Google Sites

Creating a Google Site for your Classroom

In this session, you will learn about Google Sites in Education and how to make your very own.

Part 1: What is Google Sites and why should we use it?

For the first part of the Google Sites Session, you will need to watch the video below and read the two short article to the write. The video and article provide a brief explanation to of what is Google Sites and why we should use it.

NEW Google Sites: 10 things teachers must knowGoogle Sites has been overhauled, and you're going to like the changes! Here's what you need to know.

There is a great video in this link.

Thinking About Trying Google Sites? Here's What You Need to KnowGoogle Sites is part of Google Apps for Work. If you have a team looking to collaborate on projects, Google Sites could be a helpful tool to use.

Part 2: Creating your own Google Site

This school year, each teacher will be responsible for creating a Google Site for their classroom. The site will be for students and parents to get information about your classroom and and academic resources. You can watch the video to give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a Google Site found below.

During this session, your tasks are:

Create your Teacher Google Site and make it public. Google Sites
Join the Pitman Technology Professional Development 2017-2018 Google classroom. The class code is: 5r7hl0r
Post the link to the website in the assignment section in the Google Classroom.

Once I have your Google Site, I will add it to the district website.

Task #1

Information to put on the site:

Your name
School
Subjects taught
Brief bio
Pictures to put on the website For example:
A description of the subjects
- what will be taught
- course syllabus
Other important information about the subject and or content.
Materials students will need for the classroom
Resources for students to go to for help and support
- websites and or programs
- links
- books
Any other information you would like to add to your site

Links to Google Sites Learning Center and Cheat Sheet

sites-cheat-sheet.pdf

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