WIX - The website builder

How the use of WIX improves, changes or affects the educational management of the institutions

When people think about web 2.0 tools they are probably technological and computer tools that most of them use in their everyday lives. Fortunately those technological advances also offer great alternatives to foster and improve educational processes and ways to assist and support when the management area has certain issues that can affect significantly its success. Thus, these days there are many possibilities in which the use of a web 2.0 tool can affect managing processes in a positive way in which can contribute to the development of strategies to overcome problems and enhance the educational management of the institutions.

The proposed web 2.0 tool is a website which can be owned by any educational institution and created using a free website builder called WIX where it will be the foundation which offers different ways to improve the educational management of the institutions.

Wix.com is a great cloud-based development platform which makes it easy for everyone to create a suitable and professional web presence. The WIX website builder offers many options in order that educational managers have everything that it is necessary to create a high quality free website that contributes to the educational institution matters.

WIX has certain number of apps that can be used to start using a system of action plans that can enhance and ease the educational management of the institutions. So then it offers ways to:

·        Get an own social network

·        Send invoices to either teachers, students or their parents  

·        Store information such as records and grades of the students

·        Set up contact forms

·        Show evidence of educational and didactic activities as well as sport events

The website has some great options to be used for different management actions. It basically can be a source of interesting and valuable facts and knowledge for the students and their parents where managers can share information such as papers, reflections, books and probably the most important constituted by videos. Managers could add information that highlights the importance of education while also fosters parents, students and teachers to work hard to achieve the desired level of quality or knowledge.

In other words WIX is a tool that can deliver a high level of quality and professionalism which can also incorporate other alternatives offered by other web 2.0 tools. So then what makes WIX so unique is that it represents a set of possibilities in which it may support the educational management area giving something so effortless and simple but that let managers look way beyond what they think could be done through such a useful tool.

References

McLoughlin, C. and Lee M. (2007). Social software and participatory learning: Pedagogical choices with technology affordances in the Web 2.0 era. Ascilite, 664-675.

Morrison, K. (1998). Management Theories for Educational Change. Retrieved from: https://books.google.com.co/books?id=2u8ya7rQaicC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=problem+solving+approaches+keith+morrison&source=bl&ots=5YuvRpNRQt&sig=pAF0lBaLCVl2CaNfN1YK9z9krUU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS8-Obm-TUAhXFOCYKHaUzAgIQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=problem%20solving%20approaches%20keith%20morrison&f=false

Peachey, N. (2008, Jul 26). Web 2.0 for EFL / ESL Teachers [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpkVYXpvyE

Wix.com, Inc. Wix.com. Tel Aviv, Israel. Retrieved from: https://www.wix.com/