Initial rating of your blog: 10 out of 20

I mentioned in class that your class blog will be 30% of your grade. This means that you have to consider well the rubric that i posted in the share box. In any case, to get the ball rolling for you guys, here is an initial rating of your blog.

Content - 2

I couldn't really see the purpose of your blog. All i know is that it's all about Asia (i think). A lot of your posts (i believe) are complete copies of other web pages. It would have been easier to paste the links to those pages; what would have been more helpful was if you had provided your content based on what you think of those links.

Interest - 2 to 3

I think that you have certainly put a lot of information in your blog. In some case, there's a little too much information that makes the reader lose interest.

Navigation - 4

Using the free blogger templates helped you a lot. It's easy to navigate around your blog. It only becomes difficult when you are reading one of the long posts. When you get to the bottom of a long post, you'll have to scroll up so far before you can actually click on some links to navigate to different pages.

Again, if your posts are complete copies of other webpages, then just provide the link. This way, some (many?) of the long posts would have completely disappeared and in their place just one or two lines that link to other pages (unless you add a couple of paragraphs to give your thoughts).

Layout - 2 to 1

while you did use the free blogger templates, i see some areas that really, really need improvement. For one thing, using different colors, and fonts, and font sizes ... it distracts from what you are trying to say. In fact, it really makes your site look cluttered