Hello to all my media blogging students. After my previous blog-nag it occurred to me that you might be struggling to identify what to blog about. What is a blog? It's really just a method of recording ideas. A sort of online journal. It's also a way to publicise yourself and your work and get in touch with Media practitioners.
So, in light of some the complaints I have received from both AS and A2 this week about blogging, I've decided to give you some guidelines on blogging (also see the first post on this blog for more information) and give you the links to some great examples of Media blogs.
1) Media Developments: you are a Media student. General knowledge of the Media is a must. Both the AS and the A2 exam papers require you to have at least some general knowledge of what's currently happening in the world Media.
A great example of this type of blogging is The Media Blog http://themediablog.typepad.com/ You need to look at the type of information it is giving and also the topics it cover. It is great for information and you could use some of the stories as inspiration for your own blog (please note: inspiration only and not plagarism).
You could also find stories for your blog from daily newspapers, online news agencies i.e.- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media
2) Coursework Updates: Your blog is the perfect place to keep a record of your coursework developments. Here is a good example of a coursework blog by a student http://emilyprescott.blogspot.com/ Again, be careful because you can use this blog to indicate the style but you cannot use her ideas or content.
3) Handing in Work: You will be asked to publish your answers to all of your independent projects on your blog. If you don't blog your work then we will assume that you haven't done the work.
4) Getting Support: I will blog the instructions for all of your tasks. If you need help with that task them you need to ask me a question in the comments section or send me a DM on Twitter.
Finally, there is a support website for Blogger. It should be able to solve any of the technical problems that you have with the site. http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/
Keep watching for more updates and tasks.
Miss Moody
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