Thing 4

I feel that blogging as well as commenting on someones blog helps create a sense of community because you are building a dialogue with people around a shared topic of interest. If someone posts a meaningful comment that is a more than just a few words you feel like that person really read what you were saying and got some meaning out of it. They took the time to not only read your blog but interact with you their thoughts and experiences as well. In the same respect posting negative or harmful comments can be disrespectful and close people off from meanigful conversations.

One big point that I came across and totally agreed with is that if you are going to comment on someones post don't just give them a "wow" or an "I agree" explain why you feel that way why you agree with them be a little more in depth with your response it just add that bit of a personal touch and makes people feel that you cared about what you read. The second thing I read that I found interesting was that it is important as a blogger to validate the comments that people are sharing with you. People may be looking for further feedback in their comments and you as a blogger, should follow up on them.

The first classmate blog that I commented on belonged to Clara Brainard. I enjoyed her Thing 3 post especially when it came to some of the ideas she listed in regards to using a blog in the classroom. I thought she had a great idea about using a blog for a daily writing prompt and having students comment on the blog with their response to the prompt.

The second blog I read was Houston Thiel's Thing one post. he had mentioned he was familiar with web2.0 tools but not necessarily how to use them in an education setting. I agree with his statement and told him it would be a great to learn how to use them that way so we can use them to our advantage in the future.

The third blog I read and commented on was Thing 2 by Jared Morris. He stated that he was grateful for the instructors detailed instructions, which I could not agree more. I am capable with technology but am by no means a master of it.

Next I commented on Brittany Lowen's Thing 5 post about the future of education using the Web2.0 tools and how they have changed the way we teach and the way we communicate with other teachers, our students, and parents.

The final classmate blog that I commented on belonged to Chassity Haplin's thing 4 post. She brought up a point that she read in one of the blogging articles that stated you should be kind when criticizing someones blog you want to create a community in you blog between readers and commenter's and being negative or angry only shuts the door on further conversations.

One of the outside blogs that I read related to my car I have a GMC Yukon and it has been burning oil so I had researched to see if others were having the same problem and found a GM forum where many people were having the same issue. I commented on acarrera's post and told him I was glad for the information he passed on. I was unaware that having an E85 engine could  cause the car to burn through oil differently than a standard gasoline engine.

The second outside blog read was titled Deafness in sports. I have a hearing impaired child and am always researching things that we can expect to encounter as she get older. I commented on the writer's blog that I loved his research and found it interesting that while he thought teams sports were positive deaf people are more comfortable competing in sports as an individual. I think it is important for my child to be apart of a team and asked for him to share a bit more of his experience participating in team sports.