Thing #4

Commenting creates a sense of community because when someone writes something, commenting is one of the ways they know what they have written is being read. By commenting on someone else’s posts, you can find things in common and that person may in turn, read your blog. This forms an online friendship.
I found the point #10 from the 10 COMMANDMENTS OF BLOG COMMENTING helpful. It states that you should come back to the blog you previously commenting on. That makes sense because if you are a regular commenter, it creates more of a sense of community. Also from the EDUBLOGGER ETIQUETTE-RESPONDING TO COMMENTS, it says that if your retort is long, then you should write a whole new post. This is helpful because if others are reading the blog, they tend to read all responses to it before commenting themselves. If you leave an extremely long comment, it ruins the flow of the reading. Also if you are writing a lengthy response, typically you are including your own experiences and that takes away from the original blogger’s post.
I chose Michelle Burkhart’s blog because she also has 3kids like me. I like how colorful her blog is and commented on a site she put up for heritage in her history class because I really liked the idea. I also chose Tiffany Allemand’s blog because I really like how it is set up. I even received a pointer by just reading through it on how to add different backgrounds to my blog, so I commented on how helpful that was. Next I chose Brandi Trice’s blog and read about the teacher blog she comments on. I wrote a response to that and also about something we had in common. The last classmate I chose was Sarah Azcona. I like the way her blog is set up, plus she’s following my blog. I left a comment about one of the pictures she chose because it really caught my attention and she mentioned using it to catch parents attention of students that she’d be teaching.