Tricking+Teachers+into+Using+Technology

Good Morning! Today you will make a Webpage for your teachers to use in their efforts to integrate technology. 1. First, let's look at all Google has to offer. Go to [|http://www.google.com] 2. In the center top of the page click on "more" then click on "even more" Today we will be exploring Google Sites and iGoogle. One note is that GoogleSites usually works better on Firefox or Safari. Sometimes Sites doesn't like Internet Explorer and will fail to save your changes to your site. If you have never used them before, the following are excellent classroom tools to explore: 3. Let's first login to google sites. Click on "Sites" 4. Creating a site: =Click below to continue populating pages=
 * Blogger
 * Google Docs
 * Google Calendar
 * Google Earth
 * If you have a gmail account, you may sign in with that username and password
 * If you do not, you should, gmail is great!! OR, you can create a Google Sites account with any username and password.
 * Click on "create site"
 * Follow the wizard to create your site by entering a site name, sharing options, theme, and verification code.
 * Your first page is now created. Let's take a few minutes to edit this page. Click on "edit page" on the top left hand corner of the page. Type into the page just as you would a word processing document. Play with fonts, colors, etc. Next, let's insert a picture to this page. Find a picture and save it to your desktop. Click on "insert" then "image." Upload an image just as you would attach something to an email. Once on the page, you can change the image alignment and size. CLICK SAVE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PAGE. If you simply click out of the page, your changes will not be saved.
 * Let's create a other pages. Today we will create the following pages:
 * 1) Useful Websites for YOU!
 * 2) Join these Email lists
 * 3) Games for your classroom
 * 4) Tutorials
 * 5) Let's Chat!
 * Click on the "create new page" button and do the following:
 * enter a title
 * select the type of page
 * choose the location for your page- usually after the "home" page
 * click "create page"
 * Let's take a few minutes to create the above 5 pages, creating titles for each.
 * HELP!! Common questions and answers at this point:
 * 1) I don't like the "site appearance" I chose at the beginning, how do I change it?
 * Pull down the "site settings" button on the upper right hand corner of your screen. Click on "change appearance."
 * 1) I want to enter a website, but don't want the URL to show.
 * This is called create a "hyperlink." Select the text that you want to become the link, then click the "link" button in the editing toolbar.
 * 1) I want to add a hyperlink that will show on my navigation bar (i.e. will show on all pages in the same place)
 * Click on "edit sidebar"
 * Click on "add a sidebar item"
 * Click on text
 * A "text box" will now appear on your sidebar. Click "edit" beneath it. Leave the title blank. In the text box, add your text (i.e. NSU Website), select your text, and create a hyperlink using the steps above.
 * 1) My Pages aren't in the right order/don't show up
 * Click on "edit sidebar"
 * Click on "edit" under navigation
 * Un-click the "automatically organize navigation"
 * Use the arrows to move pages