We’ve been out of school for a little over a week now and the weather has been beautiful. But as the summer moves on there will be some rainy or extremely hot days when it’s better to stay indoors. So, when those days arrive, why not make your own website?
For students, creating your own website gives you an opportunity to share your interests with the world. For parents, creating a website is a motivating way to keep your child reading and writing during the summer.
The first step in creating your own website is to decide what you want your website to be about. Choose a topic that is interesting to you. Once you decide your topic, sketch or make a brief outline of how you want to organize your website. For example, if you wanted to make a website about video games you might want a general description of different kinds of video games on the home page and then create other pages about some of your favorite video games. There is no one right way to create a website, so be creative and have fun. You can always go back and add to or change your website.
There are two free websites I really like that make it very easy to create websites. My favorite is Weebly. With Weebly you just drag and drop the elements you want on your webpage. It’s easy to add text, pictures, and even videos. Google Page Creator is another tool that makes it easy to create your own website.
Both Weebly and Google Page Creator require a registration. Students, please get your parents permission before signing up for one of these websites and respect your parents’ rules for what you are allowed to post online.
If you create a website, please let me know and I will mention it on this blog so the Bellows community can see your work.
Mrs. Trudden, technology teacher at Pointers Run and Waterloo Elementary Schools, has more great rainy day technology activities on her blog.
