Thing #4- Commenting

For your Thing #4 post:

--Explain why commenting helps create a sense of community and interaction
--Discuss two other points from the readings about commenting that you found important
--Give the names of the seven blogs (5 from our group + 2 others of your choice) you selected to read and comment on and tell why you selected them
--Discuss the comments that you chose to make and why you made them

Classmates

Commenting on someone's post brings a sense of community and interaction. Commenting lets the person who posted know that his or her post is being heard (or read) and it lets them know how others feel in regards to how you feel or their opinions to the questions you post. Other than seeing how others feel, commenting brings a sense of community and interaction to the whole world. You may not know who is commenting or where they are from. It makes the world seem smaller when someone from Germany or China is commenting on something you post here in the United States.

From the readings I've found that commenting is important because it gives the commenter the chance to state how they feel about a certain post. It also lets the poster know that what they are posting is getting read and it lets them know how their readers are reacting to the things they are posting. From their they would continue to post and continue to want those reactions, or they would tone down the things they are saying because their readers aren't fans of his or her post.

I chose five classmates blogs and left a comment on each of them. I chose GallowayJ3040.blogspot.com, ClaireAlbert2.blogspot.com, Janie23things.blogspot.com, apsuedu3040.blogspot.com, and amber23things.blogspot.com

On GallowayJ3040, she posted about her disagreement to bringing technology into classrooms. She thought that the school system should reconsider and bring back cursive and other traditional lessons. I commented that technology is going to be the best way to excite students into learning. I agreed that cursive and traditional lessons were important, but I reminded her that technology is only getting better and its coming into the schools more and more.

On clairealbert2's blog, she posted a site that showed recipes for really good cookies. She also posted pictures of the cookies she made and decorated. I thanked her for sharing that website because it is honestly a site I'd visit next time I'm in the mood to make cookies.

Janie23things blogged about technology in the classroom was good, but when the power went out she realized how much we all depended on it. I agreed with her that we should teach students on how to use technology to make our lives easier, but we should also teach students how to survive without it.

apsuedu3040 posted that her favorite Google tool was translator because all she had to do was put in a word from a foreign language and it can translate it into several different languages. I myself have used Google translator many times in the past so I posted how much I liked Google translator as well. I told her that in my future classroom, Google translator would definitely be used.

Amber23things, made some very creative and awesome images that shw posted on her blog. I really liked how creative she got and I liked the backgrounds she chose. They really show her energetic personality and I let her know how wonderful they were.

Groups

I went through random blogs and read all that caught my attention. Two of these are imagesisee.blogspot.com and ourdiabeticlife.blogspot.com.

I commented on imagesisee's zoo photos. I love animals so I chose this post to comment. I did, however, comment that ALL of her pictures were gorgeous, clear, and very life-like. I think she has wonderful photos, and I could see myself checking out her blog more often.

On ourdiabeticlife.blogspot.com, a mom posted often about how their family of five diabetic lived and with and handled their diabetes. I really like her blog because I know that diabetes is in my family, I like to read about how it affects people and what she does every day to make sure her boys, husband, and herself, are as healthy as possible every day.