I created a website for my classroom using google sites. The website is a work in progress and only contains a fraction of the material I teach. However, I am completely blown away that in two days I created a functional website.
The hardest part was figuring out the software. I have become more familiar with the way google designs their pages and set ups since the last class, but I am still not completely comfortable with the programs. Much of the design work has been trial and error. The most frustrating part has been spending time creating something and then finding out it isn't compatible with the website. I created a survey on survey monkey and then was unable to incorporate it. The google programs all work well together, but there are problems trying to integrate other programs in. When I last left my site, it was having glitches brought on by some animated text I incorporated. I am hoping it will work itself out before I am forced to erase it. Another frustrating part was trying to find useful quality gadgets that do not contain ads in them.
I was nervous after using google sites to create a 4X2 project from the prior class. Fortunately my worries were unfounded. The most useful aspect of the google site program is how easy it makes it to add documents, presentations, and pictures stored on google.
While I will not be using this website this school year. I am planning on working with it this summer to create a useful tool I can share with my students. I would like to add pages on all the units I teach. I will also be transforming my powerpoints in to presentations so that I can upload them to the website with ease next year.
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