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Creating Digital

Portfolios with Google Sites

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Presentation | Speaker | Date

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Emily Fitzpatrick

Director of Professional Development | EdTechTeam Canada

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Creating Digital Portfolios |Resources

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In one click, you and your students can create your own website! Let's move beyond publishing cat photos and dive into how a Google Site is a great platform for showcasing student learning and handling all of your teacher resources! Leave this session with a Google Site ready to publish and share.

Overview

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Before we can make a portfolio; we need to learn how to use the New Google Sites

  1. Creating a Site
  2. Adding a Theme
  3. Adding Items
  4. Adding Pages
  5. Publishing
  6. Tips & Tricks

What is Google Sites?

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Use the Google Drive App on your Phone!

Open the App

Click on the +

Click on icon with the Camera

Take the Photo

Click the Checkmark

Now you can insert it ‘from drive’ in your site!

Pro Tip for Inserting Images

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Double tap anywhere on your screen for the quick show menu!

Pro Tip for Creating

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On the insert menu, click from Google Drive

Click once on a folder (do not ‘go into’ the folder)

Click insert

Now you have the entire folder on a page rather than just 1 file!

Pro Tip - Create a File Storage Page

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Let’s make one for the Google Summit Learning!

  1. Make a New Google Site
  2. Add your own theme
  3. Create four pages
    1. About Me
    2. My Learning
    3. The Location
    4. New Connections

Using Google Sites for Portfolios

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Using the school as your boundaries, go and collect artifacts. They could include:

  • Pictures
  • Google Drive Items
  • Websites/Session Resources
  • Videos
  • Maps/MyMaps
  • Embedded Links

Collecting Artifacts

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Let’s show off what we were able to create!

Open the published view of your website (or the edit view) and walk around.

See other’s creative ideas and see if there is anything you hope to add to your site!

Gallery Walk

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