Tool #2: Community and Blogging

1. What are your thoughts about building an online education community and participating in a PLN? I am a huge fan of using online resources to create an educational community. I think this is important for our students to be involved in as well since this is where our world is heading.

2. What point stood out to you from the commenting advice? I really liked the idea in Cool Cat Teacher Blog about teaching students commenting. When my students used blogs last year they were required to comment on each other's writing. We didn't really spend time on how to comment, we really focussed on writing in general, so the comments suffered.

3. What five blogs did you select for your comments? (you may need to come back and add this information later by editing this post.) Yes, yes I will.

1. The Tech-Teacher Experiment

2. Kvetching with Karen

3. Frogs, Chiuahuas, and Good Times

4. Mrs. Von Blon's Blog

5. Geaux 21st Learner