INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH CLASSROOM WEBSITES
Weebly
Jennifer Byrd5th Grade Teacher
LEARNER OUTCOMES
The learner will be able to:• Create a Weebly account• Personalize a Weebly account with
elements within the site• Text, Images, Titles, Videos, Columns
• Upload files and images to a Weebly account
• Add multiple pages to a Weebly account
ISTE STANDARDS
The ISTE Standards (formally none as the NETS) are “the
standards for learning, teaching and leading in the digital
age and are widely recognized worldwide.
ISTE Standards – Teacher
2 (a-d); 5 (d)
ISTE Standards – Students
Source: www.iste.org/Standards
21ST CENTURY LEARNERS
Seek engagement
Desire technology
Expect immediate gratification
Need structure
P21 FRAMEWORK
Partnership for 21st Century Learning:
www.p21.org
Source: www.p21.org
WHY WEEBLY
IT IS FREE!
Has many options
Easy to use
Contains multiple editing tools
Additional features that cost are worth the money!
EXAMPLES
Byrdsnest Storytime: Folktales
5th Grade Website
LET’S GET STARTED
www.weebly.com
DIRECTIONS
Steps to get started:• Sign up for free• Click on “Add Site”• Let’s Get Started: Click SITE• Choose your theme – this can be changes• Use a Subdomain of .weebly (this is the free
site)• Name your site (this is the subdomain name)
Step-by-step link: http://kb.weebly.com/first-steps.html
BUILD YOUR SITE
Title and Design• Title the Homepage• Change the colors• Design page layout by dragging
and dropping• Title, Text, Image, Text/Image,
YouTube, Columns
PAGES
Label pages
Add pages
In order to make subpages, simply
add a page and “slide” the page over.
PUBLISH
Work will not be published
until you press the button.
Because this is a free
account, once work is
published, it is public.