After sampling various free website providers including Moonfruit, Ucoz and Wix, I have selected Weebly. It seems the easiest to use which is important in terms of learning new skills needed to create this showcase website for my PGCE course, and also considering that at some point, I will want to guide children in creating their own websites.
I have been experimenting with numerous templates and have set up the overall layout of the site, ready to be populated with evidence of my developing ICT skills and placement experiences. It has taken some time to familiarize myself with how to use Weebly, but I am now confident in my knowledge of both what the site is and is not capable of. I can insert pictures, videos and links and am beginning to feel that I could take a class through the basics. I feel this area would be more appropriate for an upper Key Stage 2 class that already has a relatively firm grasp of typing, selecting information, importing pictures etc. Difficulties with these things could quickly overwhelm a lesson originally focused on web design.
I have been experimenting with numerous templates and have set up the overall layout of the site, ready to be populated with evidence of my developing ICT skills and placement experiences. It has taken some time to familiarize myself with how to use Weebly, but I am now confident in my knowledge of both what the site is and is not capable of. I can insert pictures, videos and links and am beginning to feel that I could take a class through the basics. I feel this area would be more appropriate for an upper Key Stage 2 class that already has a relatively firm grasp of typing, selecting information, importing pictures etc. Difficulties with these things could quickly overwhelm a lesson originally focused on web design.