Slides as Digital Newsletters!

Check out this example. Each slide is a single newsletter.

*Try it! Open a new slide deck and create a newsletter using one slide only.

Comic Strips

Science Example

Resources: Control Alt Achieve

Help! Creating Comic Strips in Slides (Webinar from Eric Curts)

Hyperdocs

Create lessons for your students in slides. Assign them a slide deck and save yourself a trip to the copy machine.

*Check out the examples on this PADLET You might even find a lesson to use tomorrow.

Game Show Slides

*Try it! Use this template to create a classroom Jeopardy game: Game Show

*Are you smarter than a 6th grader?  Read More

**Help! Creating Interactive Slides from Eric Kurtz

Animations in Slides!

1. Watch this video: Epic Docs Animation
2. How To: from The Google Guru
3. This one is challenging and is currently on my “to learn” list

Getting Googley!

Explore this Gameboard to learn more about Google Slides.

Rules:

1. Slides is so much more than a presentation tool. Keep an open mind and have fun!
2. Complete as many of the squares as you would like, in any order you choose, whenever you want to.
3. Use the “fill” tool to color in each box as you complete it!
   
4. If you get stuck completing a box, find a colleague to help you!
5. Discover something cool?
   Share your “aha” moments HERE!
6. As you have questions, please post them in Google Classroom! Anyone can help answer these questions, as well!

What do you want to do with Google Slides?

Share your ideas or creations and help others by adding to the Padlet (see rule #5)

The most useful click on this page… Ben Cogswell’s Google Slides Cheat Sheet. It is so helpful!

Collaboration in Slides

• Slides as a digital collaboration tool. A Template for a class shared slide deck by Lance Yoder.
• Two example lessons that use collab. Slides My Sample The Roll of 3rd Parties in Elections by Scott Padway
• Video How I  Link Slides 
• Keep Calm and Check the Revision History
• Slides as an e-book: My Yearbook Example

Slides for Creating Images

Read this blog post on Pokemon Go. All images were created in slides.

*Try it! Open up a new slide deck and create an image. Then use the chrome extension Nimbus to screen capture your image or Quickshare (Thank You Alice Keeler!) Save it to your drive.

A guide to making memes from Melissa Oliver

Slides as a Student Presentation Tool

The WORST Preso Ever!

Creating Palatable Presentations

Read how to save yourself from

 “Death by PowerPoint”

*Try it! Use this lesson plan from Jon Corippo in your class tomorrow!

Slides as a Digital Textbook

1. Conflicts Over States Rights by Matt MacFarlane (students) See more of  Matt’s Digital Slide Books 
2. This Slide Book by Rocky Logue is another great History Example
3. How to Hyperdoc a Novel by Heather Marshall (teachers)

Slides as a Dictionary

Three Novel Examples

1. Vocabulary for “The Giver” by Kevin Feramisco
2. Vocabulary for “Crenshaw” by Heather Marshall
3. Gobblefunk Dictionary for the BFG by Waggoner & Fahey

Slides as an Interactive Notebook

A Science Example from Pacada and Peers 

A Novel Companion to “Towers Falling” by Heather Marshall

A Blank Notebook from Melissa Oliver

“The Outsiders” Digital Interactive Notebook from Jill Schwartzman

How to change slide size to

8.5 x 11

Slides as a Digital Portfolio

A Hyperdoc on Creating a Digital Portfolio by Lisa Highfill-Make a copy, edit to fit the needs of your own students, then assign it in Google Classroom.

Watch Lisa’s 5 min How to Video (for students) to learn how to set up a digital portfolio in slides.