Rating+System

=Rating System=

All blogs have been reviewed with a **five point rating system**:  ** 5.0-4.1 ** : **Indispensable**: this blog should be included with every educator’s RSS feeder. Group members considered the **following criteria** for the rating of each blog:
 * 4.0-3.1: ** **Excellent**: this blog is of substantial merit, though may be flawed or lacking in some essential way
 * 3.0-2.1: ** **Acceptable** : a blog of average worth, but one that may possess considerable appeal to teachers of a particular subject or age group.
 * 2.0-1.1: ** **Needs Improvement**: a blog that is insubstantial from an educational point of view, although it may contain some worth while information.
 * 1.0-0.0: ** **Not recommended** : a blog where the technical competence is at question or it was remarkably ill-conceived; there is little of eduational value for any teacher.
 * thought-provoking (25%)
 * easy to read (15%)
 * unique (10%)
 * practical (10%)
 * design elements (10%)
 * colors
 * fonts
 * general layout
 * writing style (20%)
 * grammar
 * punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">spelling
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">word use
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">frequency of updates (10%) <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">