Apply your skill and write more analytically using the formal rules. Blogging is a chance to express your opinions and values, but it is also a reflection of your education in IT. Read the rules and scoring below before you proceed. You may blog more often than the minimum for extra credit.
Comments Etiquette:
No direct references (positive or negative) to teachers, students, or other OTHS staff can be made in your comments, other than referencing a statement they made in the blog.
Public appropriate comments/ language and tolerance of opposing opinions are required- be sure you understand the true spirit of the 1st Amendment ... use your filter/ colander!
Formal Writing Rules for Blog Comments:
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation count.
No 1st or 2nd person unless in a direct quote.
No contractions
No absolutes. (always, everyone, never, etc...)
Preface all quotes.
Use MLA "internal text" citation, not parenthetical, when referencing an article or other posted comment. (The sources you read will provide the origin of the original information).
Finish with an analysis sentence of your own ... never end comment with a quote.(Do not merely reiterate something you already said. Think of it as the "what should happen and why?" of your comment.)
Scoring
Maximum 10 points per comment.
You may comment multiple times in 1 post to keep a discussion going or comment in different posts topics.
2 points for 100 word minimum in comment.
2 points for spelling/ punctuation.
2 points for use of formal rules (you may use I since it is your opinion).
4 points for expressing an your opinion supported by concrete evidence and/ or examples and using internal citing of the source.
You may blog as many times as you wish for extra credit but if an effort to follow the rules and scoring breakdown is not followed, they will not count.