Google Sites
Introduction - Learn about Google Sites and How it Connects to Education (15 minutes)
Read the below information and watch the video. Begin thinking of how you might be able to use Google Sites in both the classroom and also in the school. Be ready to discuss if working in a group.
Google Sites allows teachers and students to create customized websites and webpages with a simple editor. It allows users to embed anything from documents to calendars, to videos, and so much more.This means there is not any HTML or complex programing and coding languages. It is also free and will work in any web browser. Students and teachers can work from any computer while they are anywhere there is an internet connection. They can also work on their own or in a collaborative group. Best of all there is no software to download, it is web based which means no updating of local software. In the classroom setting it can operate behind the district domain, giving another layer of privacy. School administrators can even manage site-sharing permissions across the school, and authors can share and revoke file access at any time. Read below the features that are described from the Google Educator Training Page.
Read the below information and watch the video. Begin thinking of how you might be able to use Google Sites in both the classroom and also in the school. Be ready to discuss if working in a group.
Google Sites allows teachers and students to create customized websites and webpages with a simple editor. It allows users to embed anything from documents to calendars, to videos, and so much more.This means there is not any HTML or complex programing and coding languages. It is also free and will work in any web browser. Students and teachers can work from any computer while they are anywhere there is an internet connection. They can also work on their own or in a collaborative group. Best of all there is no software to download, it is web based which means no updating of local software. In the classroom setting it can operate behind the district domain, giving another layer of privacy. School administrators can even manage site-sharing permissions across the school, and authors can share and revoke file access at any time. Read below the features that are described from the Google Educator Training Page.
- Template Gallery - Get a jump-start on your site with one of the pre-built templates, or create a privately shared template gallery for your institution, class or faculty with sites customized for your needs.
- Powerful Search - Project and team sites are only useful when you can find the information you’re looking for. Built-in search powered by Google’s search engine makes it easy and fast to find the pages you need.
- Storage - Google Sites comes with 10GB + 500MB per user for attaching files and documents. Calendars and videos embedded from Google Drive don’t count against this quota.
- Security and Reliability - Google Sites comes with encrypted connections to Google’s servers; real-time file save for editing; simultaneous replicated storage for your sites; built-in disaster recovery; and fine-grained sharing controls that let you share your work with the right people.
Now that you have read the above information and watched the video you should have a better idea of Google Sites and how it can be used.. Begin thinking of how you might be able to use Google Sites in both the classroom and also in the school. Be ready to discuss if working in a group.