We’ll be creating our own blogs for Creative Writing to showcase our work and to comment on each others’ work.

Instead of recreating the wheel, I’ve borrowed instructions from Mr. Stearns at Shorewood for creating your own blog.

1) Go to learnerblogs.org and choose a Username (einstein+ last name), Blog title (last name’s + class blog – for example Smith’s 7th grade Creative Writing blog), give them your email address, and click “next.” If you are unsure about using your own email address, try using a temporary email address like dodgit.com. The biggest issue is that your username has to be unique because your URL will be based on it.

2) Go to your email (or the dodgit email) and follow the instructions for logging in. It will give you a link and a password. Write down the password. You’ll be able to change the password later.

3) Once you are in, click the profile button at the top right of the screen and change your password to one you will not forget. You can write the password down on a sticky or make it the name of your dog or little brother.

4) Next, email me (matt.gillingham@shorelineschools.og) your URL; you can just forward me the email you just got from learnerblogs.