Course Project 1.2: Google Sites Post 2

Ok, Evan Stoudt did a great job of convincing me what I need to do AND convinced me that Google sites will get me to the finish line. Now I just have to sit down and start the process of creating it. I found a great article by Peggy Reimers on the Tech Notes blog on TCEA.org titled, “Templates for Google Sites.” This is the ticket for liftoff: a template! Templates are always helpful. Someone else did the hard part and made decisions related to spacing and content options and created layouts already. Now, I just have to pick one that will fulfill my content needs and I am off to the races!

Reimers does a great job of explaining all of the different types of Google Site layouts and outlines their unique features from a teacher’s perspective. I know I want to create a teacher Site and the basic education template for a class will fit my needs. But, Reimers goes on to explain about group and team templates that would work well for my cooking club. Once I get my class Site done, I am sure building more Sites will come easily once I am familiar with the features. I would love to have a club Site created to help organize our special event calendar and as Reimers suggested, a newsletter. There are some unique features in the club template that help it serve a different purpose than the class or team versions.

Lastly, Reimers outlined other templates (portfolio and restaurant) that could be great for student use in my classroom. My students already create a portfolio using Google Slides, but Sites will offer even more professional features. Once I create my own Site I will explore the features of these other templates and see how I can incorporate them into my lesson plans to take the student portfolio project to the next level.

Source:

Reimers, P. (2020, May 14). Templates for Google Sites • TechNotes Blog. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://blog.tcea.org/templates-for-google-sites/