My Reflections (on the process of using Weebly)
This is the 38th tool that I have used to re-create my electronic portfolio. The process moved fairly smoothly; I lost new pages several times, and there wasn't an obvious "save" button. The tool allowed me to reconstruct my portfolio in less than two hours, copying the information from my Google Sites portfolio where I had the URLs on the page (and the links). All of my other artifacts are web links.
I prefer to have the links open a new window (and the portfolio remains open), which was option when you create a link. When an artifact is opened, the reader can then close the window to go back to the portfolio.
To aggregate assessment data, a spreadsheet could be created to collect quantitative data. There is some interactivity to this program, because it has a blog with comments. Therefore, this tool would work very well for an interactive presentation portfolio but other tools will need to be used for summative assessment.
The real advantage of Weebly is the many different tools, gadgets and widgets available: Photo Gallery, Slideshow, File, Flash, Google Maps and YouTube Video as well as custom HTML. The Pro (paid) version has an Audio Player, Video upload, embedded documents, and password-protected pages. I created a Table of Contents on the upper left side of the page (the Navigation, with links to each section on the site, which automatically shows on each page. I am impressed with this tool. I was able to create this hyperlinked set of web pages, with no knowledge of HTML.
This program would work well for a presentation portfolio, and Weebly would work well if the goal is a learning portfolio, with interactivity and feedback through the blog. Each blog entry can have comments added, any page can be hidden in navigation menu.
I prefer to have the links open a new window (and the portfolio remains open), which was option when you create a link. When an artifact is opened, the reader can then close the window to go back to the portfolio.
To aggregate assessment data, a spreadsheet could be created to collect quantitative data. There is some interactivity to this program, because it has a blog with comments. Therefore, this tool would work very well for an interactive presentation portfolio but other tools will need to be used for summative assessment.
The real advantage of Weebly is the many different tools, gadgets and widgets available: Photo Gallery, Slideshow, File, Flash, Google Maps and YouTube Video as well as custom HTML. The Pro (paid) version has an Audio Player, Video upload, embedded documents, and password-protected pages. I created a Table of Contents on the upper left side of the page (the Navigation, with links to each section on the site, which automatically shows on each page. I am impressed with this tool. I was able to create this hyperlinked set of web pages, with no knowledge of HTML.
This program would work well for a presentation portfolio, and Weebly would work well if the goal is a learning portfolio, with interactivity and feedback through the blog. Each blog entry can have comments added, any page can be hidden in navigation menu.