Why Commenting is Important
The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs according to this article in Wikipedia. A blog is a vehicle for a group of people with common interests to communicate, share, and learn in spite of barriers of time and distance.Discovery Resources
How to comment like a king (or queen!) - from The Coolcat Teacher Blog
Your comments? - from The Blue Skunk Blog
Edublogger Etiquette - Responding to Comments - from Drapes Takes blog
10 techniques to get more comments on your blog - from ProBlogger
Discovery Exercise:
1. Read the blog posts above about the importance of commenting.
2. Since commenting has been described as essential for building a blog's community and interaction, we want you to have the opportunity to comment on your classmates' blogs. Choose at least five (5) of your Learning 2.0 - 23 Things classmates' blogs (found in the sidebar) to read and comment on throughout this course.
3. In Things 10 and 11, you will learn how to find blogs of personal interest to you. If you already know how to do this, select two blogs of interest to you from the blogosphere at large and make at least one comment on each of these. These blogs should not be a part of our Learning 2.0 - 23 Things community.
4. 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
