1 Increasing Student Engagement Through Classroom Websites Weebly Jennifer Byrd 5 th Grade Teacher

2 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

3 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 ISTE Standards – Teacher Ø2 (a-d); 5 (d)  ISTE Standards – Students ISTE Standards – Students  Source:

4 21 st Century Learners  Seek engagement  Desire technology  Expect immediate gratification  Need structure

5 P21 Framework  Partnership for 21 st Century Learning: Source:

6 Why Weebly  IT IS FREE!  Has many options  Easy to use  Contains multiple editing tools  Additional features that cost are worth the money!

7 Examples  Byrdsnest Storytime: Folktales Byrdsnest Storytime: Folktales  5 th Grade Website 5 th Grade Website

8 Let’s Get Started

9 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:

10 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

11 Pages  Label pages  Add pages  In order to make subpages, simply add a page and “slide” the page over.

12 Publish  Work will not be published until you press the button.  Because this is a free account, once work is published, it is public.