If you are a teacher, you know that having a blog can be a great way to share your knowledge and connect with other educators. There are many ways to start a blog, and this guide will walk you through the basics of setting up a blog on your own website.
First, you will need to create a website account. This can be done by clicking on the “sign in” link in the upper right corner of most websites. Once you have registered, you will need to create a username and password.
Once you have logged in, click on “blogs” in the left-hand navigation bar. Under “create new blog,” enter your name and website address (URL), and click “create blog.”.
Next, you will need to select a platform for your blog. There are many options available, but most teachers recommend using Blogger or WordPress for their blogs.
Both platforms are free to use, and both have easy-to-use editing tools.
Once your blogger is set up, you will need to create your first post. To do this, click on the “posts” tab at the top of your screen, and then select “new post.
” In the “title” field, enter a title for your post, and in the “content” field, type a brief description of your post. Click “publish post” to add your new post to your blog!.
Now that your first post is published, it is time to start promoting it! To do this, click on the menu button (three lines down from the top of the screen), and select “promote posts.” On the promotional page that appears, select each of your posts from left to right (by title), and then choose one or more of the following promotional options:
Share this post: This will send out a link to your post to all of your followers on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.), as well as send an email notification about the post to those who have subscribed to your newsletter.
This will send out a link to your post to all of your followers on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.
Embed this post: This will embed your post into another website or blog article. Note that if you embed a video or audio file, it will require additional hosting (usually done through YouTube or SoundCloud) before it can be used on your blog.
This will embed your post into another website or blog article. Share this article: This option allows visitors who click on the share button below each article link on this page to share it directly with their followers on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter etc.
). It also sends an email notification about each article shared through this plugin to those who have subscribed to your newsletter list.
This option allows visitors who click on the share button below each article link on this page to share it directly with their followers on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter etc.).
Tweet this article: This option allows visitors who tweet links to articles shared through this plugin with the #teacher hashtag to get more attention for their posts. Additionally, these tweets are displayed in real time along with all other tweets from teachers in our Teacher spotlight section (@teacherspot).
This option allows visitors who tweet links to articles shared through this plugin with the #teacher hashtag to get more attention for their posts.
Pin this article: This option allows visitors who pin articles shared through this plugin onto Pinterest boards they administer (for example). When they do so, they are also sent an email notification about each article pinned through this plugin.
Once you have selected which options you would like applied to each of your posts, click “promote posts” again (under “promotion options”), and then click “publish posts” at the bottom of the promotional page that appears. Your promotion efforts are now complete!.