Preface
There are a lot of platforms that can help you start a blog or share your thoughts online. However, few are designed with the specific needs of educators in mind. Edublogs.org is designed with many special features to help educators to be more effective and reflective practitioners. It is powerful enough for advanced users, yet simple enough that newcomers will be able to get started easily without becoming distracted from teaching. This book will help you get up to speed quickly, from creating a blog to customizing and growing an audience.
What this book covers
Introducing Edublogs.org (Must know) will describe how to get started with the Edublogs blogging platform.
Choosing a style (Must know) will demonstrate how to choose a theme for the blog.
Navigating your dashboard (Must know) will introduce the Edublogs dashboard and how to use it to manage a blog.
Finding your niche (Must know) will illustrate how to find one's place in the blogging community.
Committing to a writing schedule (Should know) will describe how to provide a steady and predictable stream of content to readers.
Managing content (Must know) provides details about managing different types of content.
Growing an audience organically (Should know) details strategies for investing in and growing your readership.
Extending your reach with social media (Should know) will show some methods for growing an audience using social media.
Using plugins for greater engagement (Become an expert) will detail some of the advanced plugins that can be utilized with Edublogs Pro accounts.
Blogging with students (Become an expert) will look at different scenarios for blogging with students and how to set those up with Edublogs.
Analyzing statistics (Become an expert) will show how to utilize statistics to serve one's readers better.
What you need for this book
This book requires a working Internet connection and a browser.
Who this book is for
This book is for educators who are looking to start blogging or write publicly online.
Reader feedback
Feedback from our readers is always welcome. Let us know what you think about this book—what you liked or may have disliked. Reader feedback is important for us to develop titles that you really get the most out of.
To send us general feedback, simply send an e-mail to <feedback@packtpub.com>, and mention the book title via the subject of your message.
If there is a book that you need and would like to see us publish, please send us a note in the SUGGEST A TITLE form on www.packtpub.com or e-mail <suggest@packtpub.com>.
If there is a topic that you have expertise in and you are interested in either writing or contributing to a book, see our author guide on www.packtpub.com/authors.
Customer support
Now that you are the proud owner of a Packt book, we have a number of things to help you to get the most from your purchase.
Errata
Although we have taken every care to ensure the accuracy of our content, mistakes do happen. If you find a mistake in one of our books—maybe a mistake in the text or the code—we would be grateful if you would report this to us. By doing so, you can save other readers from frustration and help us improve subsequent versions of this book. If you find any errata, please report them by visiting http://www.packtpub.com/support, selecting your book, clicking on the errata submission form link, and entering the details of your errata. Once your errata are verified, your submission will be accepted and the errata will be uploaded on our website, or added to any list of existing errata, under the Errata section of that title. Any existing errata can be viewed by selecting your title from http://www.packtpub.com/support.
Piracy
Piracy of copyright material on the Internet is an ongoing problem across all media. At Packt, we take the protection of our copyright and licenses very seriously. If you come across any illegal copies of our works, in any form, on the Internet, please provide us with the location address or website name immediately so that we can pursue a remedy.
Please contact us at <copyright@packtpub.com> with a link to the suspected pirated material.
We appreciate your help in protecting our authors, and our ability to bring you valuable content.
Questions
You can contact us at <questions@packtpub.com> if you are having a problem with any aspect of the book, and we will do our best to address it.