the comment soon.
I’ve just discovered that my link in the comment isn’t working. Back to the html code! It’s harder than it looks.
http://just4fun.globalteacher.org.au/ is my link anyway
oops Sorry Carole I have just scrolled down to find that you now realise that your link did not work. Thanks for correcting it.
Hi, posted my post on an effective blog post I like. http://annabringteachingswedish.blogspot.com/2011/01/effective-blog-posts.html
Check out my post:
What an Effective Post Looks Like
I’m trying to catch back up. I posted about our school reform efforts and used ideas for effective posts to break up my post. I don’t know if it works or not, but it is what it is.
Our School’s Reform Efforts
Dear all,
I try to complete the 2nd challenge.
Here my post about a link to an effective post from a blog that I have found.
Read my post in:
Posts! The heartbeat of the Blog
Mieke
http://miekehafidz.edublogs.org/
5 Steps to an Effective Post can be found at http://tiptontakingteacherchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/5-steps-to-writing-effective-blog-post.html
Am using the “code” in the comment for the first time! Learn something new everyday.
Here’s my Activity 2 Post
And if at first you don’t succeed . . .
Here’s my Activity Post Take 2
Really enjoyed writing this post – helped focus my ideas and plans for the future! Thanks again for organizing this simply wonderful online workshop!
Challenge 2 – http://peetztechchatter.blogspot.com/
An example of an effective blog post and what I would like to model.
Although I am a little behind, I am determined to complete this challenge. Here is the link to my new post for this activity, Making the Paperless Classroom a Reality
I think that paperless classrooms will become a reality. Completely paperless, well maybe one decade away but we’re definitely heading in that direction!
Oh, I really should take my own advice and more of everyone else’s!
And I really need to read more blogs. Bring me my Google Reader!
5 Questions To Ask Yourself When Writing A Blog Post
Good point! I agree with the one you said about sharing yourself. I never thought of that!
I will eventually catch up. Please read my post: Rethinking Math Instruction”.
Hello All!
I have tried to make my post effective while educating others on what makes an effective post. I hope I made it interesting. Challenge # 2- http://teachertricksandtrades.blogspot.com/2011/01/bloggers-gone-mad.html
Bloggers Gone Mad
I’m a little late on this one but am plowing my way through the challenge. I have now posted my blog about what makes an effective post – enjoy!
PS – am trying out the advice about links in comments so I hope this one works!
Hmm – not sure why but that one didn’t work. How about this? my blog
If not, here’s the link – http://macgirl19.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/what-makes-an-effective-blog-post/
Hi Gill great idea to include both options. The links look great but if they do not work, you wont get very many visitors to your blog.
5 Steps to an Effective Blog:
http://mshitzges.edublogs.org/2011/01/26/effective-blogs/
Check it out!
My post on what makes a post effective
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oops I don’t think I put the link in properly
I still don’t think I put the command in properly. Here’s another try to my link. Please work!
check out my blog
Avandette, put the two in if you want. I have problems with links in coments. Here is the correct one http://avandette.edublogs.org/2011/01/26/what-makes-a-post-effective/
oops sorry Did not see this one as I am working backwards – as I always seem to be. Hope all this attention draws a big crowd to your post!
Some effective blogging ideas and attempts that I have made can be found at
Stop Wasting Your Time Blogging!>
I liked the Blog by Vanessa Jenkins about Digital Cameras and left a comment to that effect on
Room9 StPats
I left a comment about the Blog by Vanessa Jenkins on Digital Cameras on
Room 9 St Pats
My response to effective posts: the heartbeat of the blog can be read from this link .
check out aslisaglam’s blog
I hope that you enjoy reading it. Thank you.
I wrote about the 5 steps to an effective blog post.
Here’s the link:
http://msz1011.edublogs.org/2011/01/28/five-steps-to-an-effective-blog-post/
I found three interesting blogs about using media like video in the classroom and posted links to them on my blog Room 9 St Patricks
I just started the challenge today. I had a blog started for a class years ago and have enhanced it. I added a post.
http://hoosierteacher-fitzgerald.blogspot.com/
sooo far behind in this project, but i’m not crying uncle yet!
my attempt at activity 2
2nd attempt to embed link
maybe it will work this time?</a
one more try?!
after this i’m not sure what to try. i’ve posted links before! why so much trouble this time!!???
ok. i give. here it is the “other” way
http://thedigitalwilderness.blogspot.com/2011/02/effective-post-belated-project.html
now that i’m looking back at previous comments, i realize there is a small crowd of us link-impaired wanna-be bloggers! just gonna keep trying!
The most effective post is one which is readable and starts up conversations. The better the conversation or thoughts going into the blog the more people you will have to communicate with.
Dear All,
I morphed the assignment into something that fit #2 and helped me reflect on what I learned about writing with my students this week. It’s really the culmination of several weeks of work. Come read what I’ve learned… and download my graphic organizer that helps students write more effective posts
marsha
This is my post with a link to my blog page.
Look at my blog
check out my weak attempt at humor and edublogs interface “help”
An effective post needs 1)humor 2) a point 3) an audience
Fini et ici: http://wp.me/p1Xfh1-I