Weebly Website

Today I explored how to create my own website using www.weebly.com and I found it an excellent experience! It was so much fun to be able to design my own page, edit features and insert text. Websites are far different from Blogs or Wiki’s in many respects. Unlike Blogs and Wiki’s a Website can only be edited or commented on by the author/creator. This means that the information on the webpage becomes frozen once the creator has made any changes or updated information, and other viewers of the website are unable to make any changes, or post any comments/information. To see my Weebly website, click here.

Although Websites are different to the other technology tools I have so far demonstrated, there are many positives to using this form of technology in the classroom.

P:
 Very easy to create
 User-friendly and easy to navigate around the website
 Could be used in a variety of easy ways, within the classroom
 Attractive layout
 Variety of tools and features for creating an attractive and personal site
 Easily managed
 Could be used by any age group

M:
 Comments and information from other sources/viewers cannot be added or posted
 Because comments can not be added, creating a Website does not incorporate collaborative work
 Would be used more as a source of information or instruction, as opposed to a medium for conversation and sharing

I:
 Teacher could add home work tasks, similar to the use of a Virtual Classroom, which students then work on at home
 As a whole group, could be used as a reflective tool and posts of information made to the website are the reflections of students after completing tasks at school
 Teacher could post websites and online activity sites onto the page, which students could work through at home, or in ICT time at school

I see many opportunities for the use of this tool at school, at home, and in the classroom. I think this would work very nicely in a number of different ways within my own classroom, and I will endeavor to apply this tool in a variety of ways!