Common Core Unit For Computers
Unit Title: Google Slides Grade: 7
Pacing (Approximate)- 14 classes
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings:
Google Slides is an easy efficient application to use for creating slide shows.
Google Slides easily allows the user to share and collaborate with others.
Slides Toolbar has all the necessary document formatting tools.
There are added formatting and helpful tools in the menus.
Google Slides should be used as a visual aid when giving a presentation.
It is important to logically organize your ideas when creating a presentation.
It is important to focus on eye contact, volume, pacing when communicating your ideas to your audience.
It is important to use Google Slides effectively while presenting to your audience.
Essential Questions:
How do I create my slide show?
How do I insert and control images?
How do I insert and control text?
How do I share and control the permissions of my document?
How do I add animations to my slides?
What are effective communication skills?
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Students will know (content) and will be able to do (skills)
Create a Google Slideshow.
Add images, text, charts and tables, to a Google Slide.
Format images, text, charts and tables in a Google Slide.
Add animations to a Google Slide.
Organize information to create a presentation.
Effectively communicate a presentation using a Google Slide show as a visual aid.
Use appropriate volume, pacing, language, body language and eye contact while giving a presentation.
Vocabulary
Slide Contrast
Text box Presentation
Image Visual Aid
Align Volume
Transition Pacing
Animation Eye Contact
Activities
Assessments
All assessments are hands-on portfolio assessments. Documents are created and used every class. Students will give a final presentation at the end of the unit. The students will be assessed based on the Common Core standards for speaking and listening.