Thing 4

Commenting is extremely important in the blogging world. Comments help you link up with other bloggers and build relationships within the blogging community. When commenting on a post it shows that you appreciate the work that the individual shared with not only you, but the rest of the blogging community.

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog I read about drawing attention to your own blog by commenting on others. When leaving comments on different posts it will make other bloggers interested in what your blog is about and it will draw different readers to your page.

Let's face it, people are not always going to agree so that is why we should criticize kindly. When reading over the rules of commenting it really stood out to me that as bloggers and future professionals we should always comment in a manner that will not offend other bloggers. Everyone has their own opinion, so it is the professional thing to respect those.

I chose to comment on Jeffery Doyle's "Thing 6." I chose this blog because he posted about a website that is a great way to get students excited about the upcoming lesson. I enjoyed reading this because I plan to teach middle school and we all know that middle schoolers get bored very easily, so this website  will be very useful. I also commented on Jared Morris' "Thing 3." He had the idea of allowing his students to blog for assignments. I thought this was a great idea. I also will be commenting on Lauren William's blog, Haley Cauthen's blog, and Autumn Kirkland's blog. I chose to comment on these blogs because they are people that I know, yet they are all different. Each person gave insight that I need to be a successful teacher.

I also decided to comment on "The Valentine Box Meets Common Core." This was a blog post that a teacher wrote about allowing her third grade students make a Valentines Box, but it had rules referring to common core. It is an excellent idea that I hope to use in my classroom one day. I also commented on "A Principals Reflections Blog." This blog was great because it gave all different types of ideas to keep students engaged in the classroom.