Comments on: You Do Read Me! http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org/2006/06/11/33/ a reflective, communicative, evolving document of my work in EFL Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:47:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: daniel http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org/2006/06/11/33/comment-page-1/#comment-40 daniel Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:18:30 +0000 http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org/2006/06/11/33/#comment-40 Thanks Charles. It's late and I should be in bed instead of scanning your post but my quick impression is that you've got some <a href="http://secondlanguagewriting.com/explorations/Archives/2006/June/ToCommentorNottoCommentb.html" rel="nofollow"> valid reasons for not enabling comments</a>. I can't say that I think they're all valid but maybe after I give it some serious reflection I might. That being said, I keep a professional blog in order to engage with other ELT professionals who might say something that can help me improve my teaching. (As you imagine, I don't see so much traffic through my blog that I am in danger of being over run by inane commentary.) Cheers! Thanks Charles.
It’s late and I should be in bed instead of scanning your post but my quick impression is that you’ve got some
valid reasons for not enabling comments. I can’t say that I think they’re all valid but maybe after I give it some serious reflection I might.

That being said, I keep a professional blog in order to engage with other ELT professionals who might say something that can help me improve my teaching. (As you imagine, I don’t see so much traffic through my blog that I am in danger of being over run by inane commentary.)

Cheers!

]]> By: Charles Nelson http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org/2006/06/11/33/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Charles Nelson Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:44 +0000 http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org/2006/06/11/33/#comment-39 Thanks for taking the time to respond. I just posted my own position on commenting before I saw what you had written. You're right that most bloggers prefer comments directly on the blog. No one in the education community seems to questioning whether it's the best approach to facilitate learning. In my post, I take up that point, summarizing four reasons for not having comments directly on a blog: 1. time 2. flame wars 3. having a more reflective conversation 4. reducing confirmation bias The last two are my primary reasons for not having comments at the present and are directly related to my goal of learning, a goal most educators pursue. It's a rather lengthy (wordy?) post, but it provides a better explanation than this brief comment. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I just posted my own position on commenting before I saw what you had written.

You’re right that most bloggers prefer comments directly on the blog. No one in the education community seems to questioning whether it’s the best approach to facilitate learning.

In my post, I take up that point, summarizing four reasons for not having comments directly on a blog:

1. time
2. flame wars
3. having a more reflective conversation
4. reducing confirmation bias

The last two are my primary reasons for not having comments at the present and are directly related to my goal of learning, a goal most educators pursue. It’s a rather lengthy (wordy?) post, but it provides a better explanation than this brief comment.

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