Thing # 4

Commenting and reading comments is something that is beneficial to everyone. Ideas, thoughts, and perceptions can all be changed by another person's contribution to whatever topic. Commenting allows the writer greater insight into different scenarios or situations. It encourages and fosters individual and social growth within a community. This would be great for teachers and for students. Teachers can comment on other teachers' posts. Students can socialize and get help with different subjects if needed. If commenting were not to take place, there would be no interactivity, which would basically be like writing in a journal. Blogs are intended to be read and all ideas are to be shaped. For students, if they all collaborate, whether it be for school or social purposes, I think they would have something to talk about. I think it would really help the students form friendships as well as provide a social networking outlet. I commented on Kendra Donaldson's 23 Things. I agree with a lot of what she said about how great it is as a teacher to learn about all of the resources that the internet has to offer. I commented on Taylor Renfroe's and Tiffany Anderson's blog - last post. I agreed with what they said about being able to use all of the learned resources in future classrooms. I also commented on Tiffany Anderson's blog about creative commons. I agreed that it would be very helpful when designing different lesson plans. The last blog I commented on was Jeremy Hand-Roe's Thing 14. I agreed with what he said about graphic organizers and the use of sites like gliffy. I also added a couple of my own ideas in the comment box.