Bringing It All Together with Google Sites

Google Sites combines many of Google's powerful tools with a large collection of third party gadgets for you to create a functional and fun website for your classroom.


The Tool: Google Sites
The Crib Sheet: Google Sites
Ideas for Teachers



Resources:
Tutorials:
Creating a Classroom Site: Step by Step
Create other sites: Step by Step
Great site for learning how to make a site: West Hills Tech Center
A good Video Tutorial

Creating a Site


Editing a Site

FreeVideoCoding.com
 
Activity: Build Your Own Project

BRAINSTORM 
Come up with ideas with your neighbor about what site will work for you.
 
Consider some of the following: 
  • Who is your audience?
    • Will you use it in your classroom?
  • Who can you collaborate with?  
    • Grade level teachers?
  • Will it be an informational page(static) or a working page (dynamic)?
Create a Site 
  • Collaborate on a test site or create one for for use in your role as an educator.
  • It should be a quick mock-up as a proof-of-concept that you can use when you return to work. 
  • The audience can be students, parents, or colleagues
Extra Mile:
  • Create links to professional and personal information.
  • Embed a document you created during the Google Docs segment. 
  • Play with embedding (Insert>) lots of Google Tools
Create a Banner

Extra Mile:
  • Create links to professional and personal information.
  • Embed a document you created during the Google Docs segment. 
  • Play with embedding (Insert>) lots of Google Tools



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