Comments on: Your blog’s reading level

By: Corrie Bergeron

Corrie Bergeron — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:56:45 +0000

Mine came out that level as well. That puzzles me because I tend to use long words and long sentences (which drive up the reading level). Perhaps it only captured the first couple of posts, which that day included a fable.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:43:39 +0000

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By: Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:29:03 +0000

The idea that came to mind for me was not so much as a tool for the teacher, but as a way for students to get feedback on their own writing. It could be used to teach audience awareness and purpose, as well as clarity and specificity. That is, depending on how it determines readability. I’m surprised by my blog’s reading level. I thought I was writing clearly and simply.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:34:31 +0000

Take it as a compliment. Anyone who’s read William Zinsser (On Writing Well) knows that simple, clear language is best and one of the more difficult things to accomplish well.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:15:18 +0000

The International Counselor is apparently a little more sophisticated. By Sophisticated I mean has more spellling istakes. I am at junior high. Yeah for me. Hey, don’t stuff me in a locker.

By: RyanCollins.org » This blog’s readability level

RyanCollins.org » This blog’s readability level — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:54:04 +0000

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By: Doug johnson

Doug johnson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:05:27 +0000

Makes me wonder how accurate any program that gauges “reading level” really is!

Doug

By: Paul Hamilton

Paul Hamilton — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:58:05 +0000

I was somewhat taken aback to discover my blog is rated “College — Undergrad”. I think this means I need to try and bring it “down” a little so that it will be more accessible to a wider audience. As a teacher, it’s important to always keep in mind the wide range of reading ability in any class. The same holds true in the blogosphere. I recently wrote a post about Juicy Studio (http://juicystudio.com/services.php) a site that measures not only the reading level but also several other aspects of a website’s accessibility. Since I work primarily with kids who have fairly major special needs, I believe we need to do what we can to make our blogs and websites accessible to all. –Paul

By: Jim Wenz

Jim Wenz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:39:48 +0000

Interesting idea. My blog was elementary also. I then entered the New York Times. It was rated middle school. The Wall Street Journal was rated high school. I also tried wired.com and they were elementary.

Not sure what all of this means, but it is interesting.

Thanks,

Jim

By: diane

diane — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:33:57 +0000

This site “rating” site is causing a LOT of discussion. Wish I had more information about how the rating is done. Anyone have the scoop?