Thing #4

Personally, I think that commenting on others blogs help to validate ideas and reflections.  Commenting can also provide guidance on a topic and allow for an open forum to share different ideas and unique perspectives.  Regardless of what the comment is, commenting on each others' blogs gives a sense of community and the blogger does not feel isolated and alone.

Some important information I gleaned from the articles on commenting on blogs is that through your comments you can inspire the blogger, validate what the blogger is saying, and provide guidance on what the blogger could choose to focus on for future posts.  It was also interesting to read that whenever you can relate the topic to your own blog include the link to what you have posted on the topic.  This would seem intrusive, but this helps create a sense of community in the exchange of ideas.

So far, I have posted on blogger C. Sensing's blog.  She caught my eye when she posted blogging ideas for third graders, because I have a third grader!  I enjoyed reading her ideas and thinking through them from the perspective of myself as a teacher and as a parent.

.....TO BE CONTINUED.....

Now that more of my classmates have shared their wonderful ideas I have been commenting on their blogs...

C. McClenathan posted a great chart for Thing #14...I couldn't help but comment on how it would be a great idea to have students not only fill out a graphic organizer but create one too!

Authier's Thing #9 was neat since he had a great idea to use imagechef.com to post images that could be used on the school's website to advertise for different clubs.

I also posted on Molly Wilson's blog because I loved her Thing #8 and how she created a great looking collage called "Falling for You" (about her skydiving adventures) and she posted an hysterical mashup.  I couldn't help but comment!