Google, finally succumbing to the siren call of drag and drop, has upgraded their entire Google Site setup. What was once a large, hard to use, unwieldy beast has turned into a familiar drag and drop website creation tool, much like Weebly (which is what this site was created on). Although the upgraded user interface has many benefits, some of the most important is the integration into Google Drive. We are all familiar with sharing documents, and collaborating through said documents, and Google has used that familiarity to make collaborating on a website just as easy. In addition, the integration with all of the other Google applications (Docs, Sheets, Calendars, Forms, Youtube...pick one!) is seamless with the new Google Sites. The end result is a website creation tool that is powerful enough to host a variety of information and media in a professional format, while being easy enough for students to create a fully functioning website in only a few class periods. The possibilities in the classroom are truly endless, from a tutorial/help website for a specific subject to a tourist website for a specific country they are researching. Any research project can easily be reworked to allow for a website creation component. Thanks again Google, and (finally) welcome to the web design of the 21st century!
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