Weebly for Education

Weebly for Education is website builder.  It's "drag & drop" feature makes is super easy for anyone to create a professional looking website. This web-hosting servie offers a range of pricing options.  The FREE plan include all the basic and necessary features.  Premium plan pricing starts at $4. (I'm not sure what extras those plans include because I have only used the free. New users will not have to install anything onto, or upgrade, their computer.

The video below gives a very brief, but clear description of how to start a Weebly site of your own.

I have been using Weebly for about a year now.  The first time was to add grade level information to my school's website.  It was very easy for me to navigate and figure out.  I happily volunteered to continue to update my grade level's page because of how easy and fun it was.  I next used Weebly to crete "presentations" for my graduate courses.  Two of those presentations were group presentations.  Everyone in the group was able to contribute and update the site in real time.  I thought it was really cool to put together a group presentation without meeting face-to-face with my group.  Everyone contributed. I have included the URL to one of the sites I helped to create below.

http://ed641culturalheritage.weebly.com/index.html

So far, I have no complaints with the Weebly for Education website builder.  It is so easy to use . . . and it's FREE! Everything you need to create a website is in one place, which takes away any guesswork and frustration.

Here are some ways that you could tailor a Weebly site specifically to your classroom:

• Create a classroom website
• create student e-portfolios
• presentations for projects

I hope that you found this blog post useful and that I have convinced you to start creating a classroom website of your own!