No, I am not impersonating Joan Rivers but I do want to reflect upon the importance of developing a conversation in a blog. As shared in Vicki Davis’ blog, “The Cool Cat Teacher Blog“, the development of a two way conversation is key to building a successful blog. In the post, “How to Comment Like a King or Queen”:
“Commenting has truly been the fuel that has fired readership for my blog and opportunity for me. It is also part of being a responsible blogger in general. If one is an expert, I guess they may just want to keep their “wisdom” on their own blog, but the true conversation participants are those who contribute to the discussion wherever the blog posting is.”
Davis continues to discuss appropriate ways to leave a comment on someone’s blog. Make it meaningful and relevant to the posting and let the blog’s author know that you get them, understand and can relate to whatever the author was sharing. A dialogue or conversation will spark up and give each author additional content to read, reflect and write.
Blogging enables you to create relationships with ‘neighbors’, blog authors that write about postings on your blog, and become part of the bigger picture – making a difference in the life of a reader or yourself via a post your wrote or an especially moving comment left on your blog that significantly impacts you.Leaving comments does not need to be a daunting task when responding to a post on the ’superedubloggers’ blog. Meaningful comments are always welcome, appreciated and necessary to spark the educational discourse that we are seeking to change and make a difference, leaving our imprint upon the world, one blog at a time.
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May 8th, 2008 at
This is an excellent summation of the whole point of my article. As you can see, following what people are saying about your blog allows you to extend the conversation and share far past your own “blog.” Many bloggers are “greedy” with their comments and that is why cocoomment is a great tool for them. I kind of view commenting like taking money and dumping it out a window — where it lands and benefits someone, fine, but it is no longer mine to claim. It is just part of the random beauty of the blogosphere.
Very nice post! I hope I measure up on my comment!
Best wishes. Vicki, Cool cat teacher
May 13th, 2008 at
Thank you so much for commenting on my blog Ms. Davis! I am honored that you took time to affirm the information I gathered from your post. I am still trying to find my niche and flip flopping between edublogs and wordpress.com. I know that I need to pick one and stick to it and am working on getting in my blog groove per se. Your comment means a great deal as I consider you one of the ‘edusuperbloggers’ and want to reiterate my appreciation for your comment. I love that you are willing to share, educate, affirm and collaborate with the newbies of blogging!
Thanks,
Kim
May 16th, 2008 at
You said “blogging helps to create relationships with neighbors.”
I think this quote pretty much sums up why it is so important for teachers to encourage blogging in their classrooms. It creates a sense of community that so many times is non-existent in middle school and high school classrooms. Not only do the students get to know each other better and feel more comfortable sharing back and forth, but the teacher also gets to jump in. I think it is important for teachers to take an active role in their students education and really get to know them, not just sit on the sidelines.
October 23rd, 2008 at
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