The High School group chose to present Weebly as our PD. Weebly is a user friendly free website building application that can be implemented easily, regardless if you are a technology person or not. Our group chose Weebly because we all felt that having a resource for our students to access videos, notes, homework assignments, and discussion outside of our classroom will allow everyone to stay on the same page. Many times High School students miss classes for various reasons, and reviewing and explaining to one or two students what the class did while they were absent seems like a waste of precious class time.
During the development of our final product, I learned that not all free programs online work well (conferencing on WebHuddle was disappointing), that even teachers need to stay organized and have clear directions of what they are trying to complete, and that never giving up through the struggles of technology based group work pays off.
If I had to develop a similar product again, what I would do differently would be have a specific portion or component of Weebly to focus on, instead of a complete overview. Maybe I would show how Weebly is used for a classroom website, and how students can benefit from having an online resource. This was definitely a learning experience, and has helped me to grow as a person both in my professional and personal life.
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