This is your chance to ‘nail’ 50% of your A Level grade. Don’t waste the chance to optimise a top grade by using your independent study time to ensure your blog is bootiful, up to date and reflective.
Here are some tips for a TIP TOP BLOG.
- Must be mobile friendly.
- Must be a ‘scrolling’ format.
- Posts should show in their entirety to avoid the examiner having to click open.
- Typeface should be easily read.
- Appearance should be ‘media’ focused i.e. not fishing, babies, animals etc.
- All evidence should be attached as PDFs, JPEGS or embedded and access checked for examiner.
- Never just embed a link – looks messy.
- All evidence should be available to be seen by the examiner so don’t include google docs.
- Make sure you keep the posts in order with the blog league – the journey makes chronological sense then.
- Do not be tempted to COPY anyone else’s blogs. If you have worked on evidence, documents, presentations as a group then you can upload them. NEVER just copy other people’s reflections.
- Reflect – analyse. How does the post now help you with your own production decisions, ideas and progress? Look back and look forward to how and where you are going.
- Get someone to proof your work – as a media student you should be keen to communicate and communication is about correct spelling, grammar and punctuation:
- Common mistakes:
- ‘I’ not i
- capital letters for names, places, titles
- do not use slang such as geezer.
- avoid words that say your work looks more professional, is nice, is more interesting; WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Be precise.
- spellings of media words such as connotation, equilibrium etc
- Don’t write essays. Always present your reflections and analysis with bullet points, paragraphs and sub-headings to make it easy on the eye.
- Remember – A BLOG POST A DAY IS THE WAY TO AN ‘A’.