7 Days to a Better EduBlog - Day 1_Blog Layout and Design

Today's lesson covers web design and layout guidelines that support readability and usability of your blog.
Decide on a goal for your blog and review the guidelines to determine which ones apply to your blog.
Day 1

7 Days to a Better EduBlog - Why am I taking this mini-course?

I am dusting off my blog...again! I will be participating in a mini-course called 7 Days to a Better EduBlog

I am a Technology Support Specialist in my school division. Yes, I have blogged before with limited success and sustainability. I am ready to try again!

I definitely like the idea of a blog to communicate ICT ideas to the SHSD staff and encourage sharing and reflection. 

I have been reading blogs for several years (my RSS feeder is out of control!) and appreciate the confidence, knowledge, ability to reflect and the writing skills of EduBloggers like David Warlick, Will Richardson, Darren Kuropatwa or Dean Shareski .... just to name a few. I feel quite inferior, so my first hope will be to find my voice. I will focus my edublog on ICT integration ideas for K-12 classrooms.

I am planning to use a wiki to store content: how to use some Web 2.0 tools, advice on ICT integration and file sharing, and use a Diigo account to share URLs to support my EduBlog.

I would like some ideas to make the appearance of my blog more attractive and useful for my teachers.

I think my previous attempts at blogging failed because I didn't receive many responses from readers. Let's give it another try!

I hope that this course will help me take the first step to maintaining and writing an effective EduBlog.