3 Ways to Begin a Blog

It can be scary to share your thoughts and feelings with the world. If you don't want to blog for yourself, blog for your students. They need a guide on the side to show them the proper way to use a blog.

1. Mentor Bloggers: Why recreate the wheel? Start your training by following other bloggers like Angela Maiers or Cal Newport. Add comments to their posts and ask for suggestions on how they schedule their blog writing.

2. Follow the Formula: Take the fear out blogging by following a formula. Talent Culture wrote a wonderful blog post explaining the 10 easy steps. Once you have practice blogging, you can move away from the formula and get creative.

3. Let Students be the Experts: Don't feel like you need to create content right away, instead, invite students to blog first and you respond to their posts. When students are empowered to teach their teacher, respect can lead to inspiration.

I would love to hear the steps you took to begin a blog. Share your ideas below or on my facebook page. When we embrace technology, we send a message to students that says we value their literacy.