First of all, make sure your colors and titles work. /by that, I mean to look at your blog template after choosing it and make sure that all of the words are clearly visible. Your colors should stand out. The text should be a color that is easily read on top of your background. This doesn't mean that you can't have a color theme (I know many of you liked the green and pink setups), it just means that you should be sure to have your text in a color that fits in, but is easily seen. As for titles, make them fun! They should be catchy and positive (i.e. "Discovering Dana" or "John's Journey"). A name like "My COM240 Blog" just isn't going to cut it. Remember, you want to catch an employer's eye!
Now, we turn to the more technical stuff. It's important that you have good examples of what you do and who you are on your blog. For me, that meant some video and script work. For someone else it may mean research papers and presentations. Also, your resume MUST be on your portfolio somewhere. To put these things on your blog, use Google Docs. Remember, when using Docs, you must upload your work, save it and then publish it. To do this, click on "Share" and then choose "publish/embed." Once the page comes up that shows your published document's link, you can take that link and put it in the "Edit Html" of your post so that it is immediately viewable on your blog (This is best for PowerPoints), or take the link and hyperlink it in your post using the hyperlink button on the "Compose" of your post. To make sure that this works, log out of your Google account and go on your blog as a visitor. Then click on the hyperlink and see if your document comes up. For those of you who may want to upload a video, use Youtube and then put the link in the "Edit Html" of your post.
For some great examples of blogs here are a few from the last class (Yep. Mine is one of them.): Alex, Amy, Jason, Melissa, Jaime (Me!).
I hope this helps shed some light on things, and as always, you know where to find me if you need anything! :c)
~ Jaime
