Blog Reviews!

Blog 1:
Source:
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/11/30/why-getting-help-for-kids-with-dyslexia-is-difficult/

• Title of the blog: Why Getting Help for Kids with Dyslexia is Difficult
• Author(s) / Contributors: Emily Hanford, APM Report
• Intended audience (either explicitly stated or perceived by you): Children with Dyslexia, Parents of children with Dyslexia, Students
• Frequent / recent topics: Dyslexia,  Disabilities, Education, Reading
• Purpose of the blog: Bring awareness to getting help for students with Dyslexia in Public Schools through appropriate testing and family rights for child education.
• Voice / Tone of the blog (advocacy? persuasive? political?): Advocacy for students with Dyslexia programs and testing, Frustrated at school views and actions regarding Dyslexia.
• Advertisements (If the blog includes advertisements, what type of businesses are advertising there? Who do you believe would be the target audience for these ads?): San Jose Museum of Art, probably for family or school trips; Nutcracker Sweets ad for children and family entertainment.
• Your overall thoughts / reflection on the usefulness of the blog for you, specifically: It highlights the ongoing struggle of education and their fear of labeling versus potential diagnosis that could very well end up helping the student. Education system fears putting labels of students in fear of what impacts might fall upon students and their families, but when the families are denied tested results because of the potential fear of labeling, the damage becomes even more or just as severe than looking at the situation as an authentic disability. The stories of family struggles trying to get their sons and daughters the appropriate help they need but running into educational system fears, however, programs have given more rights for parents to become more involved in their children's education and growth to help prevent students falling behind because of an actual diagnosis than that of a labeling fear.

Source: https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7877

• Title of the blog: Nobody Wants to Be "Fixed"
• Author(s) / Contributors: George Courus
• Intended audience (either explicitly stated or perceived by you):  Educators, Students
• Frequent / recent topics: Strategies, mindset, value, educators, school, students
• Purpose of the blog: Focus on Strengths and not what's wrong
• Voice / Tone of the blog (advocacy? persuasive? political?): Encouraging, Persuasive to change one's mindset.
• Advertisements (If the blog includes advertisements, what type of businesses are advertising there? Who do you believe would be the target audience for these ads?): Instagram- anyone, Twitter - anyone, Mindset Book - intended for higher education,
• Your overall thoughts / reflection on the usefulness of the blog for you, specifically: I believe the usefulness of this post is extremely simple, but effective! People do tend to look at what they could have changed, would like to change, or what is wrong with something or someone. Instead, look at the strengths brought to the table by each to figure out a value to help them and not fix them.

 Source: https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/mar/20/performance-pay-teachers-true-cost

• Title of the blog: Performance pay for teachers: what is the true cost?
• Author(s) / Contributors:Elizabeth Prichett
• Intended audience (either explicitly stated or perceived by you): Teachers, Educators, Public School Administration, Future Teachers,
• Frequent / recent topic: Subjective assessment of teachers' personal qualities
• Purpose of the blog: To debunk the advocacy for performance pay program being effective
• Voice / Tone of the blog (advocacy? persuasive? political?): Political, Argumentative
• Advertisements (If the blog includes advertisements, what type of businesses are advertising there? Who do you believe would be the target audience for these ads?) No Advertisements presented on site!
• Your overall thoughts / reflection on the usefulness of the blog for you, specifically: I agree with the article that teacher pay based purely off of the student performance return is atrocious. The influence teacher can have on students and colleagues goes beyond that of an assessment to "perform better for cash." Instead, teachers should be given the opportunity to teacher students more about their subjects and not preparing for exams and tests on a routine basis.