www.education.weebly.com You can do it in an hour!

Why do we need a classroom website?? 1. It Keeps You Organized 2. It Meets the Needs of All Students 3. It Saves You Time 4. It's an Easy Way to Communicate with Parents 5. It Helps Students Develop Their Technology Skills 6. It Can Have a Global Impact 7. It allows Feedback 8. You Get a Visual Archive 9. It's Easy Access to Keep Students in the Loop 10. Help is Just a Click Away How presentation will benefit audience: Adult learners are more interested in a subject if they know how or why it is important to them. Presenter’s level of expertise in the subject: Briefly state your credentials in this area, or explain why participants should listen to you.

INTRODUCTION TO WEEBLY Lesson descriptions should be brief.

Expectations: All teachers will have a live working WEEBLY website by Friday, September 11. Once the teachers have finished their site, please update their site information at the following link: http://form.jotform.us/form/52465558409161 Each WEEBLY should have at least 5 navigation pages. Required pages: Homepage, Homework page, Resource page, Gallery, and Contact page. Example objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Save files to the team Web server. Move files to different locations on the team Web server. Share files on the team Web server.

Beginning your WEEBLY WEEBLY Part 1 We will: Create a free account Pick a site option Pick a theme Pick a domain Use the site editor Add content to pages WEEBLY Part 1

LET’S BEGIN! We will make an account. Remember to use the index card to keep your username/password and domain name.

Choose first option – It’s free!!

Go to Design tab and choose a theme.

Drag and Drop Content to your Site. Choose the BUILD tab. All areas with text are editable. Pictures may be added and edited. Buttons may be added. Navigation pages. This is all DRAG and DROP.

Publish your site. You must save and publish the site often. To see if your edits are functioning, go to the LIVE WEEBLY. This is your published site. You can make changes as often and whenever you like by clicking the EDIT button next to your domain.

Now, let’s get creative! INTRO TO WEEBLY PART 2

REQUIRED PAGES FOR NAVIGATION BAR Home Page - Introduction & Current Instructional Focuses – updated weekly Homework Page - Updated weekly Resources Page - Updated at minimum monthly Gallery Page - Display of student work Contact Page

Manage Pages Go to Pages tab. Select New Page. Drag to reorder pages. Name your page. Yes. Navigation Menu. SAVE and publish. Look at live site.

Let’s add content to each page. Add title to page. Add text content. Add video. CLICK HERE. Add assignment form. CLICK HERE.

Your ticket out the door. WWW.RANDOLPHMEDIACENTER.WEEBLY.COM GO TO ASSIGNMENT PAGE. PLEASE COMPLETE SURVEY.