Weebly in the Classroom

Bloggingin the Classroom

USING WEEBLY BLOGS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

Don't worry! You only need a few basic skills to run a successful blog: - Basic computer skills (which you already have if you can see this!)- Engaging in and starting conversations- Locating helpful resources (like YouTube videos or your teacher!)- Having ideas that you would like to share with others

Using blogs as an education tool can help you keep curriculum relevant to the student's lives! 92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly”

How is blogging useful?

Teaching Digital Citzenship

Improving Technological Literacy

Practicing Writing Skills

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Promoting Collaboration

Encouraging Deeper Educational Exploration

Self-Expression and Personal Reflection

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Weebly sites can be accessed and edited on both mobile and desktop devices!

How can I start?

QUICK AND EASY TO USE!

5 MINS OR LESS!

What do I need?

So why Weebly?

How is blogging homework?

Homework Examples

- Book Reports- Creative Writing- Current Event Summaries- Art Journals- Lecture Response/Reflection

Weebly is a website design tool that uses a drag and drop interface to help you build a website from the ground up - or you can use one of the many templates! It takes care of all the back-end programming for you, though you have the option of editing the code yourself as well! In short, it's easy to get started and there's plenty to learn as you go along.

But I don't know how!

Don't worry! You only need a few basic skills to run a successful blog: - Basic computer skills (which you already have if you can see this!)- Engaging in and starting conversations- Locating helpful resources (like YouTube videos or your teacher!)- Having ideas that you would like to share with others

The word "blog" was coined by Peter Merholz in 1999.Weebly was founded in 2006.Today, Weebly hosts over 20 million websites.

Glog by Cherie Bruce