Final+Project+Plan

For my final project, I want to create a blog -- specifically, a resource page for English teachers who are looking to suggest and/or provide Young Adult literature for their secondary students. The working title for my blog is "YA Resources for Teachers of ELA." It's not very creative, but I think it's fairly straightforward. I'm currently deciding between two host servers for my blog: Tumblr.com & Blogger.com. I am more familiar with Tumblr, and I think that it is a more interactive and visually appealing website than Blogger, but Blogger is very accessible and easy to navigate for bloggers and readers alike. From what I understand, though, there is a growing number of people (teachers and students included) who are using Tumblr as a social networking tool. For that reason, I am leaning towards using Tumblr to host my blog.

Although both blogs are a work in progress (they contain the same content, just in different layouts), they can be found at the following addresses: Tumblr and [|Blogger].

So far, I have posted three entries on my blog. With a minimum of seven more posts to go, I will need to post between 2-3 times a week from now until the end of the semester. I think this is a very achievable goal for me.

Content that I expect to feature on my blog includes:
 * My own personal reviews of YA books that I have read
 * Other credible reviews of YA books
 * YouTube videos of interviews with YA writers
 * Links to and reviews websites with suggestions for YA reading
 * Links to and reviews of social networking sites that center around common reading interests (i.e. GoodReads)

Again, this idea is a work in progress and may change significantly between now and the end of the semester. I am excited about this idea, however, as I am a firm believer in the importance of using YA literature in the classroom. I've read a wide array of YA literature and feel as though this will enable me to provide adequate and effective YA resources for other teachers of ELA.