Creating a Successful School Blog
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The document discusses strategies for creating a successful school blog. It recommends focusing on generating great engaging content, securing leadership commitment, promoting the blog, maintaining consistency in posting, recruiting student contributors, and selecting the right blogging platform. Student bloggers can help share diverse student perspectives and stories. Finding the right student personalities to blog and giving them tools like cameras can help generate views and media attention for the school. An organic approach that engages different departments and activities can build a cohesive blog presence. With the right strategies, any school can create an impactful blog.
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- 3. 500 400 300 200 100 0 April 2009 May 2010 *July 2010 Source: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline ed Social Media Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 4. 150.0 120.0 90.0 60.0 30.0 0 April 2009 April 2010 Source: eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007271 Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-stats-2010-4#twitter-now-has-106-million-users-1 ed Social Media Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 5. Eric Qualman www.Socialnomics.net Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 6. Racing to Tweeting to 2000followers! 1000 fans! Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 7. What do you do when you get there? Thursday, September 30, 2010
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- 11. Blog to do list (based on importance) ✓Great content that engages readers ✓Leadership commitment ✓Promote the blog ✓Commit to consistency ✓Recruit contributors ✓Select a platform Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 12. A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs How do we think about Education? Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 13. A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs What Do We Really Need to be Saying about our Schools? Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 14. A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs It’s Not About the Hype! Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 15. Strategies that work for me Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 16. Strategies that work for me Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. Thursday, September 30, 2010
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- 20. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 21. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 22. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. • Develop and cultivate a voice. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 23. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. • Develop and cultivate a voice. • Use (imperfect!) images. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 24. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. • Develop and cultivate a voice. • Use (imperfect!) images. • Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of… Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 25. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. • Develop and cultivate a voice. • Use (imperfect!) images. • Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of… • Comment on an intriguing article or blog. Provide links. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 26. Strategies that work for me • Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths. • Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion. • Develop and cultivate a voice. • Use (imperfect!) images. • Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of… • Comment on an intriguing article or blog. Provide links. • Twitter: It’s not who you follow, it’s whom you follow. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 27. Finding your student story tellers Photo credit: Gould Academy http://www.flickr.com/photos/gouldacademy/4730184077/ Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 28. Finding your student story tellers There are as many perspectives as there are students Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 29. Why Andrea & Brandon would rock a student blog! Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 30. West Beverly High The Student Newspaper at West Beverly High School What did Steve do this time? By Brandon & Andrea In libris graecis appetere mea. In libris graecis appetere mea. At vim odio lorem omnes, pri id At vim odio lorem omnes, pri id iuvaret partiendo. Vivendo iuvaret partiendo. Vivendo menandri et sed. Lorem menandri et sed. Lorem volumus blandit cu has.Sit cu volumus blandit cu has.Sit cu alia porro fuisset. alia porro fuisset. Ea pro natum invidunt Ea pro natum invidunt repudiandae, his et facilisis repudiandae, his et facilisis vituperatoribus. Mei eu ubique vituperatoribus. Mei eu ubique altera senserit, consul eripuit altera senserit, consul eripuit accusata has ne. accusata has ne. Ea pro natum invidunt In libris graecis appetere mea. repudiandae, his et facilisis At vim odio lorem omnes, pri id vituperatoribus. iuvaret partiendo. Vivendo menandri et sed. Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 31. Finding your student story tellers This is just a start... Thursday, September 30, 2010
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- 35. Tucker Kimball Director of Communications Gould Academy Image credit: Gould Academy Thursday, September 30, 2010
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- 43. SOCIAL MEDIA STUDENT REPORTERS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO TELL THE STORY OF THE INAUGURATION Photo Credit: Worcester Academy www.flickr.com/photos/worcesteracademy/3199600717 Thursday, September 30, 2010
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- 45. Photo credit: Worcester Academy http://www.flickr.com/photos/worcesteracademy/collections/72157612502822154/ Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 46. Go Organic... it’s not just about food The result? Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 47. USA Today January 13, 2009 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 48. NBC WHGH, Ch7 Boston January 13, 2009 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 49. National Post Canada January 14, 2009 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 50. PBS News Hour Extra January 14, 2009 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 51. CBS - WBZTV Channel 4 Boston January 16, 2009 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 52. WA @ The Inauguration in the Press Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 53. Go Organic... it’s not just about food 18 Thursday, September 30, 2010
- 54. You can do this Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Editor's Notes
- Facebook saw over 300 million new accounts added in a little over a year.
