Peer Blog Review

What is the name of the blog you reviewed? 

     I had the pleasure of reviewing the blog for Lauren Coffaro called An Apple A Day.  This blog may be reached by using the link here.  http://www.anappleadaytech.blogspot.com/

Is the style of the writing in the blog you reviewed suited to the blogger’s intended audience? In other words, is the writing professional enough for a teaching blog?

    I found Lauren's writing style to be very easy to read as well as very informative.  I was touched by her post about here daughter in the corn maze as well the quote from Waldo Emerson.  I may actually end up borrowing this as a signature in my school email account. Her over all style is very professional and I feel that it is written in a manner that third graders should be able to grasp the concepts presented in her blog.

Are the colors/fonts appropriate? Are there things that are distracting about the blog that need to be changed (ie. Pictures/images too large or too small, hard-to-read font, distracting backgrounds, etc). Are Vokis in the right place (they should be only on the sidebar)

   The general aesthetics in Lauren's blog are very pleasing.  The only issue I found was in the review of my blog.  The Color of the text was showing on my computer as grey.  I was not able to see here post about my blog.  That is the only thing that i found even remotely displeasing in here blog.  This was only limited to one post.

 Is the spacing and layout easy to navigate? Are there “repeats” of posts? Does the flow and direction of the blog make sense?

         Apple A day was extremely easy to navigate and I found the flow to keep me wanting to move further back through her blog. reading this blog i also found that I really liked the personal touches she had included. I feel like I got to know one of my class mates a little bit. The writing was very well done.  I could not find any deficiencies in her writing. 


What is your overall impression of the blog?  (Include any suggestions you may have for improvement. If you have any questions or additional comments, please include them here).

    Suggestions and impressions are just one person's opinion.  I suggest that anyone following my blog should go check out Lauren Coffaro's blog An Apple A Day for yourself. I really enjoyed reading this blog.  I found the links to be very informative and helpful and I found myself book marking a couple of those. However as I stated a little earlier i would change the color of the responses to the questions for the review of my blog hard to read.  I would like a color change there.  I also might consider making the symballo inserts just a little smaller. These inserts drew my eye a little bit. I had to pull myself back into her blog.  I know that i personally will keep checking back in on this blog.