Grimes_Weebly

Welcome to Lashawna Grimes Technology Presentation!



The topic I chose for my presentation is Weebly for Education as a blog tool. This is a great way to incorporate Language Arts, Social Studies, and Technology standards into one assignment. One great aspect about using Weebly as a blog tool for students is that it allows students to be creative and take ownership of their work. At the same time it allows the teacher the security of being able to monitor and control important parts of the content and finished product. I hope that my presentation is helpful, and that maybe this tool will be beneficial to you in your classroom.


 * $ Cost:** Weebly is a free tool (for up to 40 accounts)

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Using Weebly to create student blogs meets several Ohio and ISTE learning standards. The standards that will be met by using this blog assignment are listed below.
=__**Ohio Learning Standards**__=

[|Ohio New Learning Standards]
=__**ISTE Stanards**__=

5. Digital Citizenship (a,b,c,d)
[|ISTE Standards]

===I used this tool to assign student blogs to my middle school Technology students (5-8). The lesson that I am introducing on this page was for my 7th grade students. This assignment may take up to 3 class sessions.===
 * __ How to Implement This Assignment __**

1. First we talk about what the word blog means, and my students find sample websites on the internet. We then discuss the type of blogs that my students find (both good and bad examples).

2. I then pass out the students Weebly account information, and have them sign into their Weebly accounts.

3. Next I show them the different tools in Weebly. I let them explore and play with the tool. They must have their blog set up by the end of the class period.

4. After that we review the directions and the rubric, and I show them in class how to search fro credible sites, write a sample blog post, and a sample peer response. We do this as a class.

5. Lastly I direct them to their assignment on Google Classroom. This is where they will have instructional videos, directions, and the rubric for the assignment. Student blog posts are done once a week.

=__**Lesson Resources**__=



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= = **__Weebly Articles and Websites__** Using Weebly In The Classroom [|Education Weebly] Other Uses For Weebly (ePortfolios)