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Presenters: Jeremy Hurd—7 th -8 th Computer Teacher Brett Deibert—6 th -8 th Computer Teacher Dakota Middle School Rapid City, SD. Learning Targets for Weebly. Teachers will be able to: Understand the benefits of creating a classroom website Understand the background about Weebly
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Presenters: Jeremy Hurd—7th-8th Computer Teacher Brett Deibert—6th-8th Computer Teacher Dakota Middle School Rapid City, SD
Learning Targets for Weebly • Teachers will be able to: • Understand the benefits of creating a classroom website • Understand the background about Weebly • Learn how to use the tools of Weebly to develop website for themselves and their students • Learn how to access resources to support integration of websites into their curriculum
Why Create and Website For Teachers For Students • Share information with students and parents • Post assignments online • Initiate classroom discussions using blogs • Review key concepts using written, auditory, and visual tools • Integrate technology in your classroom • Engage in technology • Increase student writing • sharing their ideas and thoughts with the world • Publish their work and share with other students and family • Apply their own creativity for a product and they can call their own • Have the ability to share research, video, pictures, and more that may be difficult to do on a written assignment
Why Weebly? • Weebly is a San Francisco, California based company that was founded in 2006 • 3 Million Websites have been created • Businesses, Weddings, Churches • Classrooms • Personal • One of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of 2007 • Weebly is backed by key investors in Silicon Valley, including • Steve Anderson of Baseline Ventures • Ron Conway (original investor in Google)
Getting Started • Signup • http://education.weebly.com • Username • Password • E-mail • Accept Terms of Service • Can Create up to two websites for FREE • 40 Student Accounts
Weebly Features • Easy, Drag & Drop Website Editor • Videos, pictures, maps, and text are added by simply dragging them to your website.– no HTML or technical skills required! • Managed, Protected Environment • Password protect all student websites • Control which websites are public, private • Oversee student’s activity
Weebly Features • Powerful Multimedia Features • Add pics, videos, audio players, documents, maps, and photo galleries • Weebly audio/video players in weebly w/o need for YouTube • Flexible Blogging Features • Post class updates, homework, and news • Unlimited Blogs with full comment moderation
Weebly Features • Its Free! • Free websites are available • 2 Teacher websites and 40 student accounts • Optional Pro Accounts • $39.95/year with 10 accounts for $10 • No Advertising • No advertising on the webpages—EVER!
Weebly Features • 70+ Beautiful Designs (or Customize) • 109 Designs currently to choose from and more added regularly • Templates also have some flexibility for customizing on your own in Weebly editor • Hosting Included—No Restrictions • Weebly does all hosting for webpages • No bandwidth restrictions • No storage caps or limits • 100% online service—nothing to install
Weebly Features • Publish Your Own Domain • If you already have your own domain, use it with Weebly at no charge • Publish own domain name • (ie. www.example.com instead of example.weebly.com) • You have the option to purchase a domain directly within Weebly which they instantly setup, or you can configure a domain that you already own!
Weebly Features Comparison • Free Version • Text Publishing • Forms • Photo Gallery • Slideshows • Upload Files • Adobe Flash • Google Maps • Embed Video • Blogs • Polls • Custom HTML • Pro Version • Audio Player • Video Player • Embed Documents • 100 MB uploads per file • Unlimited Pages per student website
Weebly Pro and Upgrades • You can purchase additional Pro features for a price • 6 months--$27.95 • 1 year—$39.95 • Additional Student Accounts • 10 Pack--$10.00 • Referral Program • For each teacher you refer to Weebly, they'll give both of you 10 bonus student accounts. • Once you refer 5 teachers, we'll activate Weebly Pro on your account (and all your student accounts) too!
Weebly in Action!! • Lets go to the website! • http://education.weebly.com/ • Weebly Tutorials Online • http://weeblyvideotutorials.weebly.com/ • http://www.weeblytutorial.com/ • Also search for YouTube videos on the topic