1. Create Your Own Free Website Using Weebly for Educators Melissa Paul Grace School

2. What’s Your Vision?

3. Technology = Student Learning?

4. Project Based Learning ……..a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.

5. Classroom Technology Should…  Facilitate learning and application of new skills  Be appropriate for the task  Not be the focus of the lesson, merely the tool used to teach in a deeper, more meaningful manner.

6. What Can a Class Website Do For Me?  Create class websites for project management.  Creates extended opportunities for students to learn from each other.  Facilitates the growth of student curiosities beyond the classroom walls.  Increases communication between parents and teacher  Promotes student ownership of the learning process.

8. “ELEMENTS” Features added to create your webpage.

9. 70 + Design Templates to Choose From…..

11. Sample Websites……. Student Blog Page Student’s Turn In Assignments Chemistry Content with Enrichment Link other sites to your page Include Google Maps on your Site

12. Steps To Get Started 1.Login using Username: techguest Password: techguest 2. Go to www.weebly.com www.weebly.com 3. Use an email address to set up account. 4. Create and Publish

14. Not Free/ $$$$$

15. Select a website Design Template Create Pages and Link to other sites Add Elements by Dragging and Dropping PUBLISH OFTEN! Our Goal Today…..