Course Goals

Course Goals:
1. Obtain an overview of the tools and information that are available via the World Wide Web (1.1.1-5) {1, 2, 3, 4,5}
2. Review the history of the Internet(1.1.1-5) {1, 2, 3, 4,5}
3. Learn about Web browser software and Web pages & addresses (1.1.1-5) {1, 2, 3, 4,5}
4. Navigate the Web and use it to find information for use in the classroom and as a professional development tool (1.1.1-5) {1, 2, 3, 4,5}
5. Learn about Google search tools, how they work and how to formulate effective Web search strategies using various kinds of search expressions (1.1.1-5) {1, 2, 3, 4,5}
6. Use Web 2.0 and social media tools for academic networking and utilization in the classroom setting (3.1.1) {1, 2, 4, 5}
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the role digital literacy and supporting technologies can play in effective 21st Century Classrooms (3.1.1) {1, 2, 4, 5}

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Weebly: Quick and Easy Way to Make a Website

Are you looking for a super easy way to make a FREE classroom website? Try Weebly at http://education.weebly.com/ . Weebly makes is so simple to create a classroom web site. You can have your site up and running in less than 30 minutes.  The price is right!

Weebly not only allows you to create a website from anywhere with the Internet, but also allows you to create student accounts too! What a fun way for students to keep an electronic portfolio of their work over the school year!  

Here is a link to our BPS site at teacher-sites.weebly.com

View some BPS examples on the blog.  Teachers from around the world can also post their Weebly Educational Website to the blog so we can all get inspired from each other and learn some pretty cool things. 

Check it out!

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