The document provides instructions for students to create an About page on their blog. It explains the difference between posts and pages, with pages intended for less frequently updated content like an About page. Students are guided to write a short About page introducing themselves and their blog interests. The instructions recommend including photos and 2-3 sentences on why they blog. Students are then asked to write their own About page and provide a link to it for feedback.

1. Working with Pages in your Student Blog! Literacy – 6th grade

3. Learn how to write an About Page.

4. Write your About Page or create a Page on your blog

6. New bloggers frequently struggle with the difference between the two, and hopefully the following will help clear it up.

8. When you set up a new Edublogs blog it automatically comes set up with an ‘About page’. Readers access this page by clicking on About in the page links at the top of your theme or in the link in your sidebar.

10. Start with telling people more about yourself as people are more likely to engage with your blog if they can relate to you as an individual. Then tell them about your blog and the reasons why you blog.

11. Not too long and not too short – include photos that help readers relate to you as a person.

12. Here’s my ‘About page’ on my personal blog.

14. 2. Hover over the page name About to bring up the action link menus and click on Edit

15. 3. Now it is just a case of replacing the default text on your About page with your own images, text etc. 4. When finished all you need to do is click Update Page

17. One idea would be to create a new Page with a list of helpful resources you would like to share with others.

20. Pay close attention to the layout and how they use pages and posts

21. Find the “About” page if one is present and read about the blogger

22. Comment on the About page (or a post you like) if comments are open and introduce yourself to the blogger with a link to your blog