Day 15: Give a Comment Award

At Scott McLeod’s suggestion , for today’s task, you’re going to give out a "Comment Award" to your favorite commenter (or commenters), recognizing them for their contributions to conversation in the blogosphere. You decide the parameters for your award–is it the quality of their comments? Or the questions they ask? Sometimes we value commenters because they challenge us to think or because they can be counted on to create community with other commenters. Whatever your reasons for making the award, today’s your day to recognize the commenters you love the most. Check out Scott’s blog for a Fantastic Commenter badge . Be sure to tag your post with "comment08." If you’re not currently blogging, consider emailing a commenter you enjoy on someone else’s blog. We all like some recognition!

This award is given to one of my co-teachers at my school:Katie Bennett . The reason why I am awarding her the honor, is that she JUMPED IN! She jumped into the conversation. Maybe scared, maybe worried, maybe with "blog/comment fright", but she did it!

Katie has started reading more and more blogs on her own time. She sometimes comes to school and "comments" face to face with me about something she read. Both of us are amazed and instantly charged when we find out that we read the same blog post, about a same project or can finish each other’s sentences by quoting the same blogger who wrote about it.

Now Katie needed to take the same step, away from f2f commenting and onto the bloggersphere.

She did it. She jumped in. The first step is most of the times the hardest. That is why she deserves the FANTASTIC COMMENTER Award.

As of today, May 18th, she has also started her own blog:

Harlequined

Please go and visit her, as she starts out on her journey as a blogger and commenter.

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Posted: 18. May, 2008 at 10:38 am. Filed under: Blogging, Uncategorized.
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