Google Sites

www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KnC2EIS5w
Google sites is an easy and free way to create and set up your own website. With Google Sites, basically all the work is done for you. There is a prompt for all your needs. You can easily add a title. Change the font in any way just like a document. You can add links within your text just by highlighting a word and clicking on links. You can also upload photos and videos to your website. Google Sites first originated as JotSpot by Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer in February of 2006. Later that year, Google acquired it and released Google Sites on February 28, 2008 using the technology from JotSpot. Google Sites can be useful for a variety of users. I would guess that it is most useful to small business users who don’t want to fork out a lot of money, but have some technical abilities. It is a great way to publicize their business. It can also be useful for non-profit organizations to help circulate news about their association. Teachers can also find this a very useful tool. They can use it as means of communication between teacher, students, and parents. One actual instance I’ve seen teachers use it effectively is my son’s teacher who created a classroom website. On it, she had the daily lessons, just in case your student was absent that day. It had a link to any homework assignments or worksheets. It also had information about what was to come.