Weebly

What is it?
Weebly is a very user friendly web site creator.  An added bonus...it's free!  Of course there is an upgrade option, but for general day-to-day use, the free site offers many great resources.  Weebly has great customer service as well.  If you are interested in creating a classroom website, this is where I would start.

How can I use it?
I actually have three different weebly sites that I have created.  The first is my classroom website that I use to post a classroom calendar, photos of what we've been working on in class, and interesting websites for students and parents.  You can also post videos (if you pay the premium fee).  I've used that feature to post tutorials on difficult math concepts.  I also have a classroom blog that I update instead of using a newsletter.  The second weebly site that I have is designed and created by students in the journalism club at our school.  They dubbed it the Alpine Advance.  Everything you see on this site the students created.  Finally, I created a weebly site as my final project for my Ed. Specialist Degree.  This site was used to show everything I'd learned throughout my courses.

As a teacher, you can also create student accounts.  I intend to utilize this option this year as a way for each child to have an e-portfolio.