The infographic @ right offers some guidelines for helping you establish professional blogging practices. As bloggers, you're not only attempting to fulfill class assignments; you're also using the space to practice writing in professional settings in ways that align with the guidelines offered in our textbook, and through class discussion.

As commenters on other's blogs, please consider the infographic @ right. Notice how it suggests some of the practices we've covered by first asking you to sort of summarize what you are hearing in your peer's post. It also asks you to then use your reflective skills in order to extend what your peer said as you offer your thoughts. You demonstrate authentic listening and engagement skills that will be vital to your professional development. Notice how the infographic @ right is a bit less formal in tone but that it still maintains a measure of professionalism? As a poster, you might want to strive for more formal; as a commenter, you can be slightly less formal, but nevertheless, you should consider avoiding certain moves (notice that work that's edited out of the 4th tip?).

I hope these tips are helpful to you as you continue developing your technical writing skills in the slightly informal practice spaces blogs afford us as a class.