How to get interactive on a blog.

I was hoping to use my class blog as an interactive site for people to share their ideas from around the world. It’s been a few weeks now and no one is commenting. So I decided to take the bull by the horns so to speak and educate these people! LOL!

I checked out these web sites to see what I could do first to encourage feedback and interaction.

http://www.successful-blog.com/1/10-reasons-readers-dont-leave-comments/

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/12/10-techniques-to-get-more-comments-on-your-blog/

I decided I was happy that my site wasn’t negative, depressing or not inviting feedback and interaction so then I went to next step

A site that educated me on how to let people actually access my account.

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42399

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41443

Once I got that sorted. I set my new settings and had a go. It actually worked.

Step 1 sign in

Step 2 settings tab

Step 3 comments tab

Step 4 follow through and set so anyone can view. Make sure you get it emailed to you before it is published for safety.

The second link is the best to see how to set my settings to allow people to comment have detailed instructions for those who require more information on how to.

I then made a basic instruction list that I sent home for parents and gave the children a homework challenge - to teach their parents how to comment on their learning. Feel free to copy.

How to leave a comment on our class blog

- Click on comment at the bottom of each post – a pop up will appear

- Type in your comment.

-Type in word verification as shown in weird letters

-If you have a google account click here and add your username and password

-If you don’t have a google account click on name/url and just type in your name. You don’t have to put a url in.

-Click publish comment

It will then be emailed to me so I can check it is safe to be published on our blog, as anyone in the world has access to this blog. Once I have checked it, your comment will be available for the children to see your feedback and ideas.

PS I also found out how to embed!!!!

When you do a new post and add a link go to tab that says edit html and paste it in there!! LOL. So simple  Now I can add interactive video and answer garden images on my posts. Yahoo.