Thing #4

Blogging creates a sense community by connecting various groups people together for communication, who do not even necessarily have to be in the same state. The blogs that we created in this class help us learn about our classmates, and their thoughts on the blog process, even though we do not really get a chance to talk in class because we are working or listening to lecture. It is important to comment on other blogs because you need to let them know that you not only read this but also hear what they are saying. If you just read an never post, the other person does not know you even read it. It is important to contribute to the blogging community.

The Cool Cat blogger suggestions were very helpful, in particular Criticize kindly, it is important to understand you do not necessarily need to agree with everything someone else blogs. But give the other blogger the same respect that you would expect a commenter to give you if they were reading your blog. Something that surprised me while I was reading the Cool Cat suggestions was the mention of Darth Commenter. It is great to be forewarned about these types of people, so that I do not let it bring me down and stop blogging altogether.

I am going to be following Morgan Garton, Tammy Smith, Alyssa Kiffen, Christopher Goda, and Kelley Poole from this class. The other non-class related blogs I chose were All in Good Food which is a blog all about simple fantastic recipes and cooking tips. The other blog I chose to follow is The Mom Blogger club for toddlers and preschooler. I joined the mom blogger because I learn something new everyday as a parent, and I still have so much to learn, other moms are a great resource. I have not commented on the two public blogs, but I have made comments on my classmates blogs. With all of the interesting features we are exploring this semester, I really appreciate them describing some of the cool features that I did not have the time to explore. If they describe the feature or blog as particularly helpful, I comment that I appreciate the information and I will have to check out the feature or blog for myself.