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CYBERSMART TAIRĀWHITI:

WRITING QUALITY BLOG COMMENTS

@ Te Hapara School

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WritING

Quality Blog CommentS

We are learning how to interact online in a kind, positive and helpful way.

Learning how to leave quality blog comments is an important part of having a blog. It teaches us how to interact with others online and enables us to continue growing our positive digital footprint.

Make a copy of these slides to practise writing quality blog comments here before you post.

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What do you notice about the comments?

[Write your answer here]

What do the comments have in common?

[Write your answer here]

Let’s explore some comments on Manaiakalani blogs.

Comment 1	Comment 2	Comment 3	Comment 4	Comment 5	Comment 6

Read the blog post and the comment:

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Positive, Thoughtful, Helpful

Use the tips on this poster to help you to write positive, thoughtful and helpful quality blog comments.

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Tips to help improve our choice of words when writing comments

Replace lazy words with POWER words

Greetings: sup, yo, hey Have you spelt the bloggers name correctly and used a capital letter?	Greetings Look here for POWER greetings
Be positive good, cool Find a POWER word	Compliment like, love Find a POWER word
Be specific stuff, things, it, work Use a noun: The name of a person, place or object.	Use a descriptive noun A noun that is more specific e.g. picture - drawing, cartoon, photograph, collage, painting, mural, poster

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Today we will comment on two other blogs.

The students blogs whose photos come before and after ours in the class blog list

Note: If you are at the end of the line comment on the person who is first in the next line (and vice versa for the last in line).

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Link to the blog post:

My quality blog comment:

Link to the blog post:

My quality blog comment:

TASK:

Select two blog posts from your assigned blog buddies, add the link in each box below..
Use the boxes below to practice writing positive, thoughtful, helpful comments. Use the poster on the previous slide to help you. *use Voice Typing to speedily record your comments.

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Tick NOTIFY ME to receive an alert when someone responds

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NEXT TASK - Creating a DLO

Create a digital learning object that teaches your audience how to leave a quality blog comment. This could be a movie, a song, voice recording, an interactive poster, or a google presentation. Make sure to include the top tips and use the rubric below to guide you.

Post your completed DLO on your blog, then comment on your peer’s DLOs.

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Extra for Experts

-For Advanced Bloggers-

Some bloggers like to use HTML code.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

Check out this post from Mrs Yollis’ Classroom blog to learn how to take your blog comments to the next level!