WEEBLY TIMEPLAN

Week one (SITE MAP)

Session One 

Choose a topic and partner

Choose website name (and post them on the blog)

Session Two (Editors and Design)

Signup and invite partner from editors section ( add administrator)

choose theme from design
Edit all design elements (site title, paragraph title, paragraph text, links)
Edit design css and html

Session Three (PAGES)

Create pages and overall structure for the website that reflects the topic

browse online content and prepare material for next week (pictures, text and videos)

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Week Two (SITE DETAIL)

Session One  (Elements-Basic)

Write and edit text in all pages (paragraphs)

Session Two (Elements- Multimedia)

Add pictures and slideshows and galleries in all pages

Session Three (Elements- Multimedia)

Add youtube videos

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Week Three (PUBLISH)

Session One (ELEMENTS-MORE/REVENUE)

More

Links and Widgets

Session Two (SITE SETTINGS)

Search engine optimization

Change site address

Session Three

Publish site

Stage One: Explore

Read stories from StoryBird

Stage Two: Get Inspired

Get inspired by Art

Get Inspired by themes

Stage Three: Create

signup/Login by teacher created accounts

Create a story

Add pictures

add collborators

Publish it.

Story Game

KERPROOF

Story Jumper (Needs parental consent)

and the one we shall be using for this term is: Storybird

Dear parents,

It is with great pleasure that I Introduce myself to you. I am Mary Victor, I teach your children computer. Alongside teaching, I am also doing my Master in International and Comparative Education. I am currently doing my research about how technology can be used to enhance student’s reading, writing skills and creative endeavors in storytelling.

Our grade 6 curriculum is entitled Stories on the Web

Term: Software: Objective

Term I: Blogs: to read

we shall be learning about blogs and the objective of the curriculum is to encourage students to read. Each student will create a blog and borrow a book from the library. Then each week, the student is required to read one chapter and blog about it.

I shall be sending you more details along the way. I only require your support in treating computer not as a secondary subject but a subject where it could be very beneficial to your children.  All our work will be online so I encourage you to follow our blog, be updated with your children’s progress and make sure that they do the work required. I hope that this year would be fruitful and beneficial not only in research terms, but that your children will develop along with technical skills, a love for reading and writing, a skill which I personally developed in their age.

A final note: I am also a graduate of BBC and am very excited to come back here and work with your children!

Please feel free to leave your comments and questions on my blog(website). Especially on this specific post!

You are invited to follow our blog, to receive updates by e-mail on what we are doing…(You will find the follow button on the right side of the blog)

Sincerely,

Miss Mary Victor.