{"id":3526,"date":"2025-04-03T12:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ludomag.com\/en\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:06:53","slug":"creating-a-website-for-my-class-with-google-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ludomag.com\/en\/2025\/04\/03\/creating-a-website-for-my-class-with-google-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Website for My Class with Google Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"315\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/koVXWhRROwE?si=nBOPPLvbeIRdpFpS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interview\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Today, we want to inspire you with Marianne Grandjean, a modern languages teacher (English and Dutch) in secondary school and also a digital coordinator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explains how she easily gets her 6th-year secondary students (equivalent to our final year in France) to create websites using the Google Sites tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Google Sites is very visual, and thus simple to use by secondary school students,\u00a0\u00bb emphasizes Marianne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to the approach is not wasting time explaining how to use the tool but rather focusing on producing and organizing the information gathered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0The project that worked best with my students was the idea of having them create websites through group work. Each group chooses its theme and conducts research; they can use the Google Workspace tools available at the school to create their documents or media, and then they organize the information into pages and subpages,\u00a0\u00bb explains Marianne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the result of their research work that is laid out on the website they will produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Marianne primarily wants to highlight a foreign language reading activity, where the content is showcased. \u00ab\u00a0If they want to have something summarized by AI, that doesn&rsquo;t bother me, because what I focus on in this activity is reading skills,\u00a0\u00bb she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They must also create a page that lists all their sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Every year, I have a group that produces something great, which helps me improve my instructions,\u00a0\u00bb she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups are, of course, \u00ab\u00a0invited\u00a0\u00bb to check out the websites created by others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the new version of Google Sites, which is very easy to use, that led Marianne to engage in this new activity with her students. 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