Week 2: Time to comment

Admin for week 2:

When visiting many blogs last week, I noticed your pages in Edublogs often didn’t allow for comments to be written. You might need to do the following:

  1. Go to your about me page and open it in your dashboard.
  2. In top right corner, click on screen options and make sure Discussions is ticked. Close screen options.
  3. Now below the writing area for your page you should see a dropdown labelled Discussions.
  4. Make sure you have ticked the boxes about leaving comments.

Each week, I am going to highlight some well written and interesting posts for you to check out. Remember to check Flipboard as well.

Elena and her avatars, Issaka loves magic and eSports, Victoria and her experiences,

About week 2: Commenting skills

This is another important week in the challenge. Blogging is all about having your voice heard and connecting with others who might like to read and comment on what you have written. But, as in many things we humans do, there are some protocols bloggers in schools like to follow.

Check out these videos about leaving quality comments. The first video was created for one of the very first blogging challenges back in 2009 by Mrs Yollis’ grade 3 students and it has been seen by thousands of students who have taken part in the blogging challenges since then. This video is suitable for all ages but specifically primary/elementary school or lower. But those in middle/high school or older might like to check out the second video which is more suited to an older age group.

Teachers: You might want to visit the post about teaching quality commenting on the Teacher Challenge blog. It has an excellent video about the possibilities of blogging through commenting. It also includes the videos below and others you might want to share with your class. You also find out about commenting and blogging guidelines, paper blogging and other ways to use your blogs to connect globally.

Using Edublogs? Check out these posts about comments: Comment overview,  managing comments,

Mrs Yollis and her third grade class

Nicolas Weiss – Leaving high quality blog comments

 

Activity 1: Create a ‘How to comment’ page on your blog

Many themes and blogging platforms have different ways to leave a comment. You might need to click on the title of the post, or click on a number in a circle or click on the words ‘Leave a comment’. Write a page for your blog explaining how to leave a comment. You could write it as a set of steps or perhaps create a video showing what to do. Be creative. Here is an example on  my family history blog. Mrs Yollis created a video showing how to comment on her blogspot blog.

Activity 2: Make a set of commenting guidelines

Explain what you expect when someone leaves a comment on your blog.

  • What type of comment is acceptable?
  • Which type of comment will you put in the trash?

Here are some examples:

Huzzah commenting guidelines,  a Glogster poster about commenting, WarriorKat used a variety of tools for her guidelines, notice how Sophie included a link back to Mrs  Yollis’ blog where she got her information from, Emme created a PowToon, Darcey included some interesting points, Kyndal has her guidelines here, Meghana used Canva to create a poster, Taylor included some great commenting tips

Activity 3: Leave a comment on this post – you might be able to combine this with activity 4

Each week the best posts published in the Student Blogging Challenge are featured in our Flipboard magazine.

To check your posts we need you to leave a comment with a link to your post on this blog whenever you finish a weekly activity.

So your activity is to practice leaving a comment below with a link to your post for an activity you’ve completed this week or last week.

But first you need to know the difference between your BLOG link and your POST link

  • Blog link: https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org
  • Post link: https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2016/10/02/gday-my-name-is/

If your teacher is moderating and approving your posts, you will need to wait until this has been done before leaving me a link in a comment.

Activity 4: Use some HTML in a comment

Did you check out Mrs Yollis’ blog? She includes a page with some HTML (code) you can use when commenting especially on blogspot blogs. If leaving a comment on an Edublogs blog, here is a post explaining the HTML to use.  If you want to leave a link to your blog that looks neat and tidy, check out this post.

Activity 5: Visit other student or class blogs

Visit 4 other blogs on the lists above the header area. Leave a quality comment on one post on each blog. Might be the About Me page or another post you found interesting.  Write a post on your blog mentioning who you visited, which post you left a comment on and why, then include the comment you left. Hint: make sure you copy the comment before you hit the submit button. Here are some examples from previous students in the challenge: Allegra but try to include a link to the actual post you left a comment on, Meghana who has linked to both the student’s blog and their blog post where she left the comment.

Will visitors to your blog find it easy to search for a post they might be interested in commenting on? Maybe you need to start using Categories and Tags or Labels (blogspot) or Categories (weebly) or Categories (Kidblog) or make sure you have an archive section.

UPDATE   UPDATE   UPDATE   UPDATE

There will be a special post during the week relating to Blog Action Day on October 15. Make sure you visit the challenge blog again about Wednesday for this post.

