Activity 10: Free Choice
My team has been talking about creating a new website so parents can get to all the websites they need to with less opening and closing. 5th Grade did the hard work of searching for a good host site, and we decided to hold on to their coat tails! Anne Nelson started playing around with Weebly first. She set up the basic site, and we are going to complete our individual pages. We added links to the district site, the Island Lake site, and School View. These are the places we find families need to go the most.
I am working through exactly what I want to have on my page, and likely it will be a work in progress as I work my way through the school year with my new knowledge. I do know that I want a place to house math videos, made using SMART recorder, that will show parents (and remind kids) how to do certain problems. My math students need to do each concept several times in many different ways, so having reminders is a powerful thing.
Island Lake 3rd Grade Website
Yeah!! We are rockin'! You're smart to plan what you're going to put out there, vs. moi who just blabs and throws it out there!!! I'm so excited that we're part of the 21st century now (kinda!)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Julie, I know how hard it is for parents to log into everyone's different page. Maybe this is something my team should look at as well.
ReplyDeleteYay, welcome to Weebly! I think you are going to find it very user-friendly for you and visually-friendly for families. Let me know if you need help with anything along the way :)
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of fifth and now third! Second grade met and we are going to try to tackle the same idea using Weebly. We may come looking for a little start up help.
ReplyDeleteI think you will enjoy it. It is by far the most user friendly and versatile hosting site I have used. I think your comment about it being a work in progress is a good attitude to have. It is easy to change things as you see needs arise throughout the school year. I know Amanda said it already, but my door is always open for questions if you've got them...but only if Amanda's door is locked and she is unavailable. : )
ReplyDeleteAs a parent, I really liked 5th grade's Weebly so I'm excited we will be using it too! Now I just need to figure out how to do it...
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Welcome to Weebly! Your website looks great! I know you have said that you are still a bit uncomfortable, but I think you will find it to be very user friendly! 5th grade is always available to help! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks good! (although I may have seen it already...) Keep encouraging your team to use these web 2.0 tools that you have been working with!
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