tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6734309150818022982012-02-16T20:20:22.413-08:00Bringing Authenticity to BloggingWilliam Chamberlainhttps://profiles.google.com/101900187359149436718noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673430915081802298.post-89743776336089768142010-09-19T16:23:00.000-07:002011-11-03T12:46:28.990-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Comments4Kids</b></span> is a way for students and teachers to find blogs to comment on and to get their own posts commented on. It all started when Carey Pohanka, Derek Smith, and I had a conversation on Twitter about how to get people to comment on student posts. Here is a <a href="http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/04/comments4kids-wednesdays.html">link to my post</a> that explains what happened. <i>Please note that Comments4Kids does not have to be on Wednesdays</i> :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some links to get you started:</span></div><br /><a href="http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/p/blogs-that-want-comments.html">Comments4Kids Blogs</a>.<br /><a href="http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/p/add-your-blog.html">Add Your Class Blog or Student Blog</a>.<br /><a href="http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/p/add-your-name-to-participants-list.html">Add Your Name to the Participant List</a>.<br /><a href="http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/p/does-commenting-make-difference.html">Does Commenting Make a Difference?</a><br /><a href="http://mrcsclassblog.blogspot.com/search/label/comments4kids">How I present Comments4Kids to my students. </a><br /><a href="http://comments4kids.wikispaces.com/">The Comments4Kids Wikispace</a>: Our old site.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suggested Rules for Commenting for Your Students</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are the rules I use with my students when we comment on posts. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Rules for Comments4Kids</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">1) Relevant<br />2) Positive<br />3) Comment only when you have something to say.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">4) Always use good conventions (capitalization, punctuation, etc.)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"> If you participate in Comments4Kids add this badge to your site:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f2IpRyIxeKo/TJacHc_7ZvI/AAAAAAAABk0/6_hPpRyhIZw/s1600/comments4kids.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f2IpRyIxeKo/TJacHc_7ZvI/AAAAAAAABk0/6_hPpRyhIZw/s320/comments4kids.png" width="216" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/mr_avery">Shawn Avery</a> created this Google Map for people to add their class blogs.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215469437686405381121.0004b00b2ad9359d493b0&amp;msa=0">You can find it here if you would like to add yours. </a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215469437686405381121.0004b00b2ad9359d493b0&amp;msa=0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=4.528872,-107.714385&amp;spn=100.898918,227.381896&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;output=embed" width="425"></iframe></div><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215469437686405381121.0004b00b2ad9359d493b0&amp;msa=0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=4.528872,-107.714385&amp;spn=100.898918,227.381896&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">Class Blogs</a> in a larger map</small></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/673430915081802298-8974377633608976814?l=comments4kids.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William Chamberlainhttps://profiles.google.com/101900187359149436718noreply@blogger.com7