Recently I have written a number of posts about class blogging and have begun using one again in our classroom. One of the things that I wrote about in my previous post is how useful it is to keep tabs on your visitor numbers and locations, and how children get very excited about this.
One big influence on this is a separate network that allows you to promote your class blog and drive traffic to it. I am aware that with a larger Twitter network you can drive a larger amount of clicks. I am going to put mine to good use and post on Twitter a class blog recommendation every single day.
I hope that this helps drives traffic to your class blogs, widens your audience and continues to spark curiosity about different visitor locations. But perhaps more importantly it might help you and your class make some meaningful connections with other classes around the world.
I have started the #classblogs hashtag to keep track of everything to do with … class blogs!
Here are the first 4 recommendations taken from various tweets and recent comments on blog posts.
- Mereside Primary School -Year 6 – Blackpool, England – http://meresideblog.wordpress.com
- Class 4OQs Blog – Year 4 – Birmingham, England – http://class40q.wordpress.com
- The Braman Bunch – Grade 5 – Michigan, USA – http://mrbraman.edublogs.org
- IST Grade 2 – Grade 2 – Tanzania – http://istgrade2.wordpress.com
If you haven’t already please drop by and leave them a comment, remember if they have a visitor map even if you just take a look you will add a little dot. That dot may lead to a question from one of the class…
If you have a class blog and want me to help spread the word about what you are doing I am taking examples from the existing comments on my previous post, otherwise just let me know the details.