Sometimes teachers begin the blogging journey with their students, and are disappointed when it seems no one visits their site to view students' creations.
Your online audience must be notified and interested enough to view and respond to student work. Parents and classmates are the best place to begin. I have created letters that you can use to help get families involved.
Another way to connect your bloggers is to join a global initiative such as the Primary Blogging Community (4 classes are grouped together and rotate whose blog is the "focus blog" each week) or the Global Read Aloud (connections are made based on a shared read aloud).
In my experience, great connections can also be formed by reaching out to educators you know personally in other schools (or other states . . . or countries). They are most likely to follow through with planned connections and maintain communication.
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