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Use Google Sites to create a functional classroom website in 45 minutes. Include 4 screencast tutorials that are 5-7 minutes in length.
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Set-Up a Classroom Website in 45 Minutes
Using Google Sites
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Scott BurtDel Rio Continuation HS, AUSDEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: @BurtTeacherAccess these slides at http://tinyurl.com/SLOCUEsites BE
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Objectives
1. Learn the benefits of a classroom website
2. See how easy it is to create one
3. Get started on your own
Who am I?
Get What You Came For
● If this session isn’t meeting your needs or is not what you expected, please do not feel obligated to stay.
My Website
● Before we start, I would like you to take three minutes to poke around my classroom website so you can get a sense of what I’m talking about:
https://tinyurl.com/teacherburt/or Google “Teacher Burt”
Benefits of Having a Classroom Website
1. Keep yourself and your students organized2. Distribute resources and conduct a “flipped”
classroom model3. Keep absent students in the loop4. Provide a “window” into your classroom for
parents and the community5. Share resources with other teachers
Tips to Get Started
1. Decide whether to create your site under your district or personal email
2. Make sure you set your site to “public”3. Remember that your site will be a
continuous work-in-progress4. Cut down on storage by linking to your
Google Drive
Let’s Get Started
● My objective for the rest of the session is to help you set-up your own personal websites.
● You have two options:1) Follow me as I walk through the steps up here on
the screen2) Watch the screencast tutorials I have posted on the
next 4 slides. You can view the slideshow here:
http://tinyurl.com/SLOCUEsites
Gots & Needs
● How’d the session go? Please tell me by submitting Gots & Needs through my website.
● For “class,” select Prof. Development
Questions / Comments?
● If you have any questions/comments for me, please email me at [email protected]
