Monday, February 20, 2012

Thing #4

I think commenting brings people together. Blogs are there to help begin the process of a community and comments help it remain intact. When a person creates a blog, it's there for the world to read and to get people's input. A lot of people have blogs where they are asking for people replies because they are not sure how to handle or do something. I really think that blogging and commenting does create specific communities when we use them. If you want to know about "traveling" look up and comment on a traveling blog. This keeps the blogger and other people going and then everyone can learn something.
I learned that you should reward comments and while I've never thought of this, it is a really good idea! You should definitely reward them if you hope to get more comments. I also learned that you should invite of prompt comments. These articles were full of awesome blogging/comments ideas.

From our class:

1. I chose to follow Ashlee Boyd's blog. While looking through Ashlee's blogs, I came across her Flickr post, Thing #7. I share the love of Nashville as well. I have yet to find another city that I can connect with or be so comfortable in. I enjoyed her other posts as well, and her blog is adorable! The link to her blog is: http://ashleeboyd23things.blogspot.com/

2. I chose to follow Tiffany Anderson's blog. Tiffany's blog is first and foremost, very precious. Her background, font, avatar, colors, are well chosen and go together great! I think that some of her posts really match up to the way that I feel. It is easy for me to read her's and understand exactly what she means. I think her blog name "from chalkboards to smart-boards" is very clever. She has a post from the Flickr mashup's about inspiring and I think that it is wonderful. The link to her blog is: http://tiffanys23things.blogspot.com/

3. Next, I decided to follow Kendra Donaldson's blog. Her blog is very well done and she has some very intelligent and lovely posts. We did our Thing 6 over the same tool, DropBox. We had similar ideas on our blogs and I thought her's would continue to be interesting. The link to her blog is: http://kidonaldson3.blogspot.com/

4. I also decided to follow Stefanie Tate's blog. Stefanie's blog was set up well and she had some great points. Technology really is becoming a huge part of our world and educators should be embracing it. I think that her blog will be a good one to follow as we go further into out things. The link to her blog is: http://stefanietate23things.blogspot.com/

5. Last, but definitely not least, I decided to follow Ashton Kearns blog. This blog has some good points and I enjoy her point on communication. She talks about an Education Blog and I think it's a really good idea. I am happy to be following her blog, and interested to see what else she posts. The link to her blog is: http://akearns88.blogspot.com/

The 2 outside-of-class posts:

1. I really like crafts and decided I wanted to follow a crafty blog. This one is called Crafts by Amanda and I think that it is really nifty. I commented and told her that I really enjoyed her posts and that I am inspired to try them on my own. The link to this blog is: http://craftsbyamanda.com/

2. I love Pioneer Woman (ever since we saw it in class). I decided to follow it and hopefully not become consumed by it. I hope that everyone else can come to enjoy it as much as I do! I commented and told her that I enjoyed her "I love" list and I am now going to make one! The link to this blog is: http://thepioneerwoman.com/

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