The commenting challenge (for the month of May) hasn’t just encouraged me to interact more with what I read, it’s led me to read more! Not sure how sustainable this will be (it is the weekend and I’m cruising a bit), but today it has encouraged me to subscribe to 6 new blogs that I’ve discovered/stumbled on/been led too… They look like they will provide me with some more inspiration, challenges, ideas, and the motivation to continue the challenge and develop my learning.
Having to provide a considered response to what someone has written requires some thinking, and through that, some cognitive shift that supports/reinforces what I think, or helps move my thinking in/onto a new level/dimension. I suppose that’s how learning works…
How cool is that!
The challenge that faces me now is to share this with others and to point out the value afforded by the social networks and communities of practice that exist online.
comment08Tags: collaboration, comment08, learning, reading
Hi Colin – nice to meet you and to be following another australian blogger. Have you seen the Oz educators group in Diigo? We also have an online open meeting on Sundays if you want to build your network and try flash meeting. Lots of fun and people to coneect with . Well let the challenge begin !!
Hi Colin — It looks like technorati isn’t finding your posts for the challenge 🙁 When you write posts can you tag them as explained on the challenge wiki?