As I reflect on my second project, I am pleased with the work produced. Creating a webpage for my classroom has been an on again, off again love affair. I'd love to do it, but I just did not see how to accomplish the feat.Enter Weebly. Fortunately there was a tutorial. I scrolled through each step absorbing the screen shots because I am a visual learner. So much so the visual learner, that the step by step process was open in one window while I developed the ever allusive webpage in another window.
Low and behold, hours later, I have a class webpage. I now have in writing on the web what I have shared as a power point with parents for years. And it was fairly painless to develop the pages once getting started. The toolbar is limited, somewhat like the Prezi toolbar. Be patient, and the glory is yours!
What I like best about the webpage format is that it does not limit me to space the way a newsletter has these past years. I can give clearer meaning about information that I want to share with parents. On paper, I was more cryptic that I realized. Yet, I was forced to keep the newsletter to one page as no one reads more than that. So the webpage is divided into brief subject areas containing a photo and brief description of that subject.
I plan on recommending this program to my staff. It is easy to follow and a great form of communication, especially because nearly EVERYONE has a smart phone. Now parents can have classroom schedules, classroom management and expectations. I can see the success this format can have for all.
Weebly is a great tool. If you sign up for the education account it even allows up to 40 students to create web pages under your account. They are limited to 5 pages total but it's still a great way to introduce them to digital portfolios early on.
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