Promoting Your Blog

You've put the time into creating this thing, now you need people to access it!  Some suggestions in getting parents/students to use it....

• business cards with blog address on it (template below)
• mass email through Schoolmaster to all parents
• Remind 101 reminders
• Take 15 minutes out of class and visit it for students to see
• Place something on blog that they NEED to access for an assignment ex: website addresses for activity
• when pushing your blog to be used for make up work for absentees, etc., make them use it, don't coddle except the ones that don't have access
• keep it updated: if you don't, interest will be lost

Business Card Template  (Template has a QR code, that goes to my blog)  If you would like to know how to create a QR code for your blog, let me know.  

Speaking of promoting your blog....visit mine!  Kettner's Science Classroom Blog

Let's Do This!

Now, you have the basic requirements, so let's make a B-L-O-G!  Aren't you excited?  I am!  Random fact, since I started my blog in October I have had almost 3,000 views.  That's only about 2,998 more than assign a day got in 5 years.  Last month alone I had over 400 views.  Someone is looking at it!  My time isn't being wasted and yours won't either if you use your blog, advertise it, push it, encourage it and UPDATE IT!

Alright, so now what.....Go to www.blogger.com and hit create a blog!

Above:

*Choose a title for your blog

*Choose an address on the web for your blog.

*Then choose a template (this can be changed anytime)

*Then click create blog!

**Note:  If your address is the same as someone else, you will have to choose another.

What is a Blog?

blog

bläg/

noun

1. 1.

   a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.

Well, now that we got that out of the way.....It is an easy way to update your students, parents, fans about what is going on in your classroom.  I have looked at creating web pages and have determined this to be much easier and geared towards what I'm trying to accomplish.