Thing 11

I liked leaving comments on other peoples blogs, but found it difficult to offer any advice or substantial input at this time. I am new to Web 2.0 tools and it seems that the blogs I visited were created by much more experienced individuals that most likely wouldn't benefit from any comment I could make. I would think that this would change with time though as I become more experienced myself. I loved receiving comments on my blog which is why I would want to reciprocate to others as well. I found the comments on my blog were very helpful, supportive and had good suggestions to try out. I think commenting is important to online communities because, just as I witnessed in my blog, you can receive helpful and insightful information from others and benefit from their experience. You are able to reach out to the whole world and gain from their knowledge. Students who share their writing online, again, can benefit from the knowledge of far more people than a teacher or two they may be working with. This opens the door to communication to a greater number of resources.