This Thing goes
with “to be a friend, you must first be a friend…” Two points that were made
that I thought were important: 1) Respond with a meaningful comment. Just
telling the blogger that you thought that was a good post---well, why did you
like it? What made it resonate with you? It’s like asking one of my students
what they liked about the field trip and they respond with “It was fun”. Uh,
okay. Doesn’t help too much with making the next trip better! Same thing with
blogging. What did you like about the post, so that I can write other
meaningful posts? (On the other hand, at the least, you know SOMEONE was
looking at your blog…). 2) Edublogger Etiquette: When to respond, when do you
leave it alone? At this point in my learning, it’s like leaving a comment on a
blog, respond if you have something meaningful to say! If someone leaves a comment
that you find especially helpful/meaningful, respond back. If the commenter has
asked a question, and it is a question that can be answered (and no one else
has responded) then it would seem rude to not give a reply.
On another note---people won’t know if you
are smart or stupid until you open your mouth.
Comment carefully. Don’t just pop
off with your first reaction or feeling about something until you have
researched it yourself! And similar to
facebook, blogs are not the place to air your dirty laundry. It’s always best to stay on the positive side
with your comments, and not post negative things. I like participating in online conversations
that will help me learn new things, or help me to look at something
differently. There is a whole big world
out there on the web, and there are bloggers out there that are helpful in
helping me get smarter!
The
blog that I plan to visit in the future…Doug—Off the Record
Has
some links out there on the internet that are interesting to scope out that I
wouldn’t find on my own. For example,
have you heard of a search engine called “Duck duck go”? Doug writes about this in his blog. Check out the “more” tab on the duck site! There are all sorts of interesting
factoids/information pieces located under that button!
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