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​Creating a Classroom Website​ Creating a classroom website can be very easy. A classroom website can be a very beneficial thing for a teacher to have in order to keep parents and students updated with classroom news, events, expectations and assignments. After creating the website it is easy to share the link with others. If you are not sure if you want to create a classroom website, check out this link, http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/webpage.shtml, that provides you with 10 reasons to create a class website.
 * How To Create a Website: **

There are various how-to websites online that can provide step by step directions for making your own website. Some of these websites include: www.weebly.com [|www.webs.com] []

These three websites are free and give step by step directions for creating a website. The third website has a short video at the beginning that explains how to create a website.

I used the first website, [|www.weebly.com], to create my own website. Below are the steps I took to create my website.
 * 1) Go to weebly.com and create a username and password
 * 2) Choose a title for your website
 * 3) Choose a website address (If you choose Option A: Subdivision of weebly.com it is free to create your website)
 * 4) Your website will come up with the title across the top, from there you have different drag down options to decorate and add to your website.

 5. After you see the picture from above, you can change your website to meet your needs. You can change the design, add pages and once you have created a website you like you can publish it. I worked on mine for just a few minutes and was able to change the design and add a picture. You could add different pages maybe for homework, field trips, pictures, etc., anything that would relate to what is taking place in your class.

6. You will know when your website is published when you see a screen like the one below.  7. Once you see that screen you can click on the link to your website. This is the link you can share with the parents of students in your class so they are updated with what is taking place.

Here are the links for a few different websites that have already been created. It may be helpful to look at these to get ideas for your own classroom website.
 * Sample Classroom Websites: **

http://mrsmcgowan.com/1stgrade/firstsites.html- This link will take you to many different websites that you can view to get ideas for your own page.

http://www.misscampioni.com/- I really like this classroom website. Some sections that are included are announcements and important dates. The page is really bright and makes you want to continue reading everything that is on it.

http://mrsmitch.net/-This website is for a 5th grade class. It has multiple different headings and shows that the websites can be adapted for different grade levels.