Thing #12

I looked at Cool Cat's information about commenting and thought her idea about hyperlinking anything that you refer to is important. Most people don't have time to search and being able to click on a link to see what someone is talking about is very convenient. The other idea that I liked came from Problogger. He said that asking questions is a good way to get someone to comment on your blog. I think both of these ideas are important.

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-to-comment-like-king-or-queen.html

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/12/10-techniques-to-get-more-comments-on-your-blog/

I did a search on Google Blogs to find blogs that are related to my field of study--language arts/reading and library science. I found the following blogs that interested me.

http://lovewhatyouteach.com/
This blog was created by a 3rd grade teacher to share ideas for the elementary classroom.

http://totally3rdgrade.com/wordpress/
This site shares resources that teachers can use.

http://elementary-school.blogspot.com/
This site shares valuable resources for elementary teachers, including links to other sites.

http://thepithypython.blogspot.com/
"The blog of an elementary school librarian about children's books, reading and research"

http://fromtotstotweens.blogspot.com/
A site that includes booktalks and other valuable information about promoting reading.

Oops. I didn't read very well because I found 5 blogs of interest. I guess it's better to do more than not enough!