Google Slides
Think about a Power Point presentation that allows groups
of students to work together collaboratively. One that can be started
at school and finished at home. Remember it is all in the cloud. Best of
all when it comes to presenting... there is no switching of computers
and flash drives because all presentations are with you in your cloud.
With Google Slides, you and your students can easily create, share and
edit online presentations. (60 minutes)
Learning Targets
• Understand what Google Slides are
• Develop techniques to use Slides in the classroom
• Use Slides in a basic way
Step 1 Slide Capabilities and Possibilities (15 minutes)
Please read the items and watch the video below and begin thinking how you can use Google Slides in your classroom. Please be ready to share with others. As you watch the video realize that this was all made just using Google Slides. Enjoy!
Here are some things that you can do as a teacher that come from the Google Teacher Training Site.
Learning Targets
• Understand what Google Slides are
• Develop techniques to use Slides in the classroom
• Use Slides in a basic way
Step 1 Slide Capabilities and Possibilities (15 minutes)
Please read the items and watch the video below and begin thinking how you can use Google Slides in your classroom. Please be ready to share with others. As you watch the video realize that this was all made just using Google Slides. Enjoy!
Here are some things that you can do as a teacher that come from the Google Teacher Training Site.
- Share presentations with your students and coworkers
- Upload and even convert your existing presentations to Google Drive format
- Download your presentations as PDF files, Power Points, or Text Files
- Insert images and videos, and format your slides
- Publish and embed your presentations in a website, allowing access to a wide audience
- Draw organizational charts, flowcharts, design diagrams and much more within a presentation
- Add slide transitions, animations and themes to create show-stopping presentations
- Let your Slides be learning tools for your students
- See exactly what others are working on with colorful presence markers
- Edit a presentation with other people simultaneously from different locations
- Use revision history to see who made changes or to revert to earlier versions
- Say hello, start a conversation or share new ideas using built-in chat
- Use the comments feature to provide asynchronous feedback on slides
Now that you have read the items, watched the video above, and begin thinking how you can use Google Slides in your classroom, please be ready to share with others.
Step 2 Slide Capabilities and Possibilities (15 minutes)
Please watch this video and learn how to create and use the tools in Google Slide. Experiment with some of the different things you have learned from the video. When you are finished get with a partner and create a Google Slide Presentation. Make sure collaborate using at least two machines.
When you are finished get with a partner and create a Google Slide Presentation. Make sure you collaborate using at least two machines.
Step 3 Differentiation Time with Presentations (15 minutes)
Take a moment to watch one video or all the videos below. Once you have done that begin thinking about how you might use something you have learned in the classroom. Perhaps you wish to get busy with it now
Video 1 ... Tips and Tricks with Slides
Video 2 ... Make an eBook using slides
Video 3 ... Tips for Making Strong Google Slide Presentations
Video 4 ... Pecha Kucha Presentations with Google Slide
Now that you have watched one or all of the videos. Make sure you have some time to try some of the features that are explained. Be ready to share what you have learned.
Step 4 Connection and application time (15 minutes)
Watch the Presentation
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Step 4 Connection and application time (15 minutes)
- Watch another Differentiation Video
- Work on a class idea
- Practice some more
- Be ready to share ideas
Watch the Presentation
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Ten articles to help you use Google Slides in the classroom
Creating Google Applications with Elementary Students - Google presentations are a lot like PowerPoint or Keynote presentations. Except, they allow for seamless collaboration and sharing between students, teachers, parents, and the rest of the world.That power turns a simple technology — a digital slideshow — into a way for students to teach an engaged, authentic audience as they synthesize ideas, pursue independent studies, compare conclusions from experiments, jigsaw small group learning, and even publish e-books. Learn More from link.
3 Ways to Use Google Slides in the Elementary Classroom - If you're unaware, Google Presentation is like Microsoft PowerPoint. Basically, a slide show. Here are 3 quick and easy ways to have 2nd grade (or others) students use Google Presentation. Learn more from beginning link.
Google Slides Applications - Learn from this elementary school about Google Slides (formally Google Presentations). Slides is an online presentations application that is part of our Google Apps For Education domain. It allows students to digitally publish information with text, image or video. Here’s what students and teachers can do with Google Slides. Learn more from beginning link.
Google Presenter - Discover some wonderful lesson plan ideas from students at Purdue University. You will find all levels of possibilities and can discover ways to make one idea fit your grade level. Learn more from beginning link.
More Ways to Use Google Slides In The Classroom - This is a wonderful collection of different ways that Google Slides can be incorporated in any classroom. Read through this list of possibilities and start coming up with you own. Learn more from beginning link.
Choose Your Own Adventure - Using the ability of being able to link to slides in multiple ways it might be helpful to have students create their own collaborative books that encourage readers to choose their own adventure. Read through this article and watch the series of videos. There is some real possibility for any classroom. Learn more from beginning link.
5 Unusual Ways To Use Google Presentations - Do you still want even more ways to use Google Presentations. Here are five more ways to make Presentations/Slides work for your students. Learn more from beginning link.
Using Google Slides For Student Produced Interactive Quizzes - Follow this blog that contains a wonderful tutorial that will teach you how students can make interactive quizzes to display content knowledge. Learn more from beginning link.
Editing Images in Slides - Does the project you are having students work on rely on images. You can now do so much with images in the Slides. Take a look at this short tutorial on images and then think about how you might use images in Google Slides. Learn more from beginning link.
Creating a Jeopardy Style Game in Slides - This is an opportunity to use Google Slides to create a gaming atmosphere to formative assessment. Read through the directions and give it a try. Learn more from beginning link.
3 Ways to Use Google Slides in the Elementary Classroom - If you're unaware, Google Presentation is like Microsoft PowerPoint. Basically, a slide show. Here are 3 quick and easy ways to have 2nd grade (or others) students use Google Presentation. Learn more from beginning link.
Google Slides Applications - Learn from this elementary school about Google Slides (formally Google Presentations). Slides is an online presentations application that is part of our Google Apps For Education domain. It allows students to digitally publish information with text, image or video. Here’s what students and teachers can do with Google Slides. Learn more from beginning link.
Google Presenter - Discover some wonderful lesson plan ideas from students at Purdue University. You will find all levels of possibilities and can discover ways to make one idea fit your grade level. Learn more from beginning link.
More Ways to Use Google Slides In The Classroom - This is a wonderful collection of different ways that Google Slides can be incorporated in any classroom. Read through this list of possibilities and start coming up with you own. Learn more from beginning link.
Choose Your Own Adventure - Using the ability of being able to link to slides in multiple ways it might be helpful to have students create their own collaborative books that encourage readers to choose their own adventure. Read through this article and watch the series of videos. There is some real possibility for any classroom. Learn more from beginning link.
5 Unusual Ways To Use Google Presentations - Do you still want even more ways to use Google Presentations. Here are five more ways to make Presentations/Slides work for your students. Learn more from beginning link.
Using Google Slides For Student Produced Interactive Quizzes - Follow this blog that contains a wonderful tutorial that will teach you how students can make interactive quizzes to display content knowledge. Learn more from beginning link.
Editing Images in Slides - Does the project you are having students work on rely on images. You can now do so much with images in the Slides. Take a look at this short tutorial on images and then think about how you might use images in Google Slides. Learn more from beginning link.
Creating a Jeopardy Style Game in Slides - This is an opportunity to use Google Slides to create a gaming atmosphere to formative assessment. Read through the directions and give it a try. Learn more from beginning link.