Writing blogs was defiantly something new and challenging for me this semester. I learned a lot about blogs I had no idea about. Thinking of a blog topic to write and discus about is certainly not an easy one if you're a first time blogger. You should defiantly want to know about the topic you're talking about and who your audience is going to be. But each blog I've posted I've learned many things on how to get better on writing one each time.
I had an idea about my topic, Women In The Armed Forces, but not as much as I needed to complete my blog posts' the way I should have. I had some difficulty on finding things to write about, not being sure if my community would be interested or not. To improve my blogs, I could have done better research about my topic. My goal this semester was to have readers be connected and interested in my topic, but I didn't fully accomplish that because me myself couldn't really connect basically because I did not do the proper research. But in the end, it was defiantly a learning experience and something new to do. Now, I know more about blogs and the whole meaning of them and more about my topic then I did when I first started writing.
For future students who want to blog or take this class, I suggest you know a lot about your topic you want to write about before you begin writing about it, the audience your writing for, and know how to research your topic and what sources to use. Listen and take from the feedback your community gives to you, it helps you go beyond your topic and find out information you didn't even know about or realize. The goal should always keep your readers interested!
You make some very good points about the value of research in doing this blog. Where would you go, for example, to get the best in armed forces research and women's issues? Showing a source, even in this last post, would really have driven the "here are some places that offer excellent discussion on the issue" portion of your suggestions.
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