GAIN: Google Sites
Where Google sites requires a quite a big time commitment at the start, it is totally worth it and all the time put in pays off. The teacher I have been assigned to for the fall uses a google site for her classroom and loads information necessary for her students to know on the site. She commented to me a while ago about how useful it is and now that she has the hang of it, she uploads and edits it almost daily. I think this is a wonderful application to keep the teacher organized, the students aware, and it is easily accessible for both parties, I think it just takes me a little while to get used to any new technology, but with practice I think google sites can be very useful for my future classroom. For instance, it was incredibly useful for this class. It was easy to locate where everything is and was organized in an attractive and simple way.
The History of Revisions is a very cool addition to the application. It allows the user to note when pages were revised by time and date. It also records them by the title version 1, 2, 3, and so on. What is probably the best part is that the owner may revert back to any version they please. For example, if a teacher wanted something up just for a day or two they could put it up and with the click of a button revert to the old ways.
The format options were the most difficult for me to find. With some messing around and clicking on nearly every button, I finally stumbled upon it. Once I found them, everything was smooth sailing. Most things are pretty laid out. Google does a good job of trying to make life simple, I appreciate them for that.
Here is my simple start to a google site. I can assure you that I will be coming back to edit this in the near future.
https://sites.google.com/site/missbsclass2015/
Excellent!
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