Overall, I have found the process of creating a website through Weebly to be quite intuitive but of course, I have run into a few issues. A few times, I was unable to figure out how to make something look exactly the way I wanted but my philosophy is just to get the ideas out there, rather than getting hung up on trying to make it perfect. Overall, I’m very happy with the appearance of the site.
We put a lot of thought into what kind of information we wanted to put on our site. We want it to be useful for busy teachers therefore it must be simple to navigate and not be too visually overwhelming.
Being able to work on the project in class gave us the opportunity to get some invaluable feedback from our peers. Someone today said that what she liked most is that the site isn’t cluttered – it’s simple and streamlined. Working in class also gave us the chance to ask for help from others who may be encountering the same technical difficulties that we were. We were able to offer lots of advice to other groups as well.
In future, one of the challenges will be maintaining the site. There will be a lot of pressure to stay on the forefront of technological advances and update the information we’ve provided and make sure all the links are still intact. I also imagine that as we try out the various ideas we’ve listed, we’ll have a few changes we’ll want to make.
Hey Julie,
I absolutely loved the site you guys build. It was clean , clear to navigate and inviting. I really believe that design is a huge component to user ship of websites. Sometimes less is more!! As a new librarian last year, no experience in the regular teaching classroom and poor technology hardware in my music room, I was unable to give online teaching resources to our staff at our September pro D. I have learned to so much from everyone in this class. Thank You!!:) p.s Things will be different this year. J
Ideally, an online entity is a living space. Just as an empty house will gradually fall into disrepair and decay, and online site will do the same. If there isn’t any human interactivity, it becomes a static space that will eventually fall into disuse. The value of having interactivity is that content becomes lively as new posts and information are added through a group of users. However, these are things that are learned overtime. The big challenge today is simply getting teachers online and interacting with each other to build social networks for learning about learning with ICT.