http://www.cocomment.com/comments/dhammond Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-21T11:02:08.173+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=2220333&comment_id=47066326 dibytes Love this one - he looks like a super hero! 2009-01-05T14:21:38.303+01:00 2009-01-05T14:21:38.303+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1387263&comment_id=26525406 Diane Hammond Sue, I may be the lone voice in the woods here but I wouldn't consider turning off comment moderation for even one minute. Spam is insidious!!! Except for our Space Station Project where we designed the collaborative learning environment ourselves, all of my project blogs run on Wordpress with the Akismet Spam plugin running in the background. Akismet is pretty good - 432 pieces of spam caught on four project blogs yesterday alone! Yet I still find seemingly innocuous messages linking back to very inappropriate sites sitting in the moderation queue. I don't want to take any chances of having my work linked with those sites as the RSS feed propagates its way throughout the blogsphere. I'm online 24/7, (sometimes it feels that way), so it's easy for me to quickly deal with the moderation queue. This is my last line of defense! 2008-05-11T17:46:14.229+02:00 2008-05-11T17:46:14.229+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1387263&comment_id=26525295 Diane Hammond Sue, I may be the lone voice in the woods here but I wouldn't consider turning off comment moderation even for a minute. Spam is insidious!!! Except for our Space Station Project where we designed the collaborative learning interface ourselves, all of my project blogs are run on WordPress with the Akismet Spam plugin working in the background. Akismet is pretty good and catches the majority of the spam (432 pieces on my four project blogs yesterday alone). Yet I still find seemingly innocuous messages in the moderation queue with links back to porn and gambling sites. I don't want any links whatsoever between my work and those sites to propogate out into the blogsphere. I am online almost 24/7, (or at least it seems like it), so I can very quickly attend to the moderation queue. It's my last line of defense :-) 2008-05-11T17:35:49.635+02:00 2008-05-11T17:35:49.635+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1383626&comment_id=26509534 Diane Hammond Kevin, I really don't think we should rely too heavily on SPAM filters. My student blogs are all run on WordPress using the Akisment Spam plugin. It does a pretty good job, yet I still find SPAM sitting in the Comment Moderation Queue. If for no other reason than being one more check in the system of checks and balances, I would still leave comment moderation turned on. 2008-05-10T20:44:27.353+02:00 2008-05-10T20:44:27.353+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1386332&comment_id=26509523 Diane Hammond In a challenge as wide open as this one, there is an entry point for everyone. You just haven't found your particular challenge yet, but I'm sure it's there :-). Just as one example, I know people like Kate Foy, http://katefoy.com/?p=240 and Kevin Hodgson, http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2008/05/04/comment-challenge-video/ have certainly challenged me to think about using video posts and comments. 2008-05-10T20:33:39.157+02:00 2008-05-10T20:33:39.157+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1385091&comment_id=26504413 Diane Hammond Kevin, I tend to agree with you; I prefer to add my comments to the original post. However if I feel I have something to say that might change the focus or veer off in another direction, I'd rather post on my own blog and leave a trackback. I'm careful not to hijack someone else's blog to make my point. 2008-05-10T15:29:59.395+02:00 2008-05-10T15:29:59.395+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1380877&comment_id=26391035 Diane Hammond I too have been fortunate to have encountered forks in the road (and so far have made good choices). Looking back though I can identify the steps I've taken that have prepared me for the forks I've followed. These a line I like in Randy Bachman's song "The Road": "If you don't know where you're going Any road will take you there." Good line to discuss with students. 2008-05-06T15:18:54.689+02:00 2008-05-06T15:18:54.689+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1380352&comment_id=26382498 Diane Hammond My initial response to your video comment was positive. I immediately jumped over to Seesmic to see how I could get one of these cool "toys". I really like the personal element that the video and sound add. After a few minutes to think this through though, my opinion changes. I'm a scanner. I simply would not take the time to watch more than one video comment attached to a post. There is also no way I would click over to Seesmic to register in order to leave my own video comment. I don't have time or patience for extra steps. When you get right down to it, I wouldn't leave a video comment anyway. I'm camera shy. Gosh if I have to fix my hair, brush my teeth and change my clothes to comment, forget it :-) Thanks so much for sharing! I now know this isn't a tool for me. 2008-05-06T06:16:50.750+02:00 2008-05-06T06:16:50.750+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1377751&comment_id=26344509 Diane Hammond "I see so many possibilities and yet in an instance it seems that hours can pass" That's the dilemma we all face! We all wrestle with balance. I think the answer lies in the realization that we can't learn it all and it doesn't matter! What's important is that we become part of a network that never sleeps. Our personal learning network should allow us to login at different points and even logout for extended periods. The learning will still happen... 2008-05-04T03:35:39.532+02:00 2008-05-04T03:35:39.532+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1377119&comment_id=26343816 Diane Hammond Hey Kevin! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I may be reading much more into this than what was intended, but I think the point of the Comment Challenge is to remind us that we can all be part of "the conversation", part of "the network". You stated it: "I love the idea of connecting with others". That's the point. You and I first connected a year ago on Classroom 2.0 and so much has changed since then. There are so many ways to connect! Twitter and Diigo are two that are at the top of my list at the moment. So use whatever verb you want - blog, comment, tweet, tag... (are these really verbs?); do whatever you can to be part of the network. The learning possibilities are endless... 2008-05-04T01:48:20.819+02:00 2008-05-04T01:48:20.819+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1375572&comment_id=26342011 Diane Hammond We all know how encouraging it is to get a comment on something we've posted - there's no better motivator to continue writing! I have to admit that I think long and hard before I "take up valuable real estate" on someone else's blog. I want to be supportive but I also want to add value to the original post. Commenting is almost as much work as blogging, but it is really rewarding to become "part" of a conversation. 2008-05-03T22:24:03.113+02:00 2008-05-03T22:24:03.113+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1376240&comment_id=26339193 Diane Hammond Thanks for this "kick-in-the-pants" to get back to reading and commenting! I've already reconnected and made new connections with other edubloggers! I'd like to clarify how to share to the Comment Challenge group in coComment. When I look at my conversations I see all of my comments being tracked on my page. When I look at the Comment Challenge group page I see that I have only made two comments. I think that number represents the couple of times I actually chose the group from the "Share" menu. I guess membership in the group doesn't automatically send comments to the group. Is that correct? Makes sense I guess because you could be a member of more than one group. 2008-05-03T17:01:05.016+02:00 2008-05-03T17:01:05.016+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1375561&comment_id=26313286 Diane Hammond Thanks for re-visiting this post - I remember it from last year. It's important that we all share these "stories" of the changing practices in our classrooms. We are still "teaching" but our pedagogical model must change if we are to engage this generation of students. 2008-05-02T05:41:23.608+02:00 2008-05-02T05:41:23.608+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=dhammond&conv=1361080&comment_id=26288407 Diane Hammond Re-installed coComment and testing now. 2008-04-30T23:06:05.833+02:00 2008-04-30T23:06:05.833+02:00