377 comments on “Week 2: Time to comment”

  2. maisie2017

    Hello, Miss W. Something I learned over the week was how to comment. I now know how to make good, constructive comments.

    https://maisie2017.edublogs.org

  5. naaniisd20

    Hi Miss W.
    Sorry for being late, but here is the link to my blog:
    Check out my blog

  9. 20abigd

    Hi Miss. W,
    I finished Activity 1 and 2, I wrote about how to write a good quality comment and I wrote about the steps to write on someones site.
    It would make me really happy if you go and check out my blog, it’s http://20abigd.edublogs.org/.
    -Abigail

  10. hmsnaho

    Dear Mrs. W,

    I have completed the activities for week 2. I tittled it “Commenting.” I love doing the activities of the Student Blogging Challege. This is the link to my blog

    http://hmsnaho.edublogs.org/

    Sincerley,
    Naho

  11. hmsskye

    Hello Ms. W,

    Hello! I did my About Me and my Commenting guidelines page.
    My Blog:http://hmsskye.edublogs.org

    From,
    Skye

  12. hmstyler

    Hello! Wow, thats super cool. I wish I could do that?

  13. Thanumi

    Dear Miss W,
    I created a video about ‘how to write a good comment.’ You will see it below my Week 2, Activity 1. Please visit my blog and check it! I hope you will like it!

  15. Anisha

    Dear Miss W,

    I completed week 2 and here is my website’s URL – anisha6.weebly.com.

    Best Regards,
    Anisha

  16. hmsmina

    Hello Mrs.W,
    I have found these opinions in the classes commenting guidelines interesting and helpful. I have just started blogging with my class and very excited I’ve both submitted my about me page as well as my how to comment. I hope if you can you could check my blog if you have spare time http://hmsmina.edublogs.org/
    -Mina

  17. Anisha

    Dear Miss W,

    I completed week 2 activity 1. Here is the URL of my website- http://anisha6.weebly.com/
    Hope you like it.

  18. Rit

    HELLO! this is my website of Week 2 Activity 1
    I made a small page on teaching how to comment!

    nishijimarito.weebly.com

  19. hmsraya

    Hi Mrs. W
    I am really enjoy doing your activities! I have learned a lot about commenting. My commenting skills have gotten better. Check out my blog: http://hmsraya.edublogs.org

  20. mafata20

    Hi Miss W you posted some amazing post this week they are pretty much good

  22. 22edfgjhs16

    I really like the blog challenge. it is really fun and i like to do it. The HTML code is Eli’s Blog

  23. mariemeisd20

    Good day Ms. W,

    Here is my blog page. I thought it might be interesting to know a bit about me. I really like the student blog challenge and I think it opens door for students who like writing.

    http://mariemeisd20.edublogs.org/

  24. Issy6pm

    Hi, Miss W. I thought this week’s post was great! You should go check out my week’s post and tell me how I did! Here is a link back to my blog: http://isabelle6pm.edublogs.org/

  25. georgie6wildy

    Hi Miss W,
    I just realised that my HTML code was incorrect.
    I am hoping that this is the correct HTML code: Georgie’s About Me Post

  26. hannahp231

    Hey Mrs.W,
    Thank you so much for using your time to help kids start blogging. I have loved every activity on the blogging challenge so far and I can’t wait for next weeks post and activities.
    Thanks again,
    Hannah 😉

  27. Karen Arendt

    My three classes are slowly making progress on week 2. We have classes once a week for library. My Thursday class has mostly completed week 2. You can visit their blogs here: https://kidblog.org/class/5-watsonspuhler/posts Thank you.

    Karen Arendt

  29. eslgjhs16

    thank you miss W. for hosting these challenges for us and every other student out there. Also how did you get into hosting the challenges on edublogs?
    http://eslgjhs16.edublogs.org

  31. Thomas

    Hi Ms W.
    I’ve done my How to comment page and post but I don’t think they have finished pending yet. They should be done soon 8tom.edublogs.org
    Also, I didn’t do the week 1 activity because I have already made a massive ‘about me’ page on my blog. I was hoping it would be alright to just enter that instead because there is soooo much in there that if I was to make a new one that there would not be much to write about.
    Here the ‘about me’ page is
    http://8tom.edublogs.org/a-bit-about-my-blog-a-bit-about-me/
    Sorry about the late post.

  37. 9grace

    Hi Everyone!

    Miss W. – I have made a ‘How to Comment’ page, though I haven’t yet made a commenting guidelines post. The link to my page is: http://9grace.edublogs.org/how-to-comment/

    I’d love if you could continue visiting my blog. I usually post at least one post every week. http://9grace.edublogs.org

    Yours faithfully,
    Grace

  38. hmschris

    Hi Ms. W

    I enjoy your posts very much and they are good. Do you ever get bored of them?
    Thanks. And here’s a link to my blog http://hmschris.edublogs.org/
    Thanks
    hmschris

  40. Dylan Kunert

    This Edublog challenge is pretty neat! Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I completed activity 2 which is the “Commenting on Blogs” Assesment. http://dylankuner1403.blogspot.com/

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