Travel Blog Expectations

• Your post is due before breakfast the following day.

• The audience for your blog post is primarily the families and parents of the travelers.

o   Represent yourself and your school responsibly.

• Avoid inappropriate or silly-only-for-the-sake-silly words, references, and photos.

  • Even if (especially if) you think I or the other adults won’t notice or get the reference.

• Avoid inside jokes or references that those not on the trip won’t understand.

• The tone of your post should be informal:

o   But not crass. And avoid slang.

o   Present yourself as you would when visiting a friend’s parents whom you don’t know.

• This isn’t a formal assignment. Your personality should be part of the post. Have fun.

• You can use first person (I/we) (of course).

• Use correct punctuation and spelling.

• Include yourselves and other travelers, don’t just give dry reports on the site. This isn’t Wikipedia, this is a report on OUR travels. Include us.

•  Refer to other travelers by first name.

o   Please spend time as a team proofreading for errors.

• Please.

  • Pretty pretty pretty please.

    • With sugar on top.

• The content of your post should:

o   Include every major site we see on your assigned day

o   Include some context to explain the site.

o   Include personal touches from your individual experience

o   Include an appropriate number of well-selected photos (Three? It depends.)

•  In your photos of sites, consider including people from our cohort in your photos to help the reader enjoy the trip with us.

• Include a fun picture that includes everyone on your blog team.

• Real talk: Every parent will be scouring the blog for photos of their own kid. Be aware of that and make sure our travelers are represented with some balance.