Once at a computer, please login to your Asu page.  On Foulger's BB, click on the Innovation Wikis and pull up google sites!! :)

 

 

 

 

SITES

 

 

 

 

 

 

History of Google Sites:

 

 

Google Sites started out as Jotspot, a software company that offered enterprise social software. The product was targeted mainly to small-sized and medium-sized businesses. The company was founded by Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, co-founders of Excite.

 

 

 

 

What Google Sites really are:

 

 

Google sites is accessible and easy to use for people who need quick, up-to-date information. People can work together on a site to add file attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Youtube), and new free-form content. When creating a site, you always control who has access, whether it's just yourself, your team, or your whole organization. You are also able to publish sites to the whole world. You can create a network of sites and publish them both inside and outside of domain.

 

 

 

 

 

What you can do with Google Sites:

 

 

• Plan club meetings and activities

• Share information on a secure company interent

• Collaborate on a team project

• Stay Connected with family members

 

 

 

 

 

An example of how you can use Google Sites with group projects:

 

http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/project-eggplant/Home

 

 

 

An example of how you can you can use Google Sites in your classroom:

 

http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home

 

 http://sites.google.com/site/mrksclassroom/Home

 

 

 

 

 

An example of how you can use Google Sites to connect with family:

 

http://sites.google.com/a/jotspot.com/sample-family/Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to create your own Google Site:

 

 

When creating a site, you always control who has access, whether it's just yourself, your team, or your whole organization.

 

.::Create your own site now::.

 

 

 

http://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/sites/?AuthEventSource=SSO

 

 

(Google sites screen shot picture taken from wikipedia)

Alternative link similar to google sites

 

 

 

 

What tools should I use when creating my own google site?

 

 

-Insert different images

-Insert popular url's

-Format appearance by colors, fonts, layout

-Format content by creating as a web page, dashboard, announcement,list, file cabinet

-Insert clock, calendar,weather update

-Email your site to a friend, coworker, teacher or students

 

References:

 

 

http://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/sites/system/app/pages/meta/dashboard/create-new-site

http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sites