- Facebook saw over 300 million new accounts added in a little over a year.
- Facebook saw over 300 million new accounts added in a little over a year.
- Facebook saw over 300 million new accounts added in a little over a year.
- Twitter grew from 12 million in April 2009 to just shy of 106 million in April 2010.
- Twitter grew from 12 million in April 2009 to just shy of 106 million in April 2010.
- Twitter grew from 12 million in April 2009 to just shy of 106 million in April 2010.
- I could talk facts and figures until I’m blue in the face, but Eric Qualman’s “Welcome to the Revolution” does a wonderful job of laying out the fact.
- Social media participation is growing. Schools are actively pushing to build their networks.
- Social media participation is growing. Schools are actively pushing to build their networks.
- Big question is how do you engage your network as it grows?
- Here’s the dirty little secret- it starts with content.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- Great stories come in all form of media - words, videos, photos. When you begin to fit all of these small parts together a clear narrative emerges that captures & shows the value of your school.
- So that brings us to why we’re all here today... creating a successful school blog. It’s an ideal vehicle for driving your school’s narrative and the beauty of it is that it can come in a variety of forms. Here’s the second dirty little secret... for it to work & succeed it needs to fit. Fit your talents, culture, workflow... which is why a blog offers an excellent content opportunity for schools. It can take many shapes- it can serve as a forum for educational theory; it can become an ongoing photo essay; it could be a place for students to explore daily life. There’s no 1 right way of doing it. Sharing campus life brings a level of vibrancy and social currency that you just don’t have otherwise. It keeps people engaged in school life.
- Regardless of the style of blog, there are certain key ingredients that successful blogs exhibit. Notice that the one I assigned the lowest value to is platform, ironically though, it’s the item that hangs up efforts.
- No shortage of options.
- There are as many perspectives as there are students. Finding and providing them and providing them with a
- Avoid the obvious.
- Avoid the obvious.
- If you have your students telling stories about what is really happening, people will eat it up. Nothing resonates more with parents, alumni, prospective parents than what the kids are doing on campus right now. You can all share and play well with others.
- but in all seriousness... while looking at each example may feel eclectic and disorganized, as your students string them together via a blog, a clear narrative emerges that captures what it’s like to be part of your school community.
- Tucker talks builds on this about showcasing the authentic voice and finding the right students.
- Avoid the obvious. give enough freedom to hang themselves
- If you’ve got cold feet lets look at it another way.
- Great stories are happening all over your campus; on a daily basis. If you’re not able to commit to building & sustaining a student blogging program, go organic, meaning, searching for the stories and sharing them with your community is one heck of an alternative.
- Build a network of people on campus. Folks feeding him stories about the goings on on campus.
- This is exactly what we do.... work the phones, emails, social networks
- This is exactly what we do.... work the phones, emails, social networks
- Dave & Pete are academic technology directors at Worcester Academy. They live and breath incorporating technology in the classroom.
- Their idea? Provide students with an opportunity capture and broadcast the spirit of the event by reporting on the inauguration.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- How did they do it? It started with a blog. Students utilize wainauguration.org to post 400-700 word reflections. Many of the students posted multiple times a day. They utilized additional social media channels to share their content. Twitter to microblog, Youtube & Vimeo for video, Flickr for pictures, they utlilize facebook as an aggregator and friendfeed to keep a running list of content.
- On flickr. I found it a particularly moving timeline. Captures the essence of the project- sharing this short slide show to give you a visual understanding of WA Inauguration.