Week 6 Improving Our Blog (Part 2)

A place to sit and write!

Dear students,

This is Week 6. The topic for this week is still about improving our Blogs.

We will pay a very special attention to different ideas of how to improve our Blogs.

Some prolific and enthusiastic bloggers have shared their ideas on how enhance the look and the content of their blogs and we can learn from them.

Some of the ideas including the use of blogging tools and pictures, graphs, or charts.

A cup of cappuccino to help us writing better!

1. Blogging tools

Well, do you have ideas of what blogging tools are? Read the following links:

Or watch this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgZ5LLOhvM

2. Pictures/Graphs/Charts

We can also embellish our blog with some assorted pictures from our collection or from other sources, but how can we do it? Follow the links!

A window for us to see the world!

TASK TO DO!

Your task this week is to create a Power Point presentation summarizing the materials you have read or watch on blogging tools and pictures/graphs/charts (above links).

1. Work with the members of your mid-term project group.

2. Create a Power Point presentation which consists of 1 slide of title and other personal information, at least 5 slides (max 7 slides) of content, and 1 slide of references you have used and/or closing slide.

3. The scoring of your PPT slides will look into six points (see the Grading Rubric for PowerPoint below).

4. Post your PPT slides on our class blog before the due date: 3 March 2020, 11:55 a.m.

Grading Rubric for PowerPoint

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1	Points
Effectiveness	Project includes all material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the topic.	Project includes most material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the material but is lacking one or two key elements.	Project is missing more than two key elements.	Project is lacking several key elements and has inaccuracies.
Sequencing of Information	Information is organized in a clear, logical way. It is easy to anticipate the type of material that might be on the next slide.	Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or item of information seems out of place.	Some information is logically sequenced. An occasional slide or item of information seems out of place.	There is no clear plan for the organization of information.
Originality	Presentation shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way.	Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way.	Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on 1-2 slides.	Presentation is a rehash of other people's ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought.
Spelling and Grammar	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.	Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Use of Graphics	All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the theme/content of the presentation.	A few graphics are not attractive but all support the theme/content of the presentation.	All graphics are attractive but a few do not seem to support the theme/content of the presentation.	Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation.
Organization	PowerPoint contains a minimum of 10 slides. All parts of the task are completed fully and support the theme/content of the presentation.	PowerPoint contains a minimum of 10 slides. All parts of the task are completed partially and support the theme/content of the presentation.	PowerPoint contains fewer than 10 slides, or some slides designed do not support the theme/content of the presentation.	PowerPoint contains fewer than 10 slides and is missing several parts of the task. Slides designed do not support the theme/content of the presentation.
Total score: Remark: