Thing 4

Commenting creates a sense of community and interaction among people with similar interests because you become part of the bloggers life. You can inspire a blogger or you can hurt a blogger with your comments, so it is important to be courteous.Not only is it important to beware of negativity, but also be specific and heartfelt. A blogger can tell if your comments are just there for the sake of commenting. Another thing i learned about commenting is to create a new post if your comment is very long. For my five classmates I chose people that I either already know or who I wish to know better. I chose Tracie Cannon, Ashley Channel, Lauren Finley, Sarah Willey, Nicole Lee(Short Haired Momma). Two other blogs I have posted to are serendipitylulu.blogspot.com and chunel123.blogspot.com. I chose the later because it was in the top 100 blogs and the first post I read about our pets knowing us better that others was appealing to me. I agreed and stated that my pets love me more than peanut butter. The other blog caught my eye because it had a quote on the first page that made me smile. The quote was "Normal is a cycle on a washing mashine." I commented on this post because I don't feel like there is any certain degree of normalcy. Sarah Willey posted about using blogs to communicate and I agreed and said that research I have done for my website-of-the-day has suggested using a blog post fro communication between teachers, parents, and students. The post I commented on for Nicole Lee was similar and dealt with the same information. Tracie Cannon posted that blogs are similar to facebook and I agreed that I should be leaving more comments because I get bummed when I make a post and noone comments on my page. Ashley Channel wrote about her experience creating an avatar. I wrote that it was not easy for me and that someone with her knowledge of technology should enjoy this class. Lauren Finley wrote about her difficulties as a lifelong learner. I found her post to be very thoughtful and I commented on that as well as saying that computers have helped us tremendously as college students.