Welcome to Appy Hour!

Google Slides for Instructional Practices

April 13, 2020

#FEK12

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Today’s Presenter:

Tracee Keough

@TKEducate

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Who is Forward Edge?

K-12 Education Focused

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What is a Google Slides for Instructional Practices?

3 Major Concerns

“Sharing these with students will be too challenging!”

“How would I have time to plan an entire year at once?”

“I have some really great in class activities that have to be done on paper!”

Idea #1: Digital Notebooking

• More freedom, less stress
• Time saving
• More engaging, less distracting
• Endless possibilities
• Teacher AND student created materials
• Cannot get lost or destroyed

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Applications in the Classroom

Let’s change it up!

Caption This

Lab Write Up

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Google Draw Tool

Google Slides Tool

Google Slides Tool

Math examples

Intro Lesson

Chapter 1.2

Worksheet example

bit.ly/DigitalNotebookEx

bit.ly/dignoteSS

Week 19 Reading

Other ways to use your Digital Notebook:

• Image annotations
• Draggable manipulatives
• Digital diorama/map
• Comic Strips
• Lap reports
• Series of pictures
• Coordinate Plane work
• Simple Mini Poster

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• Act it out!
• Shades of Meaning
• Sticky Note Brainstorming
• Vocab words/Images
• Writer’s notebook
• Design Thinking/process Notebook
• Whole Class Interactive notebook
• Add in Video to the notebook- Flipgrid or Screencastify

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Ideas from Matt Miller & Ditch that Textbook

Building in Google Slides

Page Setup

Option 1: Traditional Layout

• Widescreen 16:9

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Option 2: Newsletter Layout

• Letter 8.5 x 11

Changing the Background

Creative Examples

Using Gray Space

• Great for Drag/Drop
• Extension Activities

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• Communication between teacher & students

Using Tables

• Vocabulary sorts
• Lab Responses
• Story Structure
• KWL Charts
• Math Data
• Choice Boards

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Fill Options

Line Style

Outline thickness

Outline Color

Inserting Shapes

Double click on shapes to add text

Inserting Images

Did you know...

• You can trim a video?
• You can have a video autoplay?
• You can mute the audio?
• You can put in a screencast or Flipgrid video?

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Embedding Videos in your Notebook

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Right click on the video

Embedding Videos

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Trim the Video:

Set start and stop time to show only a segment of a video.

Autoplay:

Click to have the video start as soon as you get to the slide.

Hyperlinking in the Notebook

• Within the slide deck
• Outside digital resources

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How do my students get the information??

Are you using a system like -

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Schoology?

Google Classroom?

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Canvas?

Blackboard?

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Edmodo?

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If you are not using an LMS platform like these:

Don’t worry! You can use the FORCE COPY method and send the link to your students in an email! Students make a copy and then share it back.

Make a Force COPY

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Erase & Change to COPY

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Schoology

Google Classroom

Infinite Campus

Blackboard

Other Resources

1. Slides Carnival: Free Slide Deck Templates
2. Unsplash: Free pictures

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• YouTube: Videos for engagement

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• Slidesgo: Free Slide Deck Templates

Major Concerns: RESOLVED!

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• Use your LMS
• Force a Copy
• Make it a routine!
• Share page by page or a whole unit.

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• Paper or hands-on learning? Take a photo and insert it!

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• Digital Notebooking can be created:
• Yearly
• By Unit
• Monthly
• Daily

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“Sharing these with students will be too challenging!”

“I have some really great in class activities that have to be done on paper!”

“How would I have time to plan an entire year at once?”

Questions & Ideas?

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