Review of Three Blogs
                                                       First Blog:

The first blog that I reviewed was by Stephen Anderson. The blog was called Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom . I found this blog to be interesting and useful, as the emphasis seemed to be on effective ways to organize information. For example, as the author in the blog states, it is very frustrating when you mark something as a favorite only to see it get deleted. When the favorite gets deleted (as is the case with twitter), the post is gone and there is no longer any way to retrieve it. However, thanks to a program like evernote, the post will always be there. Even though this does raise a concern in regards to digital footprinting, the program seems to be very useful. The author mentions other ways to organize data such "weather recipies" and "ways to track fitness goals". Although I am not familiar with these tracking tools, I think they will be enormously beneficial to the person who needs to use them to meet their different goals. As a result, I found this blog to be very practical and enjoyed reading the fact that there exists such tools to monitor one's activities.         

Second Blog:
The second blog I reviewed was written by Sandy Kendell. The name of the blog was So I'm Talking MOOC. This blog discussed a conference that was held for people interested about learning K-12 online instruction. What I liked about this blog is the author went into great detail discussing the advantages and possible disadvantages of this conference. The fact that the conference had both a course syllabus and interactive video lectures shows that it really made an effort to connect to its audience. Also, the fact that the conference offered an option of its audience receiving a verified certificate also seemed to show the dedication of the presenters. One detail that I thought was very significant about the certificate was that the attendees had to take quizzes which seemed to be rather challenging. What made the blog very interesting was that the author also focused on the disadvantages of the conferences. Thus, making it clear to the audience that she was not just "selling the conference." She alluded to the fact that the conference has many participants and this might cause a problem to people who are not use to such a big audience. Overall, I thought the blog was well done; it was enjoyable and the author seemed to give a good analysis of the conference.


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Third Blog:

The third blog I reviewed was entitled Road Warrior Router by Kathy Schrock. Although I found the author to have a passionate tone in this blog, I did not enjoy it that much for a couple of reasons. The first reason is it seemed to me to be more of a sales pitch. When I read a blog, I want to get the author's real feelings about an issue or fact. It is very possible that she really enjoys the product she wrote about. However, when we read about the cost of the product or how is it is to use, it is very easy to become skeptical about whether she really likes the product or whether she is getting commission if she is able to advertise the product well on her blog. The second reason that I did not really care for this blog is because the details were very technical; they did not seem to make much sense unless one was familiar with the technical jargon that the author was using. Once again, I thought the blog was well written, but perhaps, I am not a suitable representative for the target audience it was meant for.

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