Thing #4 - Commenting

After reading some of the blogs about the etiquette of commenting, I have discovered some information which I naturally took for granted. It is obvious that commenting on a particular blog creates an interaction with others. It allows you to communicate with a single person or perhaps a group of people and establish some rapport while you are discussing certain topics. Commenting gives you needed feedback, opinions, or ideas from someone that is neutral and willing to tell you what they might think about your blog. It's an information gathering process.

I think it's quite natural to understand while commenting that there is a real person on the other end that deserves your respect, and that you should communicate with a gracious, polite tone. The 10 commandments of commenting was quite interesting. I particularly like the idea of making a contribution, don't just make a comment simply to be commenting. We should really try to contribute to the conversation with a pertinent feedback. I also like the advice to stay open-minded, respect others opinions and ideas. Thirdly, I really like the advice to "never flame". In other words do not start a war of words by being argumentative in a blog/comment forum.

Names of 7 Blogs: I'm not sure I'm answering this part of the assignment correctly, but here goes!

(5) from our group
a. lifelong learning
b. how blogging can be used within my school
c. the importance of commenting
d. web based applications
e. explore filckr

(2) others
a. 10 commandments of commenting
b. top 10 techniques to get more comments
c. TBC.com This is a website, Texas Basketball Coaches.com, that I blog on every day. It's a msg board for high school basketball coaches to exchange thoughts, philosophies, and ideas.

My commenting will be a work in progress over the next few weeks:

I just posted a comment to Learning Something New. Apparently she has a real love for technology and I told her that I envy her because of this. I'm very uncomfortable with technology and learning new things. I feel like a dinosaur. As a matter of fact I told Ms. Learning Something New that I feel like I just invented the wheel but now I really don't know what to do with it! She seems excited about this class and technology doesn't worry or scare her at all!

I just sent a comment to 23 things regarding her comments on thing #5 about perspectives on web 2.0 and how it will affect schools, libraries, and student learning in the future of education. She had some interesting observations about how technology is changing schools, use of libraries, and student learning. She made a comment about how we've become so dependent on the technology that is at our fingertips in todays society. I enjoyed her thoughts and comments about the articles on school 2.0 and library 2.0.

I just posted a comment on Mandy's Mailbag about her assignment on flickr masher. She did an amazing job creating 3-4 items. I was really impressed with the collage of pictures of she and her sister, and I really loved how she downloaded the list of songs that actually play as soon as you open her mailbag. Very interesting and very impressive!