This document discusses using Weebly classroom websites to increase student engagement. It provides directions for teachers to create a free Weebly account, customize it with various elements like text, images, videos and columns, add multiple pages, and publish the site. The goals are to engage 21st century learners who seek technology and immediate feedback, while addressing ISTE standards for teachers and students.

1. INCREASING STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH CLASSROOM WEBSITES
Weebly
Jennifer Byrd
5th Grade Teacher

2. LEARNER OUTCOMES
 The learner will be able to:
• Create a Weebly account
• Personalize a Weebly account with elements within the
site
• Text, Images, Titles, Videos, Columns
• Upload files and images to a Weebly account
• Add multiple pages to a Weebly account

3. ISTE STANDARDS
 The ISTE Standards (formally none as the NETS) are “the standards
for learning, teaching and leading in the digital age and are widely
recognized worldwide.
 ISTE Standards – Teacher
 2 (a-d); 5 (d)
 ISTE Standards – Students
Source: www.iste.org/Standards

4. 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS
 Seek engagement
 Desire technology
 Expect immediate gratification
 Need structure

5. P21 FRAMEWORK
 Partnership for 21st Century Learning: www.p21.org
Source: www.p21.org

6. WHY WEEBLY
 IT IS FREE!
 Has many options
 Easy to use
 Contains multiple editing tools
 Additional features that cost are worth the money!

7. EXAMPLES
 Byrdsnest Storytime: Folktales
 5th Grade Website

8. LET’S GET STARTED
www.weebly.com

9. DIRECTIONS
 Steps to get started:
• Sign up for free
• Click on “Add Site”
• Let’s Get Started: Click SITE
• Choose your theme – this can be changes
• Use a Subdomain of .weebly (this is the free site)
• Name your site (this is the subdomain name)
Step-by-step link: http://kb.weebly.com/first-steps.html

10. BUILD YOUR SITE
Title and Design
• Title the Homepage
• Change the colors
• Design page layout by dragging and
dropping
• Title, Text, Image, Text/Image,
YouTube, Columns

11. PAGES
Label pages
Add pages
In order to make subpages, simply
add a page and “slide” the page over.

12. PUBLISH
Work will not be published until you
press the button.
Because this is a free account, once
work is published, it is public.