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		<title>Developing a Commenting Guide for Students on Day 29</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge for today was to develop an age-appropriate student commenting guide. Since I deal with college and graduate students, trying to get things down to the level of an elementary school student wouldn&#8217;t enter the picture, unless I put on my parenting hat (I have one that will be in third grade in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Comment Strategy for Day 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In looking at the challenge activity for today, I suddenly realized that I don’t have a particular Blog Commenting Strategy.
Prior to the challenge, I would comment under the following situations. I comment when
I find something or a post that I am interested in
If I think that an article has been done well, to leave praise
To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commenting in a Foreign Country Day 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 05:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took me a bit of reflecting to figure out why this challenge&#8211;posting a message in a foreign language&#8211;was more challenging for me than most and why I ended up modifying the challenge.
Many of the people in my family of origin speak Finnish as a first language (my mother, aunt, uncles and many cousins), so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruminations Blog Audit / Day 10: Audit Comments on Your Own Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 06:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s task was very interesting. The challenge was to do a self audit of your blog analyzing why people might not be commenting on your blog.
Six Reasons People Aren&#8217;t Commenting on Your Blog
1. You sound like a press release.
2. You sound like an infomercial.
3. You sound like a know-it-all.
4. You haven&#8217;t showed them how.
5. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comments vs. Junk vs. Spam in Blogs / Day 9 Should We Be Commenting on Blogs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is a message posted in a blog considered a &#8216;comment&#8217; and when it is &#8217;spam&#8217;? This is the task for today&#8217;s  challenge.
The purpose of the 31 Day Comment Challenge was to &#8220;improve our commenting skills and draw more people into blog conversations.&#8221;
While this may be happening with this group of educators, it may [...]]]></description>
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