8 Good Strategies to Use Google Slides: Concepts for Classroom Lecturers

Kasey Bell teaches us eight good strategies to utilize Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and funky add-ins for formative analysis and graphics, discover out about this Swiss Navy Knife of Google devices – Google Slides.

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Date: May 29, 2018

Vicki: Instantly we’re talking with my good buddy Kasey Bell from “Shake Up Learning” and creator of Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic.

Kasey, within the current day we’re going to talk about all of the cool points that we’re capable of do with Google Slides that we’d not know that we might do!

So what’s your very very first thing that you just see lecturers get really passionate about what they may do on Google Slides?

What strategies do lecturers get really passionate about in Google Slides?

Kasey: Really, I uncover myself referencing Google Slides regularly.

When a coach asks me, “Hey, what app must I choose to try this?” Nearly it’s the Swiss Navy knife. It may really obtain this many points.

One in all many first points that is very straightforward to do is to create an interactive Desk of Contents.

Google Slide Tip #1: Create an interactive Desk of Contents

You’ll be able to do that initially of your slide deck. That is prone to be a Desk of Contents for an interactive lesson that you just’re creating for faculty children, or you might be having a collaborative slide deck.

Each of those hyperlinks on the Desk of Contents might actually hyperlink once more to the students’ explicit particular person slides so that they don’t end up using the improper slide. They maintain of their very personal little home.

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Vicki: Oh, see, I actually like this, because of we’re on the purpose of use Google Slides for our app presentation for Shark Tank. This way I’ll actually merge all the youngsters’ slides collectively, after which have every as a hyperlink so I’ll go straight to the students’ slides. Is that what I can do?

Kasey: Certain, exactly. It’s equivalent to a every day hyperlink. I make the most of the keyboard shortcut Command+Okay, and you then undoubtedly merely drop down slides on this presentation, and in addition you choose a slide. So that you simply hyperlink to the slide in its place of an exterior hyperlink.

Vicki: Oh, I actually like that. Nevertheless now, can you hyperlink inside — like inside and hyperlink to completely different slides moreover?

Kasey: That’s exactly what I meant. When you insert the hyperlink, you’ll be succesful to see the alternatives to slides on this presentation. You probably can choose which slide you want to hyperlink to.

Vicki: Oh! Okay, straightforward!

Okay, so what’s one different one? Some individuals are using Google Slides for additional than merely slides, aren’t they?

Kasey: Utterly.

One in all some ways by which I consider is actually considered one of my favorites is creating an eBook inside Google Slides.

Google Slide Tip #2: Create an eBook

I’ve created various eBooks now inside Google Slides because of once I try and do it in Google Docs, I pull my hair out.

That’s because of I’ve so many photographs and screenshots and points like that. So that within the occasion you’ve ever caught your self about to lose it because of you probably can’t get photographs exactly the place you want in Docs, you probably can in Slides.

So, if you happen to think about it, you probably can put one thing wherever on a slide. That makes it simple to create photographs, illustrations, and do all of that.

Nonetheless it should get larger because of you probably can resize slides into utterly any measurement you want.

Within the occasion you go to File → Net web page Setup, after which choose the little drop-down, go to Custom-made, you can too make one thing in inches, centimeters, components, or pixels.

So I can create an 8.5”x11” internet web page measurement, so if I would love it to seem like an precise e e book or most likely print it as an precise e e book, and you then