Comments on: Mentoring & Helping other Bloggers http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/ The Magic of Learning through Technology. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Comment Challenge: 31 Days to Being a Better Blog Citizen | always learning http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25431 The Comment Challenge: 31 Days to Being a Better Blog Citizen | always learning Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:51:17 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25431 [...] Waters. After talking about some of my struggles with consistently commenting, and the need for spreading the comment love all around the blogosphere, we, along with Silvia Tolisano, decided to start a commenting challenge! Similar to the 31 Days to [...] [...] Waters. After talking about some of my struggles with consistently commenting, and the need for spreading the comment love all around the blogosphere, we, along with Silvia Tolisano, decided to start a commenting challenge! Similar to the 31 Days to [...]

]]> By: Sue Waters http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25428 Sue Waters Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:18:56 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25428 Hi Silvia - thanks linking to my post on the Edublogger and also sharing your thoughts. Sorry I've taken so long to respond to your post but haven't been well today (with a cold). Comments mean so much to new bloggers and I try to spend as much time as possible support new people. Kim Cofino and I are currently coordinating a Commenting Challenge to encourage educators to be become more effective commenters, better blog citizens and support new bloggers. We are hoping that by everyone working together we can all support and mentor each other. We would love for you, and your readers, to join together with us and working on the challenge. Kim's writing a post where we can share our thoughts on the logistical aspects. Hi Silvia – thanks linking to my post on the Edublogger and also sharing your thoughts. Sorry I’ve taken so long to respond to your post but haven’t been well today (with a cold). Comments mean so much to new bloggers and I try to spend as much time as possible support new people. Kim Cofino and I are currently coordinating a Commenting Challenge to encourage educators to be become more effective commenters, better blog citizens and support new bloggers.

We are hoping that by everyone working together we can all support and mentor each other. We would love for you, and your readers, to join together with us and working on the challenge. Kim’s writing a post where we can share our thoughts on the logistical aspects.

]]> By: Langwitches http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25424 Langwitches Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:45:04 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25424 <strong>Skip</strong>- Thank you for the compliments. You are doing the right thing of getting started joining the conversation. Subscribe to blogs that you are interested in, listen in on the chatter on Twitter and following relevant links, leaving comments. That's why I clicked through to your blog. Looking forward to read more from you. <p> <strong>JasonR</strong>- I completely agree with you. Commenting is the other half of the conversation. As I am reading more and more comments on other blogs, it seems that your statement "commenting might be the most important and difficult part" had hit the head on the nail. Commenting seems to be in a different category than writing the posts. While you are working on creating a quality post and succeed in in, you still might have problems coming up with the right comment on someone else's blog. I don't remember who and where it was said, but it was similar to this: ...sometimes I want to comment, and I have all sorts of ideas and responses in my head, but I am not able to formulate them... This is what happens to me many times while reading an excellent blog. Then I store it in the "need to come back soon" file and unfortunately that is where it stays. Will have to work on this! <p> <strong>nzchrissy </strong>- I can just imagine the two of you sitting at the table and reading the blog. I wish I could have been there. I am so sad, that I missed seeing you in BSAS. I would have loved to show you my favorite city in the world. I do know that my mom was a great substitute for me though. I guess I will have to go and visit you in NZ one of these days. I agree that friendships start in the most amazing ways sometimes. <p> <strong>Mama</strong>- Nun freue ich mich, dass du es endlich geschafft hast, wenn auch mit und durch Chrissy, ein Kommentar auf meinem Blog zu hinterlassesn. Naechstes mal kannst du es nun auch alleine! Du kannst auch ruhig auf Deutsch schreiben. Freue mich, dass du so viel Spass mit Chrissy hast. <p> <strong>EFL Geek</strong>- The blogroll is a great addition to the lists of things for new bloggers. I always check back to the sites that link to one of my posts. Thanks! Skip- Thank you for the compliments. You are doing the right thing of getting started joining the conversation. Subscribe to blogs that you are interested in, listen in on the chatter on Twitter and following relevant links, leaving comments. That’s why I clicked through to your blog. Looking forward to read more from you.

