What the Tech!

As part of my own personal professional development, I first entered the blogosphere. And I have gone through many phases since the start of this journey. Now, it is time to become a better commenter! So my Sunday night post is officially dedicated to progress as I work to complete the assigned task each day.

Day 1: Self-Audit–

• How often do you comment on other blogs during a typical week? UMMM-Honestly- it is slim to none!
  

• Do you track your blog comments? How? What do you do with your tracking?I just recently learned you could track your comments, SO How? I am taking suggestions…an sure I will end up using coComment, and would take any suggestions or reasoning for why or how I should use this information once I have access to it! Can you see why now, I feel as if I need some personal PD in this area!

• Do you tend to comment at the same blogs or do you try to comment on at least one new blog per week? If I do comment on blogs is is on those that are just starting out like me, because I do know that it is powerful when and a nice feeling when you do get comments.After reading Gina Trapani’s Guide to Blog Comments, I plan to focus on first adding comments that add to the discussion and lend specifically a new “piece” to the puzzle/conversation.

Day 2- Comment on a New Blog! -

The task today is to comment on a new blog! Well, I have to decided to post a comment I read often but dare not leave a comment. Since I have not been an active commenter I feel I have a lot to make up for…so it will be important to return to those blogs that have inspired me the most to create my own blog and comment, comment,comment.

Day3- Sign Up for a Comment Service Tracking Service–

I have to say that Day 3 has been a challenge for me due to technical issues. I tried to install coComment an then had a complete meltdown of Firefox, but I finally got it working but have chosen to use the bookmarklet instead! It seems to working much better for my situation! I am absolutely thrilled with the widget that allows the most current comments to be viewed from the sidebar. Since my primary target audience is the teachers I service within my district, maybe as they see others comment they too will want to add their words of wisdom! I am finishing this post on Monday afternoon due to the technical difficulties I had last night and will continue to work to catch up on my daily tasks!