Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Students Using Weebly

Students are using Social Media (SM), and media in general, more these days. Facebook, MySpace, and more give students the opportunity to connect and share with greater speed and ease. Most, if not all, of a students digital social life can be found on their SM page.

With a push toward 21st century learning, students should have the opportunity to do the same thing with their digital scholastic life. Weebly gives students the chance to store all of their schoolwork in one place with a simple drag & drop interface.

With Weebly, students can easily:

  • Upload homework Documents
  • Embed project videos
  • Journal through their blog
  • Collaborate with classmates on a group page
  • Teach a virtual lesson to the class
  • Post step-by-step photos of an art painting
  • Document physical fitness goals
  • Show and tell some of their favorite objects or places
  • Describe what they did over the summer
  • Stay up-to-date with class announcements and directions
  • Keep track/share important links

There are many more features and applications of Weebly in the classroom and beyond for and student interested in learning how to put together an easy webpage. 

Watch this simple demo to see how to set up a teacher page for students: