Using WordPress Course Websites to Foster Skilled and Responsible Digital Citizens

How can educators and administrators use WordPress to create an online learning and communication space for their students and families? This presentation will address some of the considerations that educators should have when developing a no-­coding website. We will focus on free WordPress themes, plug-­ins, and features that can suit a variety of objectives for a 21st century class or school website, with emphasis on flipped classrooms and best practices for teaching safe internet usage and positive digital citizenship. While the discussion and samples will focus on elementary classrooms, the concepts are applicable to the entire PreK-­12 range, as well as higher education.