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3.  Identify ways to create a 21 st century learning environment in the classroom  Share innovative, creative ways to engage students and promote e-Learning  Explore Google Sites and Padlet applications in Education

4. End  Share personal experiences with Class Websites  What are the first 3 reasons for using a Class Website? What are your concerns?  Which of the 21 st century learning skills and the 4Cs do students use when using technology to create?

5. There's the known. And there's the unknown. And what separates them is the Door, and that's what I want to be. I want to be the Door. - Jim Morrison, 1967  Identify ways to create a 21 st century learning environment in the classroom  Share innovative, creative ways to engage students and promote e-Learning

7. Using Google Sites in the Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IzXEKhM3o A Full Introduction to Google Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiVts_HFrn8 Google Sites Tutorial for Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GDAYMzzdG0 Basic ePortfolio Using Google Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbW_0i29Vk Creating Your ePortfolio in Google Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqbibjtgIZ8 Google Sites Tour Google Sites: simple, secure websites

8.  Students Projects  Class Website/Discussion Forum  Collaborative working space - wiki  Learning Resources/Study questions bank  Create eLearning Communities  Student ePortfolios  Clubs, events, activities managed by students  Class websites containing information for parents  Units or Projects  Technology resources, workshops, professional development for teachers  School website

21. Advantages Accessible, Easy, fun, does not require an advanced skills Excellent for intranets Protected – you are the administrator and you can have Viewers or Collaborators Creates Pages, Subpages, Folders for each student/area you want Acts like a blog over which you have control at all times Upload an image, a documents, students upload their HW People can make updates and get the latest version. Supported formats include.doc,.xls,.csv,.ppt,.txt,.pdf and more Displays Google Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, YouTube videos, Picasa slideshows and gadgets without any programming skills. Forum for daily or weekly discussions Direct contact with your students at all times Can be used for different classes, different departments, different areas of a school Copy function – make one site then copy it for a different class keeping the settings and customizations Monitor Site Activity and Sharing and Permissions Students can create their own sites

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25. End  Introduce Google Sites and its best features to build eLearning Communities  Identify ways students could use Google Sites to create and present their work  Explore the power of Padlet

26. Google Sites Tutorials 1. Google Sites Tour and Related Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KnC2EIS5w 2. An exceptionally rich website with all kinds of resources including a tutorial on how to create a Wiki using Google Siteshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KnC2EIS5w http://sites.google.com/site/web20wednesdaychallenge/week-5 3. Google Sites Overview http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/video/sites_overview_video.html 4. How to Create Pages http://sites.google.com/site/teachmeaboutsites/ 5. Great Resources for teachers and students with lots of information about using Google siteshttp://sites.google.com/site/web20wednesdaychallenge/week-5 http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/video/sites_overview_video.htmlhttp://sites.google.com/site/teachmeaboutsites/ http://www.udel.edu/fth/courses/google/textbooks.html http://www.udel.edu/fth/courses/google/textbooks.html 6. Examples of class sites from Google http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153055 7, A series of tutorials on creating, editing, and using Google Sites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B_q_EiVHI 8. A comprehensive step-by-step guide to Google Sites http://sites.google.com/site/mflynchsites / http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153055 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B_q_EiVHI http://sites.google.com/site/mflynchsites / ginaudreasais@gmail.com

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