I’ve been using Google Sites for quite some time now. I'm planning on setting a goal to improve more creative aspects for my classroom site. Merely experimenting with the layout and button options on the site helped make my sites look more inviting and entertaining.
Rather than describe everything I’ve worked on today, I would prefer to simply show you. Please see the links below.
MultiModal: Holes, the Novel by Louis Sachar: Because Holes is such a long novel for level ⅞’s multimodal can be a useful aspect for the lower level learners. The site includes supplementary documentation that can aid lower level students with visuals. This can be directly related to the T literacy technique taught in the DFI Cohort Day 4 which focuses on a wider sense of reading with a specific focus area to promote cognitive participation amongst students.
‘My Planning Site’: will focus on easy links & planning for each strand in the NZ curriculum. This is personally useful as a new teacher in New Zealand and will likely help me develop an arsenal of lesson plans & templates over the next couple of years.
Overall, a very productive day! Thank you once again to Gerhard and Dorothy for their patience with everyone!
Kia ora Steve, Google Sites is so user friendly and easy to make it attractive to students. My students loved the space website I made for our Inquiry last term. It was a combo of website and slides. Check out the buttons. https://sites.google.com/panmurebridge.school.nz/space-inquiry/home
ReplyDeleteAlso really inspiring to hear about your hangout attempts with a class from Canada. I'd love to do something like that - open up their world. I think it will be a very memorable experience for some of your students.