Thing #4

     Commenting on others blogs creates a sense of community and interaction. This happens because you should not comment unless you care of course, and when you comment about something that you care about you are giving a personal piece of you for others to read. This interaction creates a community because blogs are a place to give uplifting comments, not negative and derogatory comments. These positive comments or agreeing comments allows people to get to you know and when they see how you think they want to know about you and will more than likely check out your blog to see who you really are by what you post on it.
     There are those out there that pray on new bloggers, I have not encountered anyone like this as a new blogger. When a new blogger comments on their first blog it takes a lot of courage. There are people out there that will not be so nice to you when you comment on things, but this should not stop anyone from giving their opinion on a topic that interests them because you never know who else that shares the same views or maybe they were needing some advice. Whatever the reason if you want to comment then do not be afraid.
     It is always important to criticize kindly, when someone posts on a blog they are expect to have others post that care as they do about the content. No one wants to be put down or be told that their opinion is not right. Simply comment on the parts that you agree to or don't comment at all.

      I chose to comment on Krystal Martin's Thing #1, I did so because I feel that we have shared the same work background and we both have trained people for jobs that we have worked and I found that very interesting. I really enjoy teaching others thing that I know, and my employers have always relied on me to train new workers because as I have been told before I was born to be a teacher.    
     I chose to comment on Zach Amis' Thing #6, I commented on his blog because he suggested to use blogs in a way that I had not thought about and I wanted to let him know that I liked the way he would use his blog in the classroom. He also stated that he did not see himself using blogs that much in the classroom, so I suggested ways that I thought blogs would really help me keep in touch with my student when they are not at school as well as their parents. I also agree that teachers should not become dependent because not every student has access to a computer.
     I chose to comment on Erin McClain's Thing #2, I felt that she shared the same experiences with me about making our new blogs for EDUC 3040 and I wanted to let her know that I was also excited to make this new blog and that I planned to keep my blog active after this semester is over because I feel that this blog is a great experience that will benefit me as a teacher.

     I posted on a blog with the title of Science and they had posted a picture of the life cycle of a leaf. I posted that it was awesome and also a great idea. I thought this would be a great idea to show my future students.

 

 

     I posted on a mans blog named Steven Krohn, he does a bird of the day post every day. Today's bird of the day is the Eastern Bluebird. Since I have such a fascination of birds I would love to show my future students the bird of the day when I begin teaching.

 

 

 

      I Commented on Hannah Evans Thing #9 blog because I really liked her stop sign she created, I thought it would be a great idea to use for field trips and such when the students had to cross the street.



         I posted on Sammie Ebright's Thing #8 blog because I really liked her thoughts on how to use Flickr in the classroom. I felt I could also integrate these things into my future classroom.

-Kayla