WEBSITES WITH GOOGLE SITES
Sites Surf Shack: Catch the wave of creating
About me
I am a certified teacher, holding a MS in El. Ed. and minors in ESL and Reading. I've taught ESL K-6, 3rd grade, & 4th grade in Elkhart. I'm currently a district elementary instructional technology coach. My passion is integrating technology and engaging students in meaningful learning.
Billie Jo Etchason
LEARNING TARGETS
WAYS TO USE GOOGLE SITES
Novel HyperDocs take the old curriculum guides we know and turn them into engaging blended learning units of study, like this site. All the links and resources they need to complete the work are all on the site. Learn more here.
New Tools
It can get messy to try to keep sharing resources with students during a whole unit of study. Packaging them in a site allows for easy updates and sharing of ideas.
Unit Resources
Novel Hyperdocs
Sites provides an easy way to house all of the tips and tutorials that users might want to reference while learning something new. Think students and staff. Examples: MTSS, PLC, Writing Workshop, etc.
MORE WAYS TO USE GOOGLE SITES
A Google Site is a great way to showcase the work you have done as a professional educator. Whether you're preparing to change positions, or want to share your resources all in one place a Google Site provides a simple and free way to package it all.
Class Website
Digital escape rooms are a fun way to introduce, practice or review content and a Google Site provides the perfect "room" for all of your clues and locks. Learn how to create a digital escape room for your students in this post.
Digital Escape Rooms
Professional Portfolio
Posting material on a class website gives students the opportunity to access material from home. Also a big plus for parents trying to help their students! Examples: homework, demo videos, resources, etc.
Show Learning
GET STUDENTS INVOLVED ON SITES
Create Their Own
Give students the option to create their own site to demonstrate their learning after a lesson or within a unit. Students can use this as a choice to demonstrate their learning. The beauty of Sites is that since it's all drag and drop, they can easily embed their own content, videos from YouTube, or links to other resources
Creating a useful website is a valuable skill. Have students create their own website to share information with classmates or club members. This can be an individual, like creating a learning portfolio or group project like club announcements..
Google Sites is a structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool offered by Google. The goal of Google Sites is for anyone to be able to create simple web sites that support collaboration between different editors.
ACCESSING GOOGLE SITES
1. NEW: Go to your Google Drive and click the NEW button.
2. MORE: Go to the more section.
3. GOOGLE SITES: Click Google Sites.
or
Go to sites.google.com/new
1. UNTITLED SITE: Click here to title your Google Site.
2. PUBLISH: Your site will not be complete until you click Publish.
3. INSERT: Allow you to insert a variety of things to your site.
4. PAGES: Add more pages to your google site.
5. THEMES: Choose from Google’s library of themes for Google Sites.
GOOGLE SITE LAYOUT
The INSERT tab is where you will begin to create your site. Google continuously add more and more features to this section. Any item you choose to add will populate on the site. You can resize items and move them around. Play around with all of these options and see how it easy it is to build a website.
The LAYOUTS section will allow you to use some pre-designed website layouts. Simply click on the option you want to use and insert images and text where permitted.
Many of the files you create in your Google Drive can be inserted into your site without any coding!
INSERT TAB
MY FAVORITE "INSERT" OPTIONS
Docs/Slides/Sheets
Image Carousel
Inside of your Google Site on the right hand menu select "Insert" then "Image Carousel" to upload and select the images you want to share. You can even resize the carousel frame to the size you want.
A button can look so much better than a simple hyperlink. Try it on a new Google site by clicking on "Insert" then scroll down to find the button option. From there you can add a name for your button and a URL or site page to link to.
Button Tool
These options allow you to embed a Google Doc / Slides / Sheets file directly onto your webpage. You can resize the tile too. Tip: Be sure the sharing rights are adjusted on the file so viewers can view your file.
The PAGES tab will allow you to add different pages to your site. Simply click on the PAGES tab and follow the steps below.
1. NEW LINK: To link a specific website to your site use this option.
2. NEW PAGE: Allows you to add a new page to your site.
3. PAGE SETTINGS: Allows to designate the page as a home page, duplicate a page, change page properties, hide the page from navigation, or delete a page from your site.
4. ADD SUBPAGE: Allows you to add a subpage to any page on your site. This will assist in organizing your site.
PAGES TAB
The THEMES tab will give you access to pre-designed themes for your Google Site. Designing a website can be tedious and confusing but Google Sites makes it easy for you to select from a selection of Google designed themes which offer your site a fresh and modern look. All themes can still be customized by allowing you to change color schemes and font styles.
You can also create (+) or import ( ) a template. You can get free templates to import by doing a quick Google search.
THEMES TAB
Once you have created your site it is time to share it with the world, or with specific people. Click the purple PUBLISH button you see on the top right corner of your site and follow the steps below.
PUBLISHING YOUR SITE
1. WEB ADDRESS: Add a web address this can typically be the name you designated for your site but if that is not available try variations until you see the check mark appear.
2.. MANAGE: This will allow you to manage your sharing settings for the site. This will be similar to all of the sharing settings you find in Google apps.
3. PUBLISH: Once everything is complete click Publish. Any new changes you make to your site you must click publish in order to see them on the site.
Billie Jo Etchason
Holly Mecher
COACHING TEAM
Beth Davidson
btchason@elkhart.k12.in.us
hmecher@elkhart.k12.in.us
eadavidson@elkhart.k12.in.us
FEEDBACK
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