Balfour Scholars Program

Program Purpose

Although the achievement gap is narrowing at the K-12 level, barriers to college enrollment still continue to exist for many traditionally underrepresented groups. Supported by a grant from the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, the Balfour Scholars Program (BSP) is a free program for high school juniors designed to help cultivate student academic and career development as well as minimize misperceptions about affordability, unfamiliarity with higher education, and difficulties with cultural adjustment that prevent students from successfully matriculating and graduating from college.

Creating Your Personal Blog

How to Create a Blog on Blogger.com

Video tutorial

Step-by-step instructions

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com/
2. Sign in using your gmail address you will be using for the class
3. Click the "New Blog" button on the left side of the page.
4. In the window that pops up, enter a blog name, address, and choose a template
5. Click the 'Create Blog!' button at the bottom
6. You are finished creating your blog! You should see your new blog at the top of the center column in your Blogger Dashboard (example below)

Once you have finished, please email our technical consultant Shareef (dabdoub.2@osu.edu) the URL of your blog (e.g. something.blogspot.com) and your gmail address and CC me (amyhorow@indiana.edu).


Remember: you must have your personal blogs established by May 15th. Shareef will be available if you are having difficulty. 

Please check your gmail inbox! You will receive an invitation to join this class blog as an author, which will allow you to create posts.