Classroom websites can be used in many different ways. The biggest part of a website is communication between the teacher and students or parents. Through a classroom website a teacher can give students and parents the ability to access class information from anywhere at anytime. That way, they do not have to wait for the teacher to respond to an email, text message or phone call. And sometimes, teachers don't want to give out their number for that exact reason. With a classroom website, you can post homework for the students, daily messages about what is going on in class and what is coming up. That way anytime the students forget what they need to be working on, they can just go to your website to find the homework or the daily lesson. Also, parents do not always know how to help their child do the homework that is sent home. When you post the homework, you can then post a video about how to complete the homework. This can be a refresher for the student along with showing the parent what is being taught in class. You homework could also be completely online. If you post your homework to your website, the students could complete the homework by responding to a Google Form or another online form. That way, the students do not need to worry about having paper to do their homework. These are just a few ways that a classroom website can be useful, but the possibilities are endless!
To get started with your classroom website, you need to choose a platform to use. I have used Weebly for all of the websites I have created for several reasons. The main reason is that Weebly is very easy to use! The drag and drop format of weebly makes it easy for anyone to figure out how to use it. I have my 3rd and 4th graders creating their own websites and we are using Weebly with them. Weebly gives you a lot of different options that you do not have to pay for which makes it a great option. They also have a couple options to pay for an upgraded website. If you pay for the upgrade, you can get rid of the .weebly.com at the end of your email address along with get access to a few more options when building your website. Another great tool they have is the analytics. In the free version you can see how many people visit your site each day. With the paid version, you can see exactly what pages they visited, and how they go to your website. So you can see if social media is working or if you are getting more hits from Google searches.
If you choose a platform other than weebly, then my directions will not be of use to you. If you are using weebly, you can use the tips and directions on my website training page to get started creating your own website.
To get started with your classroom website, you need to choose a platform to use. I have used Weebly for all of the websites I have created for several reasons. The main reason is that Weebly is very easy to use! The drag and drop format of weebly makes it easy for anyone to figure out how to use it. I have my 3rd and 4th graders creating their own websites and we are using Weebly with them. Weebly gives you a lot of different options that you do not have to pay for which makes it a great option. They also have a couple options to pay for an upgraded website. If you pay for the upgrade, you can get rid of the .weebly.com at the end of your email address along with get access to a few more options when building your website. Another great tool they have is the analytics. In the free version you can see how many people visit your site each day. With the paid version, you can see exactly what pages they visited, and how they go to your website. So you can see if social media is working or if you are getting more hits from Google searches.
If you choose a platform other than weebly, then my directions will not be of use to you. If you are using weebly, you can use the tips and directions on my website training page to get started creating your own website.
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