31- Day Comment Challenge- Day 4: Ask a Question
by Langwitches ~ May 4th, 2008. Filed under: Blogging.
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Day 4: Ask a Question in a Blog Comment
One of the most powerful conversation starters is to ask a question. While many of us ask questions in our own blog posts, we may not tend to ask questions when we comment on other blogs. Yet this can be one of the best ways to engage the blogger and other commenters in further discussion.
Your task for today (courtesy of Christy Tucker ) is ask an open-ended question in a comment. Suggests Christy, "Aim for something open-ended and thought-provoking. Think ‘How does using such-and-such tool help you engage in conversations online?’ rather than ‘What tool do you use to track comments?’" Then see what happens. Does the blogger respond? What about other commenters? If you’d like, blog about the experience, being sure to tag your post with the "comment08" tag.
I believe that you only can learn on a minimal level from a teacher, parent or anyone else, if you do not feel comfortable and free to be able to question what you are being taught.
In my opinion, following someone’s doctrine or interpretation of "the truth" without questioning its validity will not stretch your own mind and inhibit true learning.
Questioning that supports learning can occur intra personally or inter personally. Of course, when questioning involves other people, a back and forth conversation/ discussion can occur which leads to further learning, not only of the students but for everyone involved.
I added my question for today’s task to Widgets & Wikis & Blogs Oh My post titled 31 Day Comment Challenge- Behind Already :
Welcome to the 31-Day Comment Challenge. I am working on the Day 4 challenge and decided to pick your blog post as the one where I will post my question to
What do we do, when we seem to be stretch in so many different directions(as a part of a family, as a teacher, as an individual…)and still want to participate in a challenge like this one? Do we not try because we don’t know if we are going to be able to "do it right"? Do we start and then fade out? Or do we start and do the best we can, stop when we need to and take it back up when it is possible?
Struggling with an answer to this one…
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