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.