Hyperlinking and Embedding from Google Drive

In the last tutorial, I showed you how to get the information to Google Drive.  Now, I will show you how to use the Google documents (homework) on your blog.  You can also share using social media.

Creating and Uploading to Google Drive

One of the most promising parts of a blog for parent communication is the option to create a contingency plan for kids who leave their homework.  Now, I am not sure how this will work with helping students develop responsibility, but it is an option for getting notes and homework all the way home.



In the next tutorial, I will show you how to hyperlink and embed from Google Drive.

Creating an App Using Infinite Monkeys

Nowadays, many people use mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets to do their web browsing. I will show you how to create s simple app that will connect parents with your classroom blog or other subscription option such as Facebook and twitter as well as provide contact information.

Now, this website is lovely because it allows you to create a web app without coding. Web apps are wonderful because they can be accessed on all mobile devices with web browsers as well as via computers.

Listed here are some websites that may be useful.
Make your app at Infinite Monkeys.
Get a Google Voice number.
Here is my app: http://h.fanapp.mobi/ross_app2

To use the mobile version of Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, simply replace www in the web address with the letter m.

For instance, change http://www.facebook.com to http://m.facebook.com

Creating Links To Social Media, Editing Template

In this post, I show you how to edit the template to create links to social media sites where your content will be delivered.


Next, we will deal with other gadgets and subscription options.

Distributing Your Blog Using Twitter and Facebook (via Twitterfeed.com)

Knowing how to create content is wonderful, but here is how to make it readily available.  This tutorial is on how to configure feed distribution to Facebook and Twitter via twitterfeed.com.  Most parents already have access to these social media sites and receive regular updates from them. 

I have a tutorial on how to set up a Facebook Like Page if you need it. 

Creating a Facebook Like Page

Now, I will show you how to set up various ways for parents to subscribe.  The first option I will detail is setting up a Facebook like page.  I would like to begin by recommending that a new Facebook page is created for this purpose and that in no way should you link it to your personal page.   Now I will show you how to set up the Facebook Like Page.

In a separate post, I will show you how to create an automatic feed to your Facebook Like Page as well as a Twitter account.