For my peer review, I'll be evaluating Lindsay Brock's blog, Speare Shaking.
Posts
Quantity: Lindsay has a good overall number of posts for her blog. There are six links on her hub post, which seems sufficient, but I feel her hub post could have done more to explain her process of learning and her conclusions.
Content: Lindsay has a good variety of posts. She uses media very well, as almost every single post has some image or video to entice readers. Also, she does a lot of analysis, both of the primary text and of the media.
Format: I think Lindsay does a great job of both creating relevant blog titles and making them sound interesting. She also uses jump break on her longer posts. I don't think she's tagged her posts yet, but it would be a good idea to help sort out her posts.
Research
Thematic Focus: Lindsay's focus is very clearly set out in her hub post
Thesis and Cohesion: Lindsay's focus is to argue against traditional views that Shakespeare was against racism and colonization, and instead claim "he was supporting racist views and colonization." She links to several well-developed posts.
Sources: The blog has a source page, where all of the links are clearly cited and linked to which posts she used them for.
Personal and Social
Author Identity: Lindsay includes both a picture and an About Me section. She shows a personal connection to her blog by sharing learning from her other classes, as well as her experiences inside and outside the classroom.
Documentation of Process: I can easily see where she's made progress, especially when she changes her focus to better suit the blog.
Interactions: There are several posts where Lindsay includes how she responded to other's suggestions.
Lindsay has a very colorful, bright design, which seems to reflect her personality :) She doesn't include any distracting widgets to take away from her blog.
