By Kathy Walz 3 rd Grade teacher Stringtown Elementary School.

Creating Your Own Website

By Kathy Walz3rd Grade teacher

Stringtown Elementary School

Questions you might be thinking• Is it expensive?• Is it time consuming?• Do I have the tech savvy?• Will it benefit me and my students?• What crazy things do I have to do to

create my own web site?

I know what you are thinking!

Okay, what’s up? What do I have to do?

• By creating your website with Weebly, you don’t need:

• Special software• A web host for your domain• File transfer host• Special permissions• Advertising to stay alive

Voted one of Time Magazine’s 50 Best Websites

Remember: Keep it very simple at first!

1. Start with a simple format and add elements little by little as you get more comfortable with it.

2. You don’t have to be a tech genius to create your own website

3. Your web site can save you paper and time. (students can view the lesson or download the homework/files)

4. Update at anytime from anywhere

Two Forms of Weebly (Weebly and Education Weebly)

• They are exactly the same, except Education Weebly gives your students the opportunity to design their own web page under your supervision.

Weebly allows you to create a class website plus 40 student sites!

http://education.weebly.com/

Weebly allows you to create a class website

http://www.weebly.com

Weebly for Teachers

• Easily create a classroom website & blog• Manage your students’ acounts• Accept homework assignment online• Keep your parents up to date• Upload your Syllabus• Post Art Work• Add Links from the internet• Upload your powerpoints• Put instructional videos in your website• Give information to your community• Much more

Weebly for Students

• Upload student art work• Blog• Create writing assignments• It’s easy• Upload a movie, poetry, slide

shows, etc.• Students can be creative and

unique

What Can Teachers Put In Their Web Site

• Blogs• Links• Homework documents• PowerPoint presentations• Web Quests• Podcasts• Maps (Google, etc.)• Videos• Photos• Class Schedule• Calendars• Animation• Clipart

Things to Remember: Adding Text

• Weebly does not have a spelling and grammar check, so when you are planning on putting text into your website, it is best to type it in a Word program first. Then copy & paste your information into your site.

• Weebly does however, underline a word that it thinks is misspelled.

To get started, all you need to do is put in a user name, password and an email address

Now it’s time for the FUN!

Get Creative!!!!

Choose your theme!

Things to consider……

• Do you want a header image?• Do you want a half header image?• Don’t fret, changing your theme is very easy,

so just pick one you like for now and change it later.

The BUILD tab at the top enables you to add content to your page. Simply drag-and-drop each element you want to add to a page

Once you added element to the page, click to edit. Type in the titles and paragraphs, and click the image box to upload an image you would like to include.

Use the Publish button frequently to update your changes! Saving is automatic otherwise

You can use the custom HTML element to enter your own HTML code

• Just drop and drag it on your website to add a video, avatar or widget.

To Add Another Page

• Click on the Pages Tab at the top of the page

Click on Add Page, Name the page, and choose the layout

This page also allows you to put your pages/menu in the order you want. The pages shifted over to the right are part of a drop-down menu. The way your menu appears is dictated by your theme choice.

Add a Video?

• Just click on the media section of the elements and put in your URL

SLIDESHOW

• Drop and drag the slideshow element onto your page. Drag and drop the pictures you want in the slideshow.

Map

• Drag and drop the map element on your page. Put in the address and the map will appear

Add an Avatar

• Sign up to Voki for a free avatar account• Copy the embedded code from Voki and past

into your HTML Weebly element.

http://walzweebly.weebly.com/

Add a PowerPoint

• Slideshare is a free PowerPoint web site that allows you to download your presentations.

• Embed your PowerPoint into your Weebly Site using the HTML element

• OR you can use file element and download your PowerPoint

• http://www.slideshare.net/