1. Blog
Posts

2. • to make regular updates
about
assignments, events, and
anything going on in class
• To engage students in their
learning and extend
collaboration with
classmates and even people
all over the world

6. Blog Reflections
*Students can be required to post a short (a few sentences
or a short paragraph) synopsis of each reading in the
student’s blog. Students can be requested to create
• a short dialog between the authors of each week’s texts
• list ways in which the subject of the texts could affect
the student’s life or society
• reflect on the implications of the texts for life online in
the future
• answer their own key questions from their own
perspective

9. ePortfolios

11. http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly

12. Sample pages
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Awards/Scholarships
Coursework
Digital stories
Description of community activities
Goals
Links to relevant websites
Plans for career development
Resume
Videos
Special skills / knowledge, technical skills, etc.

13. Navigational tabs

17. Decide what pages
you want included
I use this as a
template for my class.
I show them this
picture so that they
know how to set-up
their ePortfolio
pages.

18. New individual and
collaborative skills
are emerging.

19. Weebly for Education is Perfect for
You and Your Students
• Use it for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios,
and websites for assigned projects.
• Their drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and
appropriate for use with students of all ages.
• Weebly enables your students to express themselves
creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within
a protected environment that you control.
• No HTML or technical skills required!
• Weebly was named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites of the
year.

20. Weebly is easy to manipulate
Add / Edit text
Change text fonts
Create links
Add PDFs and other documents
Alter page layouts with multiple
columns
• Upload Images – create a gallery
• Create a slideshow
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21. VIP links
Referral code to use for 10 extra student accounts
• http://bit.ly/MsBWeebly - go here to create your account
Weebly's resources
• http://www.weebly.com/features.php
My Weebly sites
• My ePortfolios - http://MsBisOnline.weebly.com
• My sample student site http://SampleEngSite.weebly.com

26. Contact me if you need me
I am an English Language Arts teacher from New
Orleans, Louisiana who looks for all opportunities to
integrate technology into my classroom.
I blog. http://2blog2share2learn.edublogs.org/
I tweet. http://twitter.com/MsBisOnline
I share. http://msbisonline.weebly.com/
Need to contact me?
MsVRBurton@gmail.com or
MsBpresents@gmail.com
(504) 298-9764
about.me/VRBurton – myself
about.me/BurtonsScholars – my class

27. Any Questions ? ? ?