L.I To write a quality blog comment on someone else’s blog that starts a rich learning conversation.
Leaving a quality blog comment on another student’s blog helps us make connections to new learning by asking open ended questions that encourage a reply and motivate the blogger to ask their own question in return. This is how a comment thread starts and when that happens we make connections with a wider audience who we can learn with and from.
Today one of the activities that were apart of the Summer Learning Journey was to comment on anybody's blog of our own choice. I chose to comment on Jessie. Jessie is a Yr-4 student from Glen Innes School. I particularly chose Jessie, because I was really impressed with her blog and video. This blog post was about the First Summer Leaning Journey Activity.
Malo e lelei Sulia,
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your blog post today! I liked the fact that you have introduced yourself first as she might not know who you are. I liked that your comment includes all the key elements including a positive compliment, advise and a question which might also lead to a comment thread. If you are asked to comment again what question would you ask?
Keep up the great work!
Hey Sakshi,
DeleteI really appriciate your feedback! Another question I would ask someone is
"What do you think the outcome of this Challenge would be?"
I'm having trouble with finding different ways to start a comment, could you give me some ideas?
Thank you!
Hi Sulia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for answering my question. I think the question you asked is really interesting as it can have several answers making the reader think a lot. This will also lead to a well detailed blurb and a comment thread as well.
A comment can be started like:
1. "Wow! I really liked reading your blog post today"
2. I really like how you have explained..."
3. My name is ..... and I study in Panmure Bridge School (if you are commenting on a student's blog who is not in our school)
How can you help a junior student who is new to a blog with commenting?
Thank you!
Greetings Sakshi,
DeleteThank you for taking the time to reply to my question. Wow! these comment starters will definitely be useful to my future comments.
I think with helping a junior student with commenting, we should teach them about the basics, and then give them a goal of amount of comments that they should complete. This will then get them used to the paste of things.
What part of commenting do you mostly enjoy?
Looking forward to your reply!
Kia ora Sulia!
DeleteThank you for answering my question again. I am glad you found my answer useful. I agree, your idea would be a really good strategy to help a junior student. In commenting I enjoy a lot of things. First, I like how we ask questions and then answer them in turns as we come to know about each others opinions and share our ideas. I also like how we give an advise because it helps the reader understand their mistake and they take it positively as well. How do you think commenting helps improve our learning?
I am looking forward for your reply!
-Sakshi
Kia Ora Sulia,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic comment. I like how you introduce yourself, and praise Jessie for finishing the first SLJ task. You’re positive telling her what you liked, thoughtful by asking her questions, and helpful by giving hints that might make future blog posts even better. Ka pai!
I comment on a lot of blog posts and I follow a very similar structure! My favourite part of commenting is asking questions, just like you have! What are some cool questions you could ask about people’s blogs?
Keep up the great work!
Ka kite anō,
Shannon (SLJ)
Greetings Shannon,
DeleteSorry for the late reply! Thank you so much for the feedback, I appreciate it. My favorite part of commenting is also asking questions, because I can create a learning conversation, and possibly learn something new.
When I create a comment I focus on 5 words: How, Where, Why, What & Do . I think that with these words, there is a lot of different questions you can make.
Examples:
1. "What did find hard/easy about this question?"
2. "How does a ....... work?"
3. "Where did you get your inspiration from?"
4. "Why do think this is .....?"
5. "Do you think .... this activity is helpful to your learning or to your learning, Why?"
What do think the hardest parts of a comment is?
Thank you, Looking forward to your reply!
Hi Sulia,
DeleteThat’s a great way to structure your questions. Ka pai!
I think the hardest part of commenting is being helpful in a positive way. I’m always a little nervous giving advice because I want it to come across helpful, kind, and polite. Other than that, the next hardest part is making sure my cat doesn’t walk over my keyboard! He’s a rascal like that.
What do you think is the hardest part?
Have a great day!
Shannon (SLJ)