The LifeHacker article was fitting. Since I have had experience with posting to a blog, social network, and listserv I'm well aware of how one can be perceived. I've had to participate in online discussions before and it is an interesting concept. Knowing how to respond and seeing the direction others may take with your post helps one to think before responding. This could be an asset for older(middle-high school) students utilizing this as part of a classroom. It just might help to keep them more focused if their response is being monitored. Yet, I've seen and read plenty of junk out there.
One of the things I do like about responding or receiving a response is the community that can grow. When I began my former job of Art-on-a-Cart, it was the responses by others in the same area that was most helpful. I enjoy reading and seeing the positive from communities like this. In fact, many of the participants post and respond I find inspiring. This PLC, as I like to think of them, helps ground me in knowing it is OK to not know all the answers and that there is a place where I can find a few- answers that is. Right now, we have a space on ORCA and because I am new I feel intimidated when using it. We have a very small PLC and not everyone participates. In the larger setting of a 'group' or listserv, one can be as anonymous as they want to be depending on how you identify yourself. Even it that setting, it is relatively few who post compared to the numbers who have subscribed or are just reading.
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