Thing #4 - More On Blogs

Why do you think commenting is important in online communities? What might this mean for students who share their writing online? Write something about who you're following and the tags you've used.

I think that commenting plays a HUGE role in online communities.  Whether it is commenting on a blog or writing to someone on facebook, commenting online is one of the biggest ways that people communicate today.  

A way this can help students would be just getting feedback on something right away.  I can remember numerous times of being in college, posting something on facebook and getting a response back within minutes.  A lot of times, this might have had something to do with a project I was working on or just something for fun.


Just in a few minutes of doing today's exercise, I started following two people at Coe that I didn't know, as well as one person that I know.  On top of following things for 13 Things at Coe, I also follow a few former high school and college classmates, one of my college professors and a former sportswriter from my hometown newspaper.  Needless to say, I've found a variety of people to follow and I think I'm only getting started.


I hope to return tomorrow with another 13 Things posting.  I think I'm almost caught up.  We'll see if we can accomplish that this weekend.

Thing 3 - Wiki's

Here I am, sitting on an airplane, with access to the internet.  I figured this would be as good of time as any to get caught up on a blog entry for Coe's 13 Things Project.  This week was about Wiki's.  You'll see my entry below about Wiki's.  What do you guys think?  Mainly used to look up useless topics like I use it for?  Anyway, here is my entry.  Let me know your thoughts.

In my line of work, I don't see a big use for Wiki's.  However, I can see it being a useful tool for professors at Coe to help keep things organized with students.  I am however a big fan of Wikipedia for looking things up.  I can easily access it from my phone, so if I'm in a pinch, I can get a nearly accurate answer.  I can see how Wikipedia shouldn't be used to credit a source in a paper, but for looking up mostly useless (I kid) knowledge, there isn't a better place to go.