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I just found this YouTube Video “We Think”,by Charles Leadbeater via Paul Allison’s blog.

Click on this link to watch it.

I think it raises some powerful ideas about blogging and interesting questions about the future.
What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment below

My life on the Web

On Saturday night I was up for hours writing one post then the next for the Comment Challenge Tuvia was sound asleep and it was peaceful to be clicking away even though I knew I’d have to pay for the my missed sleep opportunity and yes, it was a tough ride home but we got back in one piece, unpacked and refreshed I can say sure, it was all for the best.

Just remembering that late-night flow of words, I thought about how much of my time I spend writing. Sure, I write lots of emails to friends and colleagues, I IM with Nancy and Karen and Marla regularly, I read a few blogs religiously and leave comments, I Twitter a bit, but my real passion and time on the web is spent writing and working on projects that include my images. The words and the images.

I teach a few courses at SUNY , I supervise student teachers, I present workshops at conferences, I work on HVWP projects and prepare for our SI’s, especially around technology But in the last few months the majority of my clicking, is pure writing, first writing into the day each day with my Word Count Journal and then moving over to my blog: movie reviews, reflections, creative pieces, slices, a moment in a sentence, just pure writing. It does eat into guitar practice, reading and exercise, but it’s a lovely passion. I would never have figured I’d be writing every day for hours.

I remember watching writers in awe. I can’t say I’m in their league but I feel good about being in my league growing, flexing my writing muscle. Pure pleasure and I can’t forget that there is some incentive, there’s a public out there who reads and comments or just reads and moves on, or maybe clicks, looks and closes.

I am so happy to be out in the open and letting my old journals gather dust. I went public one day and never looked back.

And I don’t think I’d be participating in this Comment Challenge if I hadn’t first become a member of Boil Down Your Day/Week and then Sharing a Slice.
What’s really eye-opening as I read new blogs, is to read how many other bloggers have had similar experiences, moving slowly and steadily, deeper and deeper into the blogosphere.

How about you slicer buddies, how have you gotten to where you are now?

Welcome!

I have been writing here for almost two years, enjoying the opportunity to write publicly about what I feel passionate about and since you’ve found your way here, and spent some time reading, I’m wondering if you might like to share a comment, throw out a question or maybe join a discussion.

As teachers and writers, we know that these experiences can be both exciting and isolating and virtual conversations can sow the seeds for new communities and networks.

If you are ready to dive in, you can search for the comment link at the bottom of each post. If you are the first, you will see the words: “no comments.” If others have posted comments, the link will indicate how many comments are there.

This comment link will bring you to a comment box, where you will be asked to fill out some basic information (unless you are logged in as part of the Edublog Community and, therefore, are already known by my blog).

I will know if you leave a comment, I check often and you can rest assured I will respond. Other bloggers might join us and who knows where we might go from there.

You can click below your comment to be notified as well if there’s a response.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will leave a thought behind.

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Here’s Michele’s 6 Reasons People Aren’t Commenting on Your Blog

Time for my self-assessment:
1. You sound like a press release.

Okay, I don’t think this applies to me. I write about things I am passionate about. I’m not a company, or a business. I do write a lot about our writing project but I think my tone is very informal and hopefully open to comments and conversation by the HVWP community and beyond.

2. You sound like an infomercial.

I don’t think my blog sounds like an infomercial either. I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m selling anything. No products here.

3. You sound like a know-it-all.

I hope not.

Frustration seemed to create an amazing collaboration last year. I wondered about digital storytelling, about its process after returning unsuccessfully to the place I learned the basics.

Kevin Hodgson read my blog reflections and wondered about working to create a site for digital storytellers who were thinking and wondering as well.

How could we explore digital storytelling on the web, collaborating as a community?

Frustration, questions, reflections took us a long way….all the way to the ABC movie collaboration.

I hope the questions are continuing….

4. You haven’t showed them how.

This could be an important one. I remember when I saw Larry F.’s blog remodel and loved his small friendly photo on his sidebar and thanking his readers for stopping by. I borrowed the idea and added a request for a comment but I didn’t explain how to do that.

Whoops…

5. You haven’t created the right atmosphere.

I hope I am creating a comfortable home to visit often, spend time and maybe even leave something behind. I hope I am getting better at this.

I know a comfortable blog when I read one. I love leaving comments on those blogs.

6. You just don’t seem that into it.

I hope my passion comes across here. I love my blog.

So, I am I right here? Can anyone offer me some suggestions?

Bonnie