PLN 3

There is a blog in The Thinking Stick titled Words That define your online presence and it talked about how to post a good blog. This matters because if you post bad blogs no one will want to read your blog anymore. It has 5 good tips about what to do and what not to do:

1. RESPECT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. This is something just as important as it is obvious. Netspeak and 13375p34k can discredit even the most brilliant of blog postings, not to mention it opens the door to unnecessary comments about how there’s no ‘z’ in ‘please’.
2. Avoid sweeping generalizations. Of course, this should be absolutely no problem at all, considering we’ve covered it in the ToK classroom. If there’s one sweeping generalization that may be true, it’s that there are always exceptions. And even that one probably has an exception, too.
3. Don’t complain. Unless you’re at some website made specifically for the purpose, people don’t particularly care about your latest ex or the pet dog that just died. Furthermore, there will inevitably be somebody out there that has it much, much worse than you do, and will not hesitate to rip into you for it.
4. Don’t lose your temper. Should somebody post a scathing comment despite all your precautions, the worst thing you can do is flip out. Remember that everybody can see your retort, and there’s no glory in being baited by an uppity visitor. If it’s a baseless insult, ignore it. If it’s a legitimate critique, handle it objectively.
5. Chill out. This is one that I need to put into practice more often. I admit I’m far too paranoid when it comes to what I’m putting out for public viewing. The truth is that as long as you’re sub-celebrity-status, you’re still considered a mere mortal, prone to mistakes like everybody else. So don’t worry so much– it takes all the fun out of blogging.

I think that these are very important to remember while writing your blog if you want to make a good point. I can relate this post to my English class because my teacher, Ms. Smith, taught our class all we need to know about how to write a good blog. She told us we should always like to the post we talk about, to state what matters, and to relate it to our class the world and us. I think that blogs are a very good way for us to express our feelings about important stuff. It also teaches us how to right well and with more detail. I am glad that we have PLNs because they are helping my grade out a lot and they are kinda fun because you can write about whatever you want to pretty much.