Social networking is a good way of letting people know you’ve got a blog in the first place and then for letting them know you’ve updated it.

Most people will be familiar with the popular ones –

 It’s up to you whether to decide to use any of these – schools are very different places and some staff will be happy for pupils and parents to see their twitter account, others will want to keep the two very separate. There is the option of setting up a professional account that the children can access but it’s up to you.

There are lots of educational professionals actively using social networks to share advice and links to interesting ideas so it’s worth baring in mind.

Obviously if your school’s firewall is on super clampdown, it may be that you can’t access any of these services easily and the decision is made for you!