Thing #4

First:

Why is commenting on other blogger’s blogs soooo important?

What I have personally found to be helpful, is that commenting on other blogs gives me some sense of relationship with my fellow classmates that can only come through interaction. In the past this interaction could only come through one-on-one time or group activities strictly in a classroom or face-to-face setting. By implementing this “web 2.0 tool”, students and teachers as well as fellow classmates can establish a working relationship that has no geographical boundaries. Meaning, we are now able to communicate in the comfort of our own home (except for me, I have dial-up internet) and are not forced to fit it in our allotted class time.

Second:

On the “How to comment like a king (or queen!)” blog, I found the post on only making useful comments interesting. As the old saying goes, “If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all.” This can especially be applied to what we are doing. The blogger state that making a comment like, “RIGHT ON!” or something like, “Oh man, I feel you there,” this carries no educational value. If we step back and take a look we must ask ourselves the question, “Why are we here?” and the simple answer is to be a better informed and more capable educator, and to accomplish this we must have useful interaction not worthless.

Disclaimer regarding “habit 7 &1/2” PLAY!
“Please do not refrain from leaving me comments about my avatar and how funny he looks.”

In the “Edublogger Etiquette-Responding To Comments” blog, I found the information about responding to the comments that are posted to your particular blog useful. Again, ask yourself a question, “Why am I blogging?” Is it because I like having my name out there and have nothing else better to do? –Or- Is it because learning may strike us like lighting (anytime or anyplace)? There are reasons as to why people are interested in a blog or what a person might have to say. Though it may not be practical that a blogger can respond to all comments, it is essential give some sort of clarity on a particular response or question that one might have to your posts.

Third:

Jeffrey Lane


Fourth:

I commented on Jeffery Lane’s Thing # 5:

Jeffrey, I think you hit the nail right on the head. Technology such as the internet is quickly becoming essential to the advancement of education. I only wander…Do you think we are becoming too dependent upon it?

Why?
I believe in the web, but there are some essential aspects of communication we can only get face-to-face.

To be continued...