Wouldn't it be great if you had a central place to store all of your class assignments, make announcements, list homework, and provide a course calendar? Creating a Class web site is an easy way to accomplish this task. Having a site for your course will allow your students (and parents) to see what the homework is, download worksheets, etc.
There are many free, user-friendly tools that will allow you to easily create your class website. Google sites is one way. Mr. Scopelleti and Mr. Savage both use Google Sites for their class websites. Check them out! Mr. Savage's is here; Mr. Scopelleti's is here. Getting started with Google Sites is simple. Just click "sites" at the top of any Google Page, click "create", choose a template and start adding your content! Click here for a comprehensive guide to setting up your Google Site.
Another option is to use Weebly.com. This is a free site that will enable you to have your site up and running in no time at all! I just created this test site in a matter of minutes. Click here to see my example. A guide to using Weebly can be seen here.
I hope I've gotten you thinking about creating a website for your class. If you already have a site, please let me know so I can link to it off our school website. If you're interested in creating your own site but need some help let me know!
