[Yr7-10it] Building Free Websites with Weebly

[Kent Beveridge]

Paul, thanks for that but I have issues with some sites like these..
When it comes to having my kids do some genuine site creation using code etc, these sites give the kids the sense of it all being TOO easy and if they then cant make the equivilient with code or proprietary programs, they give up so quickly. Its fine for some of the lazy ones but the serious ones get bored with them.
Again, this is just a personal experience, not a critique.
 
Yes, I can already hear others crying out loud and saying they are a good thing and shooting me as an 'educational tool'. So be it!
 
cheers,
Kent.
 
Kent Beveridge, St. Brigids CSC, Horsham. Ph (03) 5382 3545 http://www.stbc.vic.edu.au/ email: kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au "This email and any attachments may be confidential. You must not disclose or use the information in this email if you are not the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately and delete the email and all copies. The School does not guarantee that this email is virus or error free. The attached files are provided and my only be used on the basis that the user assumes all responsibility for any loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the attached files, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not. The content and opinions in this email are not necessarily those of the School."

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Subject: [Yr7-10it] Building Free Websites with Weebly 



Hi everyone, 

 

If you need something for later in 4th term to keep some Junior students busy at the end of year, or maybe as an orientation activity for older students, then having them build a free website with "Weebly" might be a good activity.  

 

Weebly takes away the HTML, CSS, Flash, and other technical aspects of website building,  and lets them get on with designing, laying out and creating a simple site. 

(Kind of like beginner swimming lessons, instead of being thrown in at the deep end). 

 

If you want to find out more, then see my blog post here: 

http://tinyurl.com/passyweebly 

 

There is also another good free builder called "WIx". 

For info see: http://tinyurl.com/passywix  

 

If anyone knows of other good free website builders, then please let me know. 

 

Enjoy, 

Paul Pascoe 

ICT / Maths Teacher 

St Francis Xavier College Berwick 

mppascoe at tpg.com.au 

http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com <http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/>   

 

 

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