JasonR- I completely agree with you. Commenting is the other half of the conversation. As I am reading more and more comments on other blogs, it seems that your statement “commenting might be the most important and difficult part” had hit the head on the nail. Commenting seems to be in a different category than writing the posts. While you are working on creating a quality post and succeed in in, you still might have problems coming up with the right comment on someone else’s blog. I don’t remember who and where it was said, but it was similar to this: …sometimes I want to comment, and I have all sorts of ideas and responses in my head, but I am not able to formulate them…
This is what happens to me many times while reading an excellent blog. Then I store it in the “need to come back soon” file and unfortunately that is where it stays. Will have to work on this!

nzchrissy - I can just imagine the two of you sitting at the table and reading the blog. I wish I could have been there. I am so sad, that I missed seeing you in BSAS. I would have loved to show you my favorite city in the world. I do know that my mom was a great substitute for me though. I guess I will have to go and visit you in NZ one of these days. I agree that friendships start in the most amazing ways sometimes.

Mama- Nun freue ich mich, dass du es endlich geschafft hast, wenn auch mit und durch Chrissy, ein Kommentar auf meinem Blog zu hinterlassesn. Naechstes mal kannst du es nun auch alleine! Du kannst auch ruhig auf Deutsch schreiben. Freue mich, dass du so viel Spass mit Chrissy hast.

EFL Geek- The blogroll is a great addition to the lists of things for new bloggers. I always check back to the sites that link to one of my posts. Thanks!

]]> By: EFL Geek http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25422 EFL Geek Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:57 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25422 I agree with Jason. You can write the worlds best blog, but if you don't comment anywhere no one is going to know about it. The other thing to do is to create a blogroll of blogs related in topic to your own and then click through those links at least once a day. bloggers check their stats and will notice your clicks eventually. I agree with Jason. You can write the worlds best blog, but if you don’t comment anywhere no one is going to know about it.

The other thing to do is to create a blogroll of blogs related in topic to your own and then click through those links at least once a day. bloggers check their stats and will notice your clicks eventually.

]]> By: nzchrissy & Karin http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25411 nzchrissy & Karin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:35:20 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25411 Silvia, I am sitting here with your Mom, discussing this blog post. We both agree that you have explained, very well, your ideas for encouraging and mentoring new bloggers. The idea of "superstar bloggers" highlighting a "new blogger" or even writing a "duet" post is a simple, yet very effective way of allowing new bloggers to express their ideas or thoughts, whilst knowing that many people will read and take the time to comment on their post! Had it not been for reading, then commenting on your blog, then following you on twitter because you replied to my comments, then becoming involved in a global project with you because of all of the above, I would not be sitting here at your Mom's dinner table commenting on your latest post. We now know each other personally and a global friendship has been established to last a lifetime! Who would have thought that one comment on one blog post has had such positive consequences. (That's your Mom speaking!!) Silvia, I am sitting here with your Mom, discussing this blog post. We both agree that you have explained, very well, your ideas for encouraging and mentoring new bloggers. The idea of “superstar bloggers” highlighting a “new blogger” or even writing a “duet” post is a simple, yet very effective way of allowing new bloggers to express their ideas or thoughts, whilst knowing that many people will read and take the time to comment on their post!

Had it not been for reading, then commenting on your blog, then following you on twitter because you replied to my comments, then becoming involved in a global project with you because of all of the above, I would not be sitting here at your Mom’s dinner table commenting on your latest post. We now know each other personally and a global friendship has been established to last a lifetime!

Who would have thought that one comment on one blog post has had such positive consequences. (That’s your Mom speaking!!)

]]> By: JasonR http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25397 JasonR Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:17:32 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25397 Writing a blog is only half of the story. The other half is going out and commenting on other blogs. In fact, commenting might be the more important and difficult part. Writing a blog is only half of the story. The other half is going out and commenting on other blogs. In fact, commenting might be the more important and difficult part.

]]> By: skip zalneraitis http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/27/mentoring-helping-other-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-25386 skip zalneraitis Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:02:39 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1260#comment-25386 Hi- Thank you for highlighting Sue's post. I went back to my last post and primped it up after I read I read the original early this morning. I've only been blogging for a few months and twittering for a week. I have searched for tech folks and am following you and more than 100 others. I've added at least 20 blogs, including your, to my aggregator and my blog roll. I have found your post to be awesome. I really have enjoyed, appreciated and learned from them. Thanks. Hi-
Thank you for highlighting Sue’s post. I went back to my last post and primped it up after I read I read the original early this morning.
I’ve only been blogging for a few months and twittering for a week. I have searched for tech folks and am following you and more than 100 others. I’ve added at least 20 blogs, including your, to my aggregator and my blog roll.
I have found your post to be awesome. I really have enjoyed, appreciated and learned from them. Thanks.

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