I created my avatar by giving it medium brown colored hair and blue-green eyes because I have those features. In addition, I  just gave myself a t-shirt and jeans since I normally wear what is simple and not over the top. I left the background as the default setting because I preferred the simple blank screen. I used my avatar to represent my features and the more simple clothes and choices I make. The website I used to created my avatar was http://www.moeruavatar.com/.

1. I have two siblings, one older brother and a younger sister.

2. My favorite food is pizza.

3. My favorite color is blue, even though I can mostly be found wearing black.

4.  I enjoy watching Netflix in my free time.

5. I have lived in seven different houses throughout my life.

6. One of the most difficult tasks for me is getting along with my siblings on a daily basis.

7. While I have not had many pets in my life, I did have a cat for one week but we had to return it when I was allergic.

8. I hate being photographed by another person more than anything.

9. When I was younger, I was obsessed with any game my older brother would play, such as Pokemon.

10. I have never been on an airplane.

One of the best parts of these blog challenges is that students are able to comment on one another’s posts and receive feedback on the quality of their work. However, a student should know how to write a high quality comment in order to make these conversations relevant. First off, the first thing a student should do is to make sure that they are being safe when it comes to commenting. For example, this means not giving away their full name, date of birth, where they live, and any other personal information that should be not be freely tossed around on the internet. Once a student has made sure that they are not giving any information away that they shouldn’t, they should move on to focusing on the quality of their comment. They should make relevant comments, and even if they do not agree with another person, they should always be kind in their response. When it comes to the actual content of the comment, students should be aware of what they are saying and make sure that their response is relevant and has to do with what they are replying to. If the comment does not even match up with what they are answering to, there would be no point in commenting at all. In addition, proper grammar is important when commenting on a student’s post. It is important for them to still have correct and formal writing but to also have personality in their comment. Following these steps can result in a well-written organized relevant safe comment!

I practiced commenting on four other student’s posts and visited their blogs.

The first blog I went to was Tallula’s, and I commented on her post about her online and offline self posts. I chose this one because this particular topic in general interested me the most because I found it interesting to read what other students thought of themselves online compared to offline. The comment I left on her post was, “Haha, I do agree that you are quite the chatterbox offline! I like how you compared your online and offline selves on how you talk to people and how formal you are online and offline!”

The next blog I went to was Joaquin’s, and I also commented about his online and offline self comparison. I chose this one again because I liked how his talked more about the similarities between the two compared to other’s. The comment I left was, “I like how you talked more about how you act as a person rather than how you write online and offline and gave some information about yourself!”

Following this, I went onto Anastasiya’s blog. Once again, I commented on her online versus offline post where she compared differences between the two. I chose this because it varied from the previous ones I had seen before and I enjoyed seeing her comparison as well. I left the comment, “I do agree you are very interesting once people get to know you, and I like how you incorporated how fun you can be both online and offline. Next time, I would proofread a little more and fix careless typing errors!”

The last blog I visited was Noelle’s, and I commented on her, “The Online Me” post. What particularly enjoyed about her post was how she compared people not being able to see everything about her online which I did not notice with many others. The comment I left was, “I like how you were very descriptive and compared how online people don’t see all of you compared to offline. I also enjoyed how you went into detail on how even though you are not a completely different person online and offline that you still had differences that most people wouldn’t think of. Great job!”

I enjoyed commenting and looking over my classmates blogs, and I am looking forward to doing so in the future as well!

 

While I am not a completely different person online and offline, I am not always similar in my actions when it comes to being in the digital world or the physical world. For example, if I am speaking with someone I am not very comfortable with I am more outgoing and comfortable online than I would be offline. However, if I was having a conversation with a close friend my actions would not vary much online compared to offline. In addition, I am more aware of my sentence structure and how grammatically correct I am when typing online than I am when I am just speaking freely outside of the internet. Depending on the online activity, such as writing an email, I can be more formal than I am offline. Even though I am somewhat different in my online self, I overall find myself to be not very different between the two.