I want my pupils (~12yo) to create their own website. Suggestions?
Former back-end Web developer here.
Since last September I am a full-time maths teacher in France, with ~100 pupils (11-13 yo).
I told them one day that I had done webdev before, and since then several kids asked me for some advice to create their own website.
Of course I encouraged them, since I thought it would be great for them to share content outside of the GAFA bubble, and own their medium. However I never created a full course.
But now that the whole country is under lockdown, I have some time to properly help them. I'd love to see them create their own website from scratch: no WordPress, no Wix, just
I don't really know what to choose though. I want to:
- (ideally) have the same provider for domain names and hosting,
- get the kids to update their website themselves (otherwise I'll be flooded with requests every hour :) ), and
- be able to manage a lot of domain names for cheap (except the registration itself).
I will probably have 10-20 kids interested.
Do you have any suggestions for domain registrar, hoster, and an easy way to upload their work? (git, FTP...)
Thanks!
Easy. https://repl.it was made for exactly your purpose, and even allows multiplayer editing like a google sheet.
It’s free, it’s hosted for free, and you don’t even need a domain, unless you are unhappy with the random generated one you get on the site:)
It might be worth talking to the folks at https://reclaimhosting.com/ or https://neocities.org/ (they might do a package deal for a bunch of student sites if the free thing with a subdomain isn't enough. But as much as I always advocate for having your own domain, for young students getting started a subdomain is probably fine)
They could make JoeDocs sites (joedocs.com) and have them either publicly editable or only viewable. They feel like GoogleDocs to edit, but have video chat, public visibility, custom domain names, etc.
Disclaimer, I am on the founding team of JoeDocs.