By Valerie Burton

@MsBisOnline

students have an opportunity to take ownership of their learning

content can be selected by the student (with teacher guidance)

they allow for self-reflection by the student

feedback can be given by the teacher and/or parent

Go to www.weebly.com.

Enter a username, password and email address.

Now you need to personalize it for your needs ◦ Cute and whimsical

◦ Project oriented

◦ Professional and mature

Click on the “Designs” tab.

Weebly has many different designs to choose from. Just hover your mouse over one of the designs, and Weebly will show you what it would look like.

Create a New Page

Create Sub-Pages

Hide Pages from the Navigation

Password Protect Pages

Copy / Delete Pages

Reorder Pages

Redirect / Link a New Page to Another Site

Awards / Scholarships

Learning Log

Coursework

Digital Story of a particular artifact

Description of community activities participated

Emails / letters / cards from teachers / classmates / peers

Goals (short & long term)

Links to websites relevant to your purpose

Photos

Plans for career development

Reflection

Resume

Special skills / knowledge, e.g. technology

Video

My Education ◦ Education Summary ◦ Transcripts ◦ Test Scores ◦ Possible College Choices ◦ Possible College Majors

My Career ◦ Research possible career choices ◦ Results from Aptitude Tests ◦ Resume

My Goals ◦ Short/Long term personal, educational or professional

goals

If there is an essay or paper to showcase you have two options: you can type the essay directly on the webpage or you can embed it ….

Create a brief description of the assignment. If you wrote a research paper you can drag a “File” element and upload your assignment. The “File” element is located in the Multimedia section of the Elements tab.

Below the assignment, drag in a paragraph element in which to put reflective writing about this assignment.

Cater your template to reflect your curriculum and assignments.

Showcase a variety of things

Make sure you have the “Elements” tab selected.

The basic elements that you’ll frequently use are listed first.

Other elements are grouped under these categories.

Grab a paragraph with title element, drag it down to the content area, and then let go. You now have a text window within which to write.

There is a ribbon of standard word processing tools whenever you click in the text window.

Elements that can be added to your

new site

Add / Edit Text

Change Text Fonts

Create Links

Add PDFs and Other Docs to a Site

Alter a Page Layout w/ the Multiple Column Element

Upload an Image

Create a Slideshow

Upload a Gallery of Images

Create a Contact Form

Collect Form Submissions

Edit the Contact Form Address

Add an Email Newsletter / Auto-Responder Form

Start a New Blog

Add an RSS Feed

Create a Forum

Add a Calendar Add a Google Map Add a Facebook Like Button Add a Twitter Feed Add a Search Field Add an Email Newsletter or Auto-Responder

Form Add a Poll Add Other Embeddable Content Edit the HTML / CSS of a Theme

English Teacher, West Jefferson High School in New Orleans,

Louisiana

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Weebly Sites

http://4eportfolios.weebly.com/

http://msbisonline.weebly.com/

http://sampleengsite.weebly.com/