Introduction
Using students.weebly.com, you will create a home page for your personal web site and complete the rest of the pages that will make up the site.
Task
Goals:
Students will create, organize and design their Weebly websites by evaluating what elements of their personal life and school work is professionally appropriate to be displayed online for others to see. Understanding professionalism and technological ways to display information is important to the students’ future presentation skills. The techniques they will apply will help them with applying to colleges, future jobs, and creating digital portfolios with their forthcoming work.
Process
Day 1: Learn about Weebly websites.
- Watch Class Videos (If you forget or do not understand, please rewatch the following videos):
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- Bring pictures or other items to school that you want to share on your website: either on your flash drive or email them to yourself or me (rlewis@recssummit.org). You can also bring them on your phone and bring a cord and we'll transfer them to your computer.
Day 2:
Click on each of the following links at this webpage to learn more about building your webpage. Make sure you watch all the videos and read the information. If you forget any of this information while you are building your site, just click back on the link to rewatch.
- Beginner's Guide: First Steps
- Intro to Content Elements
- Intro to Page Layouts
- First Elements: Adding Pictures to a Site
- Create More Pages for Your Site
- How to Switch Themes
- Edit the Header
- Edit Fonts
- Start a Blog
- Publish Your Site
Day 3: Go to http://www.weebly.com/#login
- Login with your username and password (I will give you the paper. It is your responsibility to write them down or put the paper somewhere safe.)
- Begin creating your website.
Personal Weebly Web Site Project
You are to create a personal web site which includes 4 pages in all
Page 1: Home Page
Page 2: My Class Projects Page
Page 3: Your Choice
Page 4: Your Choice
Page 5: Your Blog (Do NOT do this page yet. WE WILL DO THIS PAGE AT A LATER DATE)
You may choose whatever interests you for your 3rd and 4th pages, but you must run your topic by me first. If you're not sure what to choose, some suggestions for your additional pages include:
< Music/Band you like
< Polls
< Pets page
< Family page
< Friends
< Sport (football, soccer, cheer, etc)
< Favorite Team
< Activity you’re involved in
< Hobbies
< Favorite movie(s)
< What you want to be when you grow up?
You must include each of the following elements on each of the 4 pages:
- Background/Theme
- Headline
- Divider
- Subject/topic title
- Scrolling text
- Relevant clip art (can be your own pics)
- Motion clip
- Hyperlink all pages so that each page is accessible
- Include at least one external hyperlink
- Use colors that complement each other
- Bulleted List
- Numbered List
- Horizontal Line
- CORRECT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
BLOG REQUIREMENTS
Part 1 (100 points)
- Create at least 3 blog posts on any topic
- Topics can be all related or completely different
- EVERY blog post must have at least 1 paragraph (3-5 complete sentences) written about the topic
- You may add pictures and/or videos AFTER the paragraph but the pictures/videos MUST be directly related to the blog post topic/category
- You may also add polls below your paragraph
- Fill out your author information
- Make sure each of your blog posts has a category
Part 2 (100 points)
- You must go to the blog of EVERY student in your class (except 1st period: boys must go to every boy's website and girls must go to every girl's website)
- At each blog, you must read at least one blog post of that person
- After reading at least one blog post, you must make a comment
- Comments must be in complete sentences
- Comments MUST BE RELEVANT to the topic
- Do NOT just write "good post" or "I agree" or something equally trivial. Actually comment on something specific about their blog post and how you feel about it
Part 3 (100 points)
- You must reply/respond to everyone's comment on one of your blogs at least one time
- Your response must be more than "thanks" or "thank you for the comment." Actually write something that has to do with their comment.
Part 4 (BONUS 100 points)
- Continue blog post discussions with your readers...talk back and forth about your topic
Evaluation
Assessment: A rubric will be used to assess the digital portfolios with guidelines regarding their creativity, professionalism and content.
Weebly Rubric
(Please see Ms. Lewis if you have any questions)
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