Reflection on my experience of creating a website

I must say I really enjoyed making the website, it was my fav out of the 3 tools we have used and evaluated this week. For me it won out over the others because of two reason, firstly the amazing amount of multimedia you can put in the page and secondly a more personal reason was that it was just "my" site and no one can edit it without my permission, not even comments! Being a very organised and neat person, I found the website design process complimented my teaching style, as opposed to the mess a wiki can become.

THIS PMI Chart will show my reflection in a neat, organised way.

Plus	Minus	Implications
Content and structure belong to me and nobody else can edit or add to it.	Not interactive so students cannot add work to it, only the one author can.	Can be frustrating if don’t have full access to all multimedia available on weebly
Can use your website to link students to the world	Need to upgrade with $$ to get all the benefits of creating in Weebly	Students have no contribution to their learning so it is not very student centred
Using a site like weebly makes it very easy to design by allowing you to insert place holders.	No pedagogy used if just asking students  basic questions and not doing anything with the content
A huge amount of multimedia can be added to you site, which allows for an array of learning designs to be established.	Depending on the scaffolding used it can have limited success on teaching the learning outcomes
Will enhance communication between yourself and students	Links can get outdated

I feel that to  create a "significant" web site, one that will ultimately benefit students, a great deal of thought and time is required. Like any effective teaching plan requiring time and resourcefulness, it is no different when you create a web site for your students to access. However, if you have an extensive, well organised plan, the computing part is easy and getting easier everyday as I found with weebly. If you are looking for a great website that explains what is needed to have a successful and interactive web page for your learners click here.