Putting Your School News Online - Part 4: Setting Up blogED

In Parts 1-3 of this series I outlined why blogs should replace school newsletters. In this post I’ll briefly outline how to create and setup a blog using blogED to share school news with your local (and global) community.

First: How to create a school news blog with blogED:


Next is how to manage and make design changes:


And that’s it. You can customise some appearance aspects, add a school logo header, and then write the first post as an introduction to the world. Once you've established your design I wouldn't change it too much or too often, or your readers may become disorientated, so try to get it right from the beginning.

How to write blogED posts:
The final thing is: tell your staff how to share news using blogED. Since this could be a big change they might need some training and encouragement.

NEXT: Q&A and One-click reading with RSS