While waiting today, play "A Google A Day"

Find the resources here: bit.ly/niveladom

Create! Collaborate! Share! Learn the power of the NEW Google Sites! In this session, you will learn how to create a Site for your classroom, as a student portfolio and for professional development. You will learn how to use Google Sites as the hub for your paperless classroom, seamlessly share all that you use in Google Drive, Maps and Youtube. Join us as we learn more about and design your own communication hub.


The NEW Google Sites vs. Classic Google Sites

  • Edit in real time just like other google tools
  • Render for Mobile and gives you mobile view
  • Easily embed from other Google Apps
  • Easily Move and Resize Objects

Uses for Sites in your classroom:

  • Post a calendar of upcoming class events
  • Share student work (Example in Old Sites)
  • Publish a recommended reading list
  • Post homework assignments and due dates
  • Link to district curriculum
  • Share a school supply list
  • Students can publish their portfolios

Steps to Creating a Site:

1. Creating and Naming your Google Site

2. Working with Pages

3. Adding Text/Images/URLs/Uploads

4. Adding from Google Drive

5. Google Embeds

6. Themes/Changing the Look of your website

7. Additional Options- Navigation(top or side)

8. Publishing your Site

9. Previewing your site

Challenge:

Extra Sites/Presentations with more Goodies:

Jessica Loucks

Natasha Rachell

Charity Helman - Digital Portfolios