I have never created a blog before. I thought it would be very difficult and that you would need some programming skills, but with Weebly it was very easy. I just created my account, then followed the on-screen instructions for creating a website. All went well.
Then all I had to do was drag the appropriate element onto my page to add text or images. I used the picture element to add a picture to my home page. I added a new page (clicked on the pages tab) and selected the "blog" type page to create my first post.
I had a quick glance at the information on the Technology Toolbox for Educators >> Web page and the article "Simple ideas for website design" caught my attention. It provided some great hints for beginners about website & web page design, so now I'm going to add another page to add some information "about me" so that visitors (hopefully my peers) can send me feedback throughout the semester.
In this unit I are required to write regular blogs posts throughout the semester to reflect on our learning. I've never written a blog and was unsure about what to include. Luckily the unit includes some blog guidelines! Humm, well I've already mentioned my learning and problem solving strategies above and now a little about the content and my feelings. And as you can see I've also added some hyperlinks!
I'm looking forward to adding to my website as the semester progresses. I think knowing how to create a website and blog will be very useful skills for teaching my own students. Stay tuned, I'll be back as soon as I discover how to add a picture to my blog post :)
Then all I had to do was drag the appropriate element onto my page to add text or images. I used the picture element to add a picture to my home page. I added a new page (clicked on the pages tab) and selected the "blog" type page to create my first post.
I had a quick glance at the information on the Technology Toolbox for Educators >> Web page and the article "Simple ideas for website design" caught my attention. It provided some great hints for beginners about website & web page design, so now I'm going to add another page to add some information "about me" so that visitors (hopefully my peers) can send me feedback throughout the semester.
In this unit I are required to write regular blogs posts throughout the semester to reflect on our learning. I've never written a blog and was unsure about what to include. Luckily the unit includes some blog guidelines! Humm, well I've already mentioned my learning and problem solving strategies above and now a little about the content and my feelings. And as you can see I've also added some hyperlinks!
I'm looking forward to adding to my website as the semester progresses. I think knowing how to create a website and blog will be very useful skills for teaching my own students. Stay tuned, I'll be back as soon as I discover how to add a picture to my blog post :)