[Blog Review] Özge Karaoglu's Blog

Good day, folks!

Today I will share some points I have observed about Özge Karaoglu's educational blog.   Özge shares various types of online tools for teachers to utilise in their classroom. This review is divided into four categories: organisation and layout, content and features, ease of use and navigation, and target audience. 

Organisation and Layout:

The logo was the first thing that caught my attention and left a deep impression my mind. It is very vibrant and creative; the idea of having different hands holding out drawn signs with phrases/roles that describe the blogger and pictures that symbolise the purpose/functions of the blog catches the readers’ attention and gives the readers an overall idea about the content of this blog.

The blog is organised in a visually comfortable format. The web entries and side bars are not cluttered together, the background is clean, and font is clear and simple. Not too much is going on on the page, but the key phrases are highlighted, such as bold faced or underlined, to capture the reader’s attention of the main idea, and the pictures enhance the visual impression that readers have on the blog posts. 

Content and Features 

This blog mainly posts about different web tools that teachers can use in their classrooms. 

The blogger gives a brief description about the tool, and then provides suggestions of how teacher can incorporate these tools into their lesson, which is quite helpful for beginners that do not have much idea or experience of how to incorporate the tools into the classroom. 

Ease of use and Navigation 

The blog posts are in reverse chronological order without other sources of navigation (such as categories, tags, or calendar), so if a reader wants to find a specific post, he/she can only find it by scroll through the entire entries or search it up in the search bar. If the blogger had categorised the posts in different subheadings on a sidebar or top bar, it would be more convenient for readers to navigate and quicker for them to find what they want/need. 

The blog is very simple and straightforward. There is not that much diversity in it in terms of different functions or types of entries, so it’s pretty easy to see what there is to do on each page.

Target Audience

This blog is mainly for teachers that are interested in incorporating online tools into their teaching. The blog is open to the public, so anyone can make a comment. The posts are very brief introductions to the tools the blogger describes, so this blog might fit the needs of inexperienced teachers or teachers that are new to infusing technology into their teaching.


That's about it! Overall, this is a resourceful tool for teachers that are looking for suitable or appropriate tools for their lesson!

Cheers,
Wanda