Edublogs Commonly Asked Question: How do I explain students & parents how to find my class blog?
We're often similar support questions We've decided to share our common questions & our answers by sharing the question, then let other people share their thoughts, and come back with our answer plus other people's thoughts. Here you'll find our answer with tips from educators!
- The Complete Question: How do I explain to students & parents how to find my class blog? Do they search using Google? What info do I give?
- The Answer: Educators use a wide range of approaches to make sure students and parents can easily find their class blog. Our recommendations are the more ways you let them know how to find your class blog the better you will be helping them! And the less frustrated everyone will be!Relying on them being able to find your blog by searching Google or writing the blog URL from the board aren't good approaches -- we get a lot of emails from parents and students frustrated trying to look for a needle in the Google haystack or totally confused how to access a class blog. We also get at least one email a week saying my class blog isn't Googleable -- which is fun trying to explain how long it can take sites to index well in Google. Below are examples of the approaches used by educators:
- Include links to class blogs from the school website:
- Give them business cards or magnets:
@edublogs Here you go ow.ly/i/QQAx Just print business cards w/basic info or even better put on a magnet.- Business cards, magnets and weekly newsletter:
- Example of Mrs Jefferson Business Card:
- Example of Mrs Jefferson Fridge magnet
- Example of Mrs Jefferson Weekly newsletter:
- @edublogs @suewaters Ways I share my website info with parents... #ebshare lockerz.com/s/234792805 lockerz.com/s/234792815
@LornaRussell @edublogs @suewaters Thanks! And the best part about it....they were free! With Vistaprint I only paid for shipping! :-)
@suewaters newsletter for parents , link on school newsletter online, add to favourites. Kids LOVED finding us in google the best though!- @suewaters Here is the link to newsletters 34mk2012.global2.vic.edu.au/blog-newslette…
@suewaters Do you have a regular newsletter that goes home. Perhaps that could be you vehicle?- Link on teacher websites and add to email signature:
- Quite a few use QR Code and say great for creating a buzz!
@suewaters i created a QR code and sent this home. Asked the children to see if they could work out what it was.- Example of using a QR Code:
