1 of 22

Google Sites for Students

Trish Morgan and Susan Watt

2 of 22

Introductions

Trish Morgan

  • Grade 3 and 4 Classroom Teacher in the Waterloo Board
  • Equity Rep on the Executive of the Waterloo Local ETFO
  • AQ instructor for Brock – Technology Integration in the Classroom
  • ETFO, OTF, WRDSB workshop presenter

Susan Watt

  • First year retiree ☺ - previously Technology Support Teacher in the Waterloo Board
  • Equity Workshop Facilitator for ETFO
  • Moderator for OTF Connects
  • ETFO, OTF, WRDSB workshop presenter

3 of 22

Tell us a little about you.

Primary

Junior

Intermediate

Secondary

4 of 22

What is your experience with Google?

My board uses Google Apps for Education. >

I use Google Drive/Docs with my students and/or colleagues. >

I use a personal Google / Gmail account. >

I ‘google’, but I am fairly new to the wider world of Google. >

Other?? >

5 of 22

Agenda

Make sure you are logged in to your Google Account.

  • About Google Sites
  • Why student websites?
  • Examples of student sites / created content
  • Overview of scope for tonight’s session
  • Tour of instructional website – share link
  • Site Creation, Steps 1 – 6
  • Privacy Options and Sharing
  • Resources / Support

6 of 22

Google Sites

  • Available to anyone with a Google account (13 and older) or anyone with a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) account – all ages
  • Saved online within your Google account
  • Collaborative
  • Sharable
  • Use template model
  • Integrated with other Google Apps (docs, slideshows, etc.)

7 of 22

Why Student Websites?

​

  • Student Ownership
  • A positive contribution to Digital Profile / Footprint
  • Sharing of content with wider, authentic audience (important to identify your audience)
  • Options for Collaboration
  • Personal Portfolio / Sharing of creative content
  • 21st Century skills - Critical thinking, Communication
  • The development of transferrable skills

8 of 22

9 of 22

Ontario Curriculum, Language 1 - 8

Media Literacy,

Grade 7

10 of 22

Examples of Student Sites

11 of 22

Our Strategy for Tonight

  • You will create a Google Site!
  • Log in to your Gmail or Google account in Chrome.
  • 6 Steps – Instructions / Worktime alternating.
  • Questions in the chat at any time.
  • ’Show and Tell’ at the end if you wish ☺
  • Go to our ‘How To’ site and keep it open as a resource throughout the evening. �https://sites.google.com/site/sitesabc123

​

12 of 22

Step 1 – Create your Site

  • You should have multiple tabs open in your browser – your Google Drive or Gmail, our ‘How To’ site and maybe others - as well as Blackboard Collaborate.
  • Use the Create button to create your site.
  • Choose your title, URL, and theme.
  • Locate the ‘pencil’ tool.
  • Add a welcome message on your home page, exploring the text editing tools to jazz it up!
  • Be sure to SAVE!!
  • Susan will demo. (Timer – 10 minutes)

13 of 22

Step 2 – Add a New Page

Locate and click the ‘New Page’ button.

​

This ------ >

is the window that will open.

​

Add some text to your new page.

​

Add at least one more new page.

​

(Timer – 5 minutes)

14 of 22

Step 3 – Adding ‘Google-able’ Images

  • If your students are sourcing images using a Google image search, it is very important to begin with a conversation about Copyright and Usage Rights
  • The goal is to find images that are ‘Labelled for Reuse’
  • To do this, follow the steps on the ‘Add an Image’ page on our site. (Susan will demo first)
  • Add 2 or 3 images to various pages on your site
  • We will talk about adding other types of images and content later in the presentation.� Timer – 10 minutes

15 of 22

Step 4 – Look at ‘Manage Site’

  • Click on the ‘Gears’ tool�and choose ‘Manage Site’.�
  • Most of the site editing�options can be found�here – explore!�
  • Susan will demo.�Timer – 5 minutes

​

16 of 22

Step 5 – The ‘Insert’ Menu

  • Using the ’Insert’ menu, you can add many other types of content, including embedded presentations, YouTube videos, images you have taken yourself, Google Docs, etc. etc.
  • Take some time to explore this and add some content to one or more page.
  • Timer – 5 minutes

17 of 22

18 of 22

Step 6 – Modifying your Sidebar

  • As you add new pages to your site, they are added automatically to your Sidebar, in the order they are created.
  • To edit this order, you need to turn off the automatic feature and manage the sidebar completely manually.
  • To do this, go to the ‘Gears’, then ‘Edit Site Layout’, then under where it ways ‘Sidebar’, mouse over the actual Sidebar then click to open the Navigation Sidebar window. (Susan will demo; Timer – 3 minutes)

19 of 22

Privacy Options & Sharing

  • When you first create your site, it is completely private. (!) The lock symbol on the Share button indicates this.

​

​

  • When you click on the�‘Share’ button, this�window will open. >�
  • Click on ‘Change’ and�choose ‘Anyone with�the link – Can View’.

​

​

​

20 of 22

21 of 22

Resources / Supports

  • Susan and Trish’s Google Sites ‘How To’ Site for Students > https://sites.google.com/site/sitesabc123

​

​

22 of 22

Wrap-up / Thank you!

  • How and with whom will you use Google Sites this year?

​

​

​

​

​