2. What is a comment?
A section in blog posts (typically immediately
following the post entry) where readers provide
their reactions to the post. From About.com
Simply put, a comment section is where you as
the reader get to respond to the writer.
3. Types of Comments
Social comments
Social comments are found on spaces like
Facebook, twitter, and other social media sites.
Social comments are short, lack detail and are
usually personal in nature.
Academic Comments
Comments that are connected to the learning or
discussion on the blog or in the classroom.
4. Social Comment Examples:
Here are a few examples of social comments:
“I love your blog, it rocks!”
You are ridiculous.
I LOVE CHOCOLATE!!!!
Lol
Ha ha!
Good job.
5. Academic Comments
In our classroom blog space we are aiming for a
more academic tone in our work.
Our comments should:
Relate to the content of the post
Continue the conversation by adding a
statement or asking a question
Add something to the authors post like a
link, connection, idea, reminder or new
perspective.
Challenge someone’s point of view
7. Academic Comment Stems
This made me think about…
I wonder why…
I can relate to this…
I discovered…
I found myself wondering…
Another thing to consider…
Your post is relevant because
8. Your turn!!
Look at your blog post and the paper comments
on your blog.
Put them in two categories academic or social
Be prepared to defend your stance with your
table partner
9. Revising A Comment
Select two comments from your blog page and
with a partner, rewrite them in one of the following
ways:
1. If it is a social comment, add details to clarify the
message
Exp: I love your blog post because Christmas is my
favorite holiday too.
2. An academic comment
Exp: I discovered that I don’t know a lot about
soccer. I am going to keep reading your blog to
learn more about the soccer teams in Mexico.
10. Back to Edmodo
Select one of the comments you revised and
submit it to the assignment link on our Edmodo
page.
Write the original comment, then the revised
comment and describe briefly what you did to
improve the writing of the comment.