One of the most powerful conversation starters is to ask a question. While many of us ask questions in our own blog posts, we may not tend to ask questions when we comment on other blogs. Yet this can be one of the best ways to engage the blogger and other commenters in further discussion.
Your task for today (courtesy of Christy Tucker ) is ask an open-ended question in a comment. Suggests Christy, “Aim for something open-ended and thought-provoking. Think ‘How does using such-and-such tool help you engage in conversations online?’ rather than ‘What tool do you use to track comments?’” Then see what happens. Does the blogger respond? What about other commenters? If you’d like, blog about the experience, being sure to tag your post with the “comment08″ tag.
Here goes … Done. Joyce (catspyjamas) who I know through my online studies with USQ offered some useful mind mapping tools that offered just what I need for my final assignment. Said my piece then asked her for an RSS link.
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merrolee
// Jun 16, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Hmmm don’t like this response box – it doesn’t say all the information to be filled in above is compulsory, and then when you get the error message and try to go back, the entry is wiped out!
Oh well – hello Mrs Banjer!
I’m doing the comment challenge about the same speed as you are I think! I see that you have possibly gone to another blog and found some useful info and left a posting there. To help me follow you, it would be great if you left the URL (ie catspyjamas URL) so I can read what you wrote and find out more for myself!
But my question is… (which is the focus of the comment challenge task for day 4)… which mindmapping tools do you use? Do you find some more useful than others for certain tasks? I’ve tried several online mindmaps but have not yet found one that works well for me!
Look forward to hearing what you have found out.
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Day 4, 5 and 6 of the commenting challenge « Occupational Therapy - educational issues
// Jun 16, 2008 at 7:20 pm
[...] So Day 4’s task is to ask a question in a blog comment. I don’t usually have a problem doing this, so it should be a quick task to tick off. I’ve even found followed up the blogger who has started the challenge about the same time as me! Mrs Banjer. [...]
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Sarah Stewart
// Jun 17, 2008 at 4:17 am
Good luck with the challenge. I find asking questions to be really effective in extending discussions through comments.
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