Google sites can have many uses in education:
teachers may use them to present content (like a resource hub, breakout room, etc.)
students may use them to showcase creations, show off curation, or share portfolios
the community can use them to participate with forms or shared folders
Communication, collaboration, and creative critical thinking are all skills that can be developed through the use of sites.
Nervous about sites? Take 15 minutes to follow these 3 "first steps" to try out the tool. You never have to publish your site (i.e. no one need see it), but you will get to experience how quickly a basic site can be assembled and how many options sites have to offer.
Mainly want to use sites to support student work? In 3 minutes, see how easy it is to create a webpage that you can link back to Classroom AND share at different levels (private to the school community, public, etc.)
Sites is intuitive, but if you want a "good" step-by-step tutorial to build a comprehensive class website, then this video is for you.
Alternatively, if an image-filled set of written directions is of more help to you, then this resource will meet your needs.
Learn how students can collaborate on interactive drawings (which can include clickable links) and publish them on a site.