Evaluation of the blog created by Larry Ferlazzo
Last Friday, our teacher recommended we read one particular blog and evaluate it. The blog I read is Larry’s website of the day, which gives personal news and resources to other teachers. I summarise some characteristics of this blog. See if you have similar advantages or problems.
(See more information on Larry’s blog; you can click this link.
Larry Ferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ )
👍Organisations and navigation are transparent.
At first glance, the style of the blogger is exceptionally organised. First, The colour of the layout is blue and refreshing. And for every section, is given an image relating to the topic, which is exciting and fun to read. Second, he gives a brief introduction to every section. This is clear and helps the audience to choose the topic they get interested in. Apart from that, the navigation he used was effective. When the audience clicks the button, the button's colour will turn black, indicating they have read about the topic.
👎Content is small.
The content the blogger wrote is little. However, the main aim of the blogger is to give some teachers guidance and advice. The whole content fails to achieve this goal because each topic contains few words, and advice is vague. Taking one section as an example, the blogger advised the teacher to give students more opportunities to talk using simple pictures. Instead of giving more information like the students’ situation or actions teachers should take, he gives an image. Therefore, I doubt whether it can help teachers to solve the problems. Everyone could say some general principle. But stating the reasons and solutions the is the central part should concentrate on.
I can not see any conversations or comments from the audience. The blogger switches the comments feature and refuses the audience to give the comments, which is the main problem. Since the blog is a platform offering people to share opinions, it is a communication. However, here communication is missing. This is more like a blogger's personal diary or an advertisement for his book.
Conclusion
The blogger tried to share his experience and ideas to give advice. The overall style and structure are evident. However, due to too little content and lack of interaction, the purpose of giving suggestions has not been achieved. This makes me wonder if anyone wants to see his blog or gets a lot of inspiration from his blog.😢
Advice
The problems should be paid attention to. If you have similar problems, maybe you should solve them now. The video below may give some meaningful tips.👇
Your blog is clear and informative with lots of useful infographics. Hope to see more!
ReplyDeleteThank you!😀 you are so nice.
DeleteHi Siyu! Thanks for this review of Larry Ferlazzo and for starting your blog - it looks really great! Your text stands out on the white background and makes your text seem more emphatic! You make a good case for both the good things and drawbacks of Larry's blog. I agree that his posts often seem rather 'light', mainly because he really likes to collect links and send you off somewhere else for the answers. However if you notice, he has been blogging for a long time and definitely in the early years his blog was informative and full of comments! It seems that veteran bloggers end up being salesmen.... You did a great job with your screen shots illustrating the points you were making - you have a good eye for useful graphics! There is one slight problem though - there is no link to Larry's blog. It's always a good idea to link to any website you are discussing. Overall, this is a great new blog - well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your constructive comments. I will add the Larry’s blog link now and explore more resources like previous blogs before giving judgements. Your comments are really useful and made me realize blog is really convenient and effective for learning, because I can get your advice immediately.
DeleteHi, I think it is a very critical review of Larry's blog. It is really thought-provoking and helps us pay more attention to a better blog. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteP.S. It makes me think of the sentence 'Less is more' when he is sharing images for each blog. But I think he could add his own understanding for these sentences.
Yes. I also agree with you that he should add some comments and explanations. Thank you for your comments.
Deletehaha I also comment on Larry Ferlazzo's blog. I think yes, it still have a lotta room for improvement. I also notice that in the past few years, the blog actually had more interaction and comments than now.
ReplyDeleteHahaha hahaha. Thank you for your reply. This is funny that his blog finally becomes the advertisement of his books.
DeleteHi Siyu,
ReplyDeleteI love your title. You implicitly ask your audience to make a comparison to learn how to build their blog. Good job!