Student Created Websites

     This year's state testing is finally over, Hallelujah! Now the struggle is to keep students engaged while preparing them for the next school year. I am in the process of setting up my current district with G-Suite for Education. I will be teaching at a new district 2017-2018 that is already a Google school. 

     Yesterday, I introduced my students to New Google Sites. I set up a dummy site they could all log into to create their webpages until our G-Suite account is approved. I want them to be excited about this new platform, so I decided to use the COVA model. Students can make what ever type of site they want, so long as it is school appropriate. So far many of my students are stoked about making their new webpage. No one has asked to play games or complained about the activity. Winning!

     This activity serves a purpose beyond student engagement. It is part of our Oklahoma Academic Standards, Multimodal Literacies. Next year I hope to have students create ePortfolios for their classes at my new school. Hopefully, teachers at my current school will embrace them as well.