Creative Ways to Show What You Know

Vicki Anderson, Presenter

Pam Lewis, Presenter

Any work by Vicki Anderson is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Vicki Anderson

Instructional Technology Coach | Scottsdale, AZ

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Vicki@ReconTECHtualize.com

@MsVickiAnderson

bit.ly/ReconAZ

Tips on Viewing the Session

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G Suite & Chrome Login

• Sign into your Chrome profile to sync across devices
• Be sure to turn on sync

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Tip for Managing Multiple Accounts: If you have another Google account, use the “Manage People” feature so you can keep accounts separate but still switch easily between them.

“Apps Launcher” (waffle button or Rubik’s cube) - lets you access all of the Google apps services.

Celebrations!

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Discussion & Video

Empower students with discussion opportunities which foster creativity and depth of sharing

Screencastify for Video Projects

View a Screencastify tutorial HERE

(with a little Loom thrown in)

Other Education-Friendly Screencasting Tools

See my workshop resources HERE

Project Tools

My Maps

• In G Suite, there’s an amazing but overlooked app called My Maps.
• Create maps right from Drive and use them for lit trips, historical tracking (think Oregon Trail), and many other fun projects.
• Check out these additional tips from a fellow trainer!

More Project Tools

Jamboard

HyperDocs

• HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc (or presentation) replaces the worksheet method of delivering instruction, and is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. Engage > Explore > Explain > Apply > Reflect > Extend
• Tip: Any shape, text, or image can become a hyperlink to another slide in your presentation, any other Google app, or any website. Simply click on the object you want to make a link and click Ctrl + k. Use Docs, Slides, Drawings, and more!

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Google Drawings

• G Suite also includes an app called Drawings. It gives users a blank canvas where they can add text, shapes, lines, etc. When done, they can save their work as image files or PDF files and can add those images to documents, slides and spreadsheets.
• Drawings can be the virtual page where students can gather and process their ideas.
• Collection of Graphic Organizer Templates
• Ditch that Textbook

Google Slides

Collaborative and Interactive Slides

• Relationship building with peers (partners or groups)
• Student–created to introduce a topic (promotes student agency)
• Choose your own adventure
• Demonstrate understanding
• Presentations
• ePortfolio
• eBook
• Temperature checks and more!

Choose the Tool to Fit Your Learning Outcome Goal

ALL of these apps live in Google Drive, can be saved as image files or PDF, and provide opportunities for you to create interactive lessons for students by distribution in Classroom, through an LMS, or by URL. They can be collaborative or distributed as copies to each student.

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No Need to Reinvent the Wheel!

Collaborative Slides

Choose Your Own Adventure

• Students can learn to create their own if-then stories through the free lessons in Google’s Applied Digital Skills

Creative Uses for Slides

*Courtesy of Mari Venturino & Meagan Kelly

Classroom Handouts

Tech Enhanced Items

Creative Writing Projects

Choose Your Own Adventure

Newsletter

Digital Portfolio

Jeopardy

Google Slides Calendars

File > Page Setup

Use the custom page setting to change the size of the page.

→ 11 x 8.5 or 8.5 x 11 for standard printer paper

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Changing Slide Dimensions

Choice Boards / Digital Breakouts

Publish to the Web

Stop Animation

• Change the aspect ratio of the slides to custom settings (8.5x11, 11x17).

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• Slides have powerful design options. One unique one it “shape crop”

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• You can print, publish to web, or even save to PDF to print later

Slides or Drawings As a Design Tool

Google Slides: Presentation Tools & Other Tips

Import a theme:

www.slidescarnival.com

www.slidesmania.com

slidesgo

TIP:

You can edit the slides Master under the Slide or View menu!

Drive Conversion Tricks

Video has no sound. Simple demonstration of taking an image or screenshot of a PDF and using formatted text placeholders to create a worksheet for students.

Template Gallery

NEWSLETTERS

TEMPLATES

HOW TO VIDEO

BROCHURES

TEMPLATES

HOW TO

Digital worksheets

Miller, Matt. "Creating Moveable Digital Activities with Google Drawings + Slides." Ditch That Textbook. N.p., 02 Nov. 2017. Web. 04 Jan. 2018.

TUTORIAL

Design thinking/ planning templates

Miller, Matt. “Google Slides Sticky Note Brainstorming; Powerful Planning.” Ditchthattextbook.com, 14 Nov. 2018, Accessed 14 Nov. 2018.

Blog post

Tablet icon by unlimicon via TheNounProject.com

Person icon by Gregor Cresnar via TheNounProject.com

My story 6h

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HOW TO

Vicki’s Toolbox

• I have gathered a list of my favorite external apps on my website. Let’s take a look!
• bit.ly/vickitoolbox
• Curriculum resources
• More distance learning resources
• Also check out my Demo Slams

(including one on graphic design)

Favorite Add-ons and Extensions

Discover the various ways Google for Education can support distance learning. From collaboration tools in G Suite for Education & Classroom to Chromebooks to cloud computing – this checklist is designed to help schools that want to streamline their platforms and make the most out of Google tools.

Google for Education distance learning checklist

For students, staff, and administrators: Chromebooks and Chromebook Tablets

For IT Admin: Purchasing information for Chrome Education Upgrade (licenses)

Devices

G Suite for Education (free) → Getting Started Guide

Collaboration tools

Latest launches for Google Meet

Google Meet

Teacher Center & Google for Education Directory

Professional development & training

CS First, Applied Digital Skills

Student learning

Chromebook App Hub

Content

Virtual Apps & Desktops (VDI), Backup & recovery, and Data modernization

Get started: Fill out this form to speak to a GCP Specialist

Google Cloud Platform

G Suite Enterprise for Education*

For IT Admin: Getting Started Guide

Enterprise security, anti-phishing controls, �and unlimited originality reports in Classroom

Google for Education

Distance learning checklist

Tech Toolkit for Families and Guardians

Families

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Setting Up Analytics Solutions for G Suite & Google Cloud

Analytics

EVALUATE THE SESSION!

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Curious about other G Suite apps that work with Drive? Click on the image to visit this informational Google Drawing, explore my website, visit EdTech Team and sign up for more classes!

Vicki Anderson

Instructional Technology Coach | Scottsdale, AZ

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Vicki@ReconTECHtualize.com

@MsVickiAnderson

bit.ly/ReconAZ

Template from Slidesgo!

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For more information about editing slides, please read our FAQs or visit Slidesgo School:

https://slidesgo.com/faqs and https://slidesgo.com/slidesgo-school

Google Slides: Design

TIP:

You can edit the slides Master under the View menu!

See links in speaker notes

Google Slides: Backgrounds & Layouts

Google Slides: Insert Content

Google Slides: Importing Content

Google Slides: Explore

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