During last year’s EVO session Blogging4Beginners, participants helped outline the following principles and practices for a successful blogging endeavor:

• Integrate blogging to the rest of the work done by the class.
• Surprise your students.
• Let the learner feel relaxed and confident.
• Make the content meaningful and relevant.
• Build networks of learning that can cross continents.
• Develop an atmosphere that encourages and respects the learner and their ideas.
• Invite guests to post on your blog and to comment.
• Teach your students some blogging skills.
• Give prompt feedback to commentators.
• Vary your post style.
• Set tasks that lead to interaction.
• Use the blog for activities the students could not do in the classroom.
• Exploit errors, but do not correct students explicitly on blogs.
• Blog safely.
• Use syndication tools to keep track of posts and comments.
• Turn on the word verification in your blog settings to avoid spam.
• Define who can comment in your blog.
• Add your email to receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on your blog.
• Attention to copyright issues!
• Ask for permission to publish photos, videos, audio etc
• Always give credit to the source.

What would you add or suppress in the list?

We’re eagerly waiting for your own views.

The Blogging Team