Google Sites,

8th Grade Physical Science Web page

Let me start off by saying of all of the Google apps that I have used in this class, this by far was the most difficult for me.  All of the other apps seemed to me to be very intuitive and the Atomic Learning was very easy to follow.  This was not the case for me on this assignment.  First of all the Atomic Learning tutorial seemed to be working with a different version of Sites.  For the most part I could follow along, but there where some major differences.  In managing the Side Bar, the Atomic Learning had a link on the bottom of their page that allowed them to make changes that I could never duplicate.   I also tried to use the templates and never could find a way to make changes in the side bar.  This was by far the most difficult part for me.

When it came to adding pages or making changes on the Home Page that was very easy.  I particularly liked the variety of pages that could be added.  It became very easy to add or adjust the website and link more pages.  Also to be able to link my Google Calendar to the Home page was very convenient. (The Calendar that is currently linked is my personal, I will need to create one just for the class.)   I was able to insert a form that will allow me to register that everyone has accessed the page.  This was particularly easy to do and I could see this becoming a regular part of my Homework.  To have a short form that insures the students have accessed the homework assignment would be very handy.

I was able to see the revision history and it showed me all of the work that I had done on the web page, but I was unable to view the previous ones as I had been in the other applications.  Was I doing something wrong or is this just the way that it is?

On the whole it was a little more "painful" that I thought it would be considering how easy the other Google apps had been.  But I have had a lot less experience working with Web sites so I think this added to my difficulty.  Compared to how hard I had previously imagined website building to be this was fairly easy.  At least I was able to do it in a couple of days where I would have thought that building any type of web page would have taken a lot longer.

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