weebly and classroom 2.0

Why just write with pen on paper when you can post to

your own website?

Weebly.com for ePortfolios and easy for ePortfolios and easy websiteswebsites

–Class website – publish announcements, tips and reminders for parents and students–Class ePortfolio – collect assignments and

artifacts to be showed off and shared.–Student ePortfolio - highlight classwork,

community service activities, awards and recognitions.

Have you finished posting

to your site?

Contact me if you need meI am an English Language Arts teacher from

New Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to integrate technology into my

classroom.

I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnlineI share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

Need to contact me?MsVRBurton@gmail.com or MsBpresents@gmail.com(504) 298-9764about.me/VRBurton – myselfabout.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

VIP linksVIP linksReferral code to use for 10 extra student accounts•http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly - go here to create your accountWeebly's resources• http://www.weebly.com/features.phpMy Weebly sites•My ePortfolios - http://MsBisOnline.weebly.com•My sample student site - http://SampleEngSite.weebly.com•My new class website (under construction) - http://englishiwork.weebly.comPresentation Slides for this presentation•http://bit.ly/MsBandWeeblyExemplars to examine http://msbisonline.weebly.com/weebly-for-eportfolios.html

• Discover ease of setting up a site– Resources: slides and videos

• Examine class & student examples– Resources: slides and videos

• Examine school examples– Resources: slides and videos

• Examine organization examples– Resources: slides and videos

• Share in the audience smackdown- what have you seen on Weebly that you liked?

• Connect so that you can "Call me if you need me.."

Today, we will…

Weebly for EducatorsWeebly for EducatorsWeebly Educator is a free website builder for educators and has multiple uses:– Post assignments – Post class information – Import files – Import videos – Import pictures – Create links to other websites – Create digital student portfolios – Create classes and add students – Collect assignments using the Digital Dropbox

http://bit.ly/MsBWeeblyhttp://bit.ly/MsBWeebly

Already have a Weebly account?Already have a Weebly account?Convert your old account to an Educational one

and receive all of the benefits.

Select a category

Select the 1st option, it’s free

Voila!

Your site has been created that quickly.

Next, we examine the Next, we examine the TabsTabs

• We will quickly look at the tabs that serves as guides for the dashboard.

Elements, Design, Pages, Editors and Settings.

Drag and drop the elements that you want and need.

Elements to choose fromElements to choose from

Many design themes to choose from

Design optionsDesign options

Change themes Change your font size/colorsAdd phone number Change theme colorsChange title size/colors Connect Social media

What type of page do you want?

What type of page do you want?

Name and format

your page

Name and format

your page

Edit, Copy or Delete a pageEdit, Copy or Delete a page

Page TypesPage Types

With page types, you have 4 choices: a landing page, large header image, short header image, or no header image.

Sample pagesSample pages

• Awards/Scholarships• Coursework• Digital stories• Description of community activities• Goals• Links to relevant websites• Plans for career development• Resume• Videos• Special skills / knowledge, technical skills, etc.

New individual and collaborative skills

are emerging.

You can add others (or other email addresses) as editors of your website

Weebly for Education is Perfect for Weebly for Education is Perfect for You and Your StudentsYou and Your Students

• Use it for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects.

• Their drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use with students of all ages.

• Weebly enables your students to express themselves creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment that you control.

• No HTML or technical skills required!• Weebly was named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites of the

year.

Just click add studentsJust click add students

Weebly for Education allows you to create sites for students or classroom

projects

Weebly is easy to manipulateWeebly is easy to manipulate

• Add / Edit text• Change text fonts• Create links• Add PDFs and other documents• Alter page layouts with multiple

columns• Upload Images – create a gallery• Create a slideshow

Many, Many, Many Many, Many, Many OptionsOptions

• Add a calendar• Add a Google map• Add a Twitter feed• Add a search field• Create a contact form• Add an RSS feed• Create a forum• Add an email newsletter or form• Add a poll• Add other embeddable content• Edit HTML/CSS of a theme

I have a Weebly ePortfolio / website… Now What?Well, here comes the fun part now!!!!Here are some things that you can do with your new site

Let’s get readyyyy

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Collaborative projects

Collaboration teams post•a detailed outline of their project•a log of the conversation and decision-making that went into constructing and executing the project•a final presentation.

Each team should design its own assessment rubric by editing a webpage to show all the features of an excellent project.

* Each week, a team of students will edit a page to collaboratively identify and define key words and phrases from that week’s readings and class discussion.

Lexicon teams

*Each week, a team of four students works between meetings of class sessions to update an enhanced e-book that includes the notes, lexicon entries, and mindmaps for that week, with graphics, text, and live links.

* In addition, e-book teams develop a webpage on best practices and procedures.

  E-book teams

*Students can be required to post a short (a few sentences or a short paragraph) synopsis of each reading in the student’s blog. Students can be requested to create •a short dialog between the authors of each week’s texts•list ways in which the subject of the texts could affect the student’s life or society•reflect on the implications of the texts for life online in the future•answer their own key questions from their own perspective

Blog Reflections

Real-time note-taking and backchannel

• Teams of four take notes using a real-time note-taking handing off to another team every half hour, publishing their notes to the class site after the end of the class session.

• Students can use collaborative tools to engage in parallel, relevant online discussion in real time through the web, Facebook, Twitter, or Facebook.

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http://aydenmiddleknights.weebly.com/

http://theparde.weebly.com/

http://oakbluffsmv.weebly.com/

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http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

http://mcurcio.weebly.com/

http://www.jaymejacobson.com/index.html

http://jackiegerstein.weebly.com/

Student ePortfolios

http://dlj5105.weebly.com/about-me.html

http://syaisomanang.weebly.com/

http://courtneyrc.weebly.com

Weebly education allows you to password protect sites.

VIP linksVIP linksReferral code to use for 10 extra student accounts•http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly - go here to create your account

Weebly's resources• http://www.weebly.com/features.phpMy Weebly sites•My ePortfolios - http://MsBisOnline.weebly.com•My sample student site - http://SampleEngSite.weebly.com•My new class website (under construction) - http://englishiwork.weebly.comPresentation Slides for this presentation•http://bit.ly/MsBandWeebly

Contact me if you need meI am an English Language Arts teacher from

New Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to integrate technology into my

classroom.

I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnlineI share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

Need to contact me?MsVRBurton@gmail.com or MsBpresents@gmail.com(504) 298-9764about.me/VRBurton – myselfabout.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

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