Description: Summer is the perfect time to get organized with all of your curriculum documents. A teacher website is a great way to assist with your organization and make things accessible to students and parents. We’ll take a look at what works and what doesn't when creating a teacher website and you'll walk out with your own Google Site ready to publish. goo.gl version-> Session Agenda (2 hours): (5 min) Welcome and Overview (10 min) Presentation - from ICE: What Works, What Doesn't, What to Do? Prezi (10 min) Open discussion of what a teacher website should contain, how it should function, who should it serve? For the teacher For the student For the parent(s) Platforms Google Sites Sample Sites: Benefits: Fairly easy/intuitive to setup, more visual options (images, video), integrated with Google Apps, Stability Shortcomings: Limited permissions options, File manager clunky, Still visually challenged, Templates challenging to edit? SharePoint Benefits: Integrated with MS products, Easy to upload/mange documents, Strong security settings (Permissions), Established templates (more coming soon) Shortcomings: Visually blah?, Clunky - not quite WYSIWYG, limited sharing/collaboration tools, server issues? (15 min) Activity: Choosing a platform, Mapping your site Google Sites Mapping: How do you want your site to look and feel? Web Page - standard web page layout - use for most pages Examples: Homepage, Chapter pages, Unit/Topic pages Site Layout Standard Text Hyperlinks Insert: Images Calendar Documents Presentations Gadgets Recent announcements Text Box More! Announcements - use to keep a "blog" style interface Examples: Daily HW, Class updates, Question of the day File Cabinet - use to store files Examples: Unit file cabinets, Topic file cabinets, Chapters (45 min) Hands-On Create your webpage (15 min) Getting People to your Page Linked from school website URL Shortener (20 min) Next Steps Consider advanced webpage features SharePoint Mapping: What "web parts" do you want to have on your site? Welcome Message - Content Editor Web Part Document Library - Create New Document Library Announcements - Create New Announcements Links - Create New Links Calendar - Create New Calendar Discussion Board - Create New Discussion Threaded Name in Post Picture Library - Create New Picture Library Others (including HTML code) - Content Editor WebPart Other Options? | Accessing Google Apps @ETHS Site: https://sites.google.com/a/eths202.org/google-apps-eths/home Resources: Ms. Schroeder Google Sites for Classroom Projects or UnitsGoogle Sites as a Classroom BlogGoogle Sites for Online LearningGoogle Sites for Student Projects |