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Work will not be published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.