Welcome Fellow Cats and Earthlings!

"It's Clara the Cat! She's here! 

Meowy meows are ringing in my ears!"

Hello readers! My name is Clara. Welcome to my first blog post on my on first blog. I am excited about making a blog. Since our Design Tech Class started talking about blogs, I was yearning to create one.  

I think that creating a blog helps people put their thoughts out in the world and express their creativity, personality, and originality. The blog creator can post thoughts and ideas out there that can influence people who read it. It may cause those readers to do something kind and beneficial to the environment, the world, or people in need.  Also, the blogger can write something inspiring that they might read later and be influenced by what they wrote. I will use my knowledge about blogs in a positive way by posting interesting helpful, and creative ideas and stories on my blog. This could affect  readers in a positive way and cause them to do something that is beneficial to the environment, people, or the world we live in.

I learned this knowledge from Design Tech Class through all of the activities and projects we did. For example, we did a project where we examined blogs and wrote about them and their attractive characteristics. I learned a lot about what makes blogs inviting and interesting. We did quite a few more activities in Tech. One of them that I think made me very knowledgeable was an activity where we needed to fill out a worksheet about blogs and how to create them and make them look nice and inviting. In order to fill out the sheet we watched videos that our Tech teacher, Mr. Connors, posted on his on a page of his blog (our class blog). If you want to go to Mr. Connors' home page click here. I learned a lot about the characteristics of a blog and how to create posts and other things. I will not post inappropriate things on my blog. But, keep in mind, that some posts might be very random or silly. Sometimes people need to express their creativity and original ideas. Maybe through blog posts, maybe through other media. So, don’t be surprised if some blog posts are off topic and a little bizarre or irrelevant.

Above-My Design Tech Concept Map
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Below is a picture of a concept map that I made on my Google drive, showing all of the subjects I want to include in my blog. I am going to talk about lots of different subjects.

New facts that I learn

Books

Animals and nature

Video games

School and friends

And other subjects

I think that a blogs needs to include these 5 critical aspects, or more:

My opinion is that interesting content is one of the very important facets of a blog -It gets readers hooked and interested in the blog so they keep reading. That is very important if you want your blog to be successful and read by many people. Readers don’t want to spend time sifting through useless information.

Icons or gadgets- Blogger.com allows you to add gadgets on your blog. The gadgets include polls, search this blog, games like pac-man and fish, follow by email, and tons of other options! I think those are important because they supply the reader with some information about the blog, some convenient ways to navigate throughout the blog, and other helpful data or available options like search by email.

Links- Links allow the reader to go to other websites that have something to do with the blog. The links can also show websites that share facts with the reader that the creator wants the reader to know. Or the link can just be a recommended website. 

Videos/photos- Videos and photos make the blog more interesting, colorful, and neat/professional looking. They also attract readers. Photos and videos are another way to express your thoughts and ideas. Remember the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words! Well, videos express even more!  They are a good way to express your thoughts while keeping readers interested.

Organization- Organization is also a key to creating a successful blog. People don’t want to take the time to try to read the blog if it is all unorganized and messy. Spelling also helps. It’s easier for people to read your posts if words are spelled correctly with proper punctuation and grammar.

I plan to put time, thought, and effort into making my blog as interesting, neat, and organized as I possibly can. I will make sure to read and double check my posts before I publish them so readers will understand my writing.  But if I do make a mistake, everybody does, then you can leave a comment about it. Also, I will be putting a poll gadget on my blog so I can receive feedback on my blog. Well, happy reading! I hope you enjoy! May ze meowy meows be with you and always ringing in your ears! "Meow!" 

Image Credits:

• Blog Photo: http://www.bubblews.com/news/674346-how-to-create-the-best-blog  (www.bubblenews.com)
• Cat typing: http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/09/quick-guide-computer-choices (www.neontommy.com)
• Concept Map: By Clara