Google+Sites




 * ~ Uses ||~ Limitations ||
 * * Looks and works like a teacher web page.
 * Teacher can allow other CMCSS Google users access to their Google Sites web page.
 * App add-ins can be added by the teacher, but can not be seen by others.
 * Images, documents, and links can be uploaded.
 * Videos and other widgets can be embedded. || * Teacher cannot make accounts for students in their class from their Google Sites page.
 * App add-ins can only be seen by the teacher.
 * No grade book connection.
 * Unable to create student groupings. ||

Google Sites is a structured wiki- and Web-page creation tool offered by Google as part of the Google Apps for Education productivity suite. Google Sites is a Web 2.0 tool that is used by educators to create a secure and trusted environment for sharing ideas, files, and assignments with students and parents. Google Sites provides a powerful social learning environment helping to increase student learning.

Google Sites is FREE to educators.

** ISTE Standard: **
NETS II. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Teachers will be exposed to ideas and strategies to develop a collaborative space for students that has limitless possibilities for students, teachers, and parents to collaborate, practice, and learn new information.
 * Objective/Clear Target **

Getting Started with Google Sites
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 * 1) Ensure you are logged into your CMCSS Google account.
 * 2) Go to Google Sites or click on the Google Sites app located in your Google waffle (array) at top right of your Google account.

**Using Google Sites**
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