Commenting on blogs allows me to interact with fellow students outside the classroom. It also allows us to get to know each other. Commenting has helped me understand our assignments better because it requires me to thoroughly read the blogs.
Two points that I found important when reading about commenting were: invite comments and be humble. Inviting comments is good trigger mechanism for feedback. Being humble is just what it says; no one knows everything, be open to other views.
I chose to read blogs from Jerita, Tim, Debbie, Monica, Sam, Rachelle, and Chad. I selected them because most of them were previous classmates. I chose Jerita’s blog because she and I seem to have some things in common.
As I stated, Jerita’s blog caught my eye because of her bio and what she wrote in her blog. I was impressed with the results of Tim’s blog. Debbie’s blog was very informative and will be useful as a reference. Monica’s blog was very interesting because I’d never encountered anyone who uses Google Calendar, which I would be very apprehensive about using. I read Rachelle’s blog because it was about Thing 4; it gave me some understanding of what to do. Chad’s blog was very informative; it provided me with a better understanding of web 2.0.
