There are a thousand and one reasons to teach students how to create a website. Here are a few:

• Student Portfolio - Students create one site and use it throughout their academic lives to add to it- essays, projects, photos of projects, reflections, etc.

• College Entrance Portfolio - Knowing how to design a website is a great way for students to easily create a portfolio to submit to universities.

• Student Project Site - Students can maintain a website dedicated to a class project such as Genius Hour, 20-Time, etc.

• Group Project Site - Students can work in groups to complete a complex project. The key to being 'fair' in this group activity is to assign each group member a specific research webpage in that website that only that group member will be graded on. I would suggest creating the sites yourself and then sharing the sites with each group individually- this way you have ownership over the site.

• Hobby Site - Once students learn how to create websites, it is easy (and addictive) to create more sites. If they do this outside of a school assignment, encourage them to use their personal accounts to do so.

There are some great reasons for teachers to create and maintain a website as well:

• Teacher Class Website - Create a class website for students and parents to refer to.

• Teacher EduHobby Site - Do you do something in class that you'd like to share with the world? Create a website dedicated to your special class project and teach others how to implement in their classes.

• Hobby Site - You'll find that once you create one site, you'll want to create a bunch of sites. Why not? Use your personal Google account to create your own website dedicated to your hobbies.

• Class Project Site - Utlizing the group project sites in the student section above- link each group site to a class project site for easy access. You can add resources and project requirements to this class site.

• PLC/Department Site - Create a robust and informative website for your PLC or department within your school.