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While teachers can use Google Sites to help manage classrooms, the level of measurable interaction between teachers and students is easier to gauge in Google Classroom.  Unlike with Sites, in Classroom, students can create and turn in work and teachers can monitor progress and provide feedback as students are working. Google Sites seems to be more for information dispersal platform, and while Google Classroom can also be used to make announcements and share information, it can also be used to provide feedback and grades on specific assignments. This cannot be done through Sites. Another difference between Google Sites and Google Classroom is that students can choose to be notified when new items are posted to Classroom.  While it might be possible to get notifications from Sites, that feature is not as easily accessible as it is on Classroom, so students would have to either be told to check Sites for updates or develop the habit to do so themselves.  Overall, these differences make Google Classroom a much more effective classroom management tool than Google Sites.

Google classroom is a great tool for teachers to post assignments, ask questions and post announcements. Students are able to turn in said assignments, answer questions directly on classroom, and comment on posts. Classroom is nice way for students to interact with each other and their teacher. Sites is a great tool for teachers to post announcements for their students, however, it is not interactive for the students. They cannot turn in assignments, answer questions or comment or have discussions with other students through sites. They can contact teacher. Personally, I like google classroom better. 

Sites is better for announcements and getting general information to students and parents. Classroom is more interactive for students and better for students to complete and manage assignments. Also, I think the organization of assignments is better on classroom because you can essentially organize student work into folders (called topics) for them. 

Google Classroom is a platform used to host student tasks and digital resources. With Classroom, students can access these items, as well as submit their work for grading, which can also be done here. Teachers can provide feedback to students' work so that only the student themselves can see it. Google Sites is a platform where the teacher can make announcements about their classes, post pictures and digital resources, and share other important information about their classes. Students cannot submit work using Sites, but they can contact their teacher with a question or comment if that feature is enabled. Students can create their own Sites to create digital portfolios to showcase their work, however. In this way, teachers can access students' individual Sites to assess learning through the work.