Classroom Website w/ Google Sites

Set-Up a Classroom Website in 45 Minutes

Using Google Sites

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Scott BurtDel Rio Continuation HS, AUSDEmail: scottburt@atasusd.org

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

Step 1: Basic Set-Up

Step 2: Create Sub-pages & Links

Step 3: Insert Images & Files

Step 4: YouTube Videos & Forms

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 scottburt@atasusd.org