Thing #4

     Hi everybody!  I'm back again!  I don't know about you, but I have discovered through this blogging experience that commenting on anothers blog is a great way to become friends!  Blogging is a very personal experience for the author.  But for it to become a personal experience for those reading the blog, one must interact with the author.  I have found that I sit in class with my classmates and do not know the majority of their names!  But, since we have begun this blogging experience, I am getting to know them by reading their posts.  It truly does make the classroom of students feel more like a small community.     I also learned that to be an effective blogger, I need to respond to my readers comments.  I will admit to not doing a good job of that so far.  But...I'll get there!  What about you?  Do you try to respond to everyone's comments?  I am also thinking about posting a controversial blog, just to see if the comments on that type of blog are greater than the comments on my regular blogs.  Have you ever thought about taking it up a notch?  I'm going to having to give that one some more thought.
     I selected these first five blogs of my classmates because I either recognized the names and could put a face to the avatar, or because they were ahead of me and I was curious.  The classmates I responded to were:  Mary Ann Swaney - Thing 1
                                                             Shammontree's 23 Things
                                                             Valeta Winn - Thing 1
                                                             Jessica Baggett - Thing 3
                                                             Christen Lancaster - Thing 3
The two outside blogs I posted on were two of my friends blogs.  I thought it would be interesting to actually post on someones blog that I recognized.  They are:
                                                             Shelly Deason.com
                                                             Barnabasblog
On both of these blogs I commented that I enjoyed their post and would return for future visits!  The first blog is of a friend of mine who blogs about overcoming abuse as a child.  The second blog is written by a pastor friend who enjoys blogging about various scriptures.
                                              
Would you rather post on someone's blog you know or a stranger's?  Hmm.....something to think about..........