Thing 4

Commenting helps create a sense of community because it allows you to interact with a group of people. Everyone does not have a blog, so for the ones who do it is as if your are a part of a neighborhood or community you are interacting with. I love reading and commenting about what others have to say because it may show you a different view on a situation, you may gain knowledge of an issue you did not even know about, or it may give you advice that will benefit you in the future. 

I chose to comment on Tabitha Beard's Thing 3 because it was a well developed discussion on the use of blogs in the classroom. We shared some of the same ideas, but I also gained other ways that blogging will be even more beneficial to my students and their parents. 

Casey Ball's Thing 2 was a great description on her reasoning of naming her blog. It was creative and it reiterates that everything in that blog is her personal views and opinions. 

I chose to comment on Kenna Gupton's Thing 2 because I really liked the look of it, but as I read her blog I found out that her friend helped her create it. This made me realized that blogging would be a great tool to allow students to work in teams to create a blog having to do with a subject or book we were covering in class. 

Jessica Patterson's Thing 2 related closely to my Thing 2 because this was both of our first times creating a blog. We both agreed that it looked interesting, but just did not find the time to sit down and create one. 

I chose to comment on Claire Albert's Thing 3 because she mentioned that blogging would hold students accountable to post weekly. This a great, fun way to get students involved through technology and allow interaction outside of the classroom with their fellow classmates. 

When I was searching to comment on two other blogs, I found that a lot of blogs were made in memory of someone or to give medical updates. I chose to comment on The Green's are on the scene: post Happy Birthday Mom because it was very touching and related to what my mom is going through. This was an absolute beautiful post and brought tears to my eyes. The second blog I chose to comment on was Maida Vale: post Cake love. This was a fun post and it had great pictures. I would have never thought about posting about my favorite wedding cakes, but this reiterates the freedom with blogging.