I did not have experience with blogging before this course. After posting a few blogs, commenting on a few blogs, and reading about blogging, I can see the advantages.
In posting a blog, it is like you have started a conversation. You might ask questions, might just comment, or may even have an educational purpose. When someone comments on your blog, they are conversing with you. They may be answering your question or adding to your comments. The commenting back and forth helps create a sense of community and interaction because you are interacting. You are in an online conversation with others who have the same interests as you.
I found, from the reading, that is is important to leave you blog open ended. Give the readers the urge to comment, or something to comment about. Also, be nice. You may not always be 100% correct, so be prepared to admit it. If you see something not right in another post, be kind in the way you comment. Pretend you are in a living room carrying on a conversation. Would you say to someones face the same thing you may blog about?
When selecting the 7 blogs to comment on, 5 from our group, 2 from another, I knew I wanted to comment on 7 different topics. So, I chose a Thing #1 - Thing #7 that interested, or stood out to me.
#1 Brian's Brain - I liked his name. By reading his blogs your getting an insight to what's going on in his brain. :) His post was on commitment, and how setting goals is easy, but following through, committing, is the hard part. Couldn't agree more.
#2 amyonts - Again, the name caught my eye. Turned out to be her first and middle initial followed by her last name. I liked her post because she prefers things simple, as I do. We both created an avatar with much thought or concern as to how much it looked like us.
#3 Reid This - I like the ideas he had for using technology. Some of them were to create active participation for shy or quiet kids. Another was to use it for foreign language classes.
#4 Hill's 23 Things - I enjoyed her thoughts on being gracious to other bloggers when giving or getting comments.
#5 Nickerson's Thoughts - I picked this blog because I felt I had so much in common with it. I went to high school in the 80's and know much less technologically than most of my students will. That was the topic of this blog.
#6 Reid This - This blog was on Flickr. I love pictures, hadn't gotten this far in the 23 things, and found it very informative.
#7 Rachel Morris-APSU 23 Things - She had several pictures of flowers that I couldn't pass up. I take pictures of flowers myself. I liked her post.
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I like blogging because it is a way to communicate with people you do and do not know when you are away or just at home relaxing. I would actually rather talk on the computer than on the phone.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed my flower pictures. I couldn't pass them up either. Plus, I also like taking pictures of flowers.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this blog. I specifically like the part where you say "if you were in a living room would you say this to someone's face." Social networks are wonderful but we are losing the social skills that accompany the face to face interactions in the past. People are becoming less polite. The blog also reads and fun and genuine.
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I also really enjoyed reading your blog on commenting. I also like the part you where you said " if you were in a living room would you say this to someone's face." People can definitely take on whole different personality when they don't have to face a person. I makes it easier to be mean.
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