Creating a Classroom Website

 

I have heard from many teachers about how beneficial Google Classroom has been, and I have been impressed to see how much content you have been able to create for your students.  The flip side to that is that many of you have recognized some of the limitations of Google Classroom. One of the biggest issues is that every resource has to be accessed separately. Classroom is a great way to assign students work, but if the assignment requires the students to do other things first, such as read a PDF and watch a video, all of those tasks have to be opened individually and the student has to jump back and forth. This can lead to students skipping steps or missing important information while moving between resources. The solution for this is to create a website for your classes. 

Think of your classroom website as a textbook of sorts and Google Classroom as the workbook. With a website, you can present text, images, Google Docs, Google Slides, PDFs, Youtube Videos, and more on a single page so students can easily see how it all fits together. You can even link to the assignments in Google Classroom so that when students finish reviewing content they can move on directly to the work you want them to complete. 

Creating websites might sound like an overwhelming task, but it is actually pretty easy to learn, and you can use the resources you have already compiled to create a well organized, content-filled website. Watch the video below for more on how to get started, and keep checking the technology training schedule because I will be offering sessions on website development throughout the semester.