Google Sites

At the beginning of this course we learned how to set up and use our own Google Site which we can use in our own personal classrooms. This is a very handy tool because it allows for teachers to put all the important information about the class in one spot where students and their families can easily access it. Google Sites also allows for teachers to post videos of themselves teaching content that a student may have missed or needs to review.

What is Google Sites?
Google Sites allows for complete access to whatever the teacher feels necessary for his or her students and their families. This helps a lot with students who may be missing school or who need extra help and review on a topic, so they can go home or anywhere out of school and still take it with them and continue their learning.

It is a very simple to create, which makes it ever the more easier for teachers to use as a tool.

Uses for Google Sites
Not only can teachers use it, but also students. In older grades, the teacher can actually teach students how to use this site and the students can use it for what we are using it for now, turning in digital assignments and writing about them.

This would be a good form of assessment because it allows the student to have a lot of freedom in how they want to set up their projects so they do not have to stick to one straight form. This allows for students to show their strengths in the classroom in different ways than just a written or typed assignment.

At the same time, students are also raising their technology skills which will help them in a global workforce in the long term.

Experts' Opinions
On shivarweb.com, the marketing editor consultant goes through the pros and cons of using Google Sites.

After looking through this, even with the cons, Google Sites still seems to be perfect for the classroom. The cons that the author pointed out were that there were limited design layouts and marketing features. But for a classroom, all of that is not necessary.

Google Sites are good for the classroom because of the simplicity of them. It is time effective for teachers and the simplicity of it makes it easy for anyone who is viewing it to access information.

Why Google Sites?
Overall, I think Google Sites is a great tool to use for schools, especially for teachers. It allows for teachers to reach out to many different groups of people associated with their classroom without being time consuming. The teacher can just give the link to whomever he or she would like to and they can go to the site without having to ask for permission to get updates and information about your classroom.

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Refrences
Shivar, N. (2018, September 23). Google Sites Review: Pros & Negatives of Using Google's Website Builder. Retrieved October 4, 2018, from https://www.shivarweb.com/17004/google-sites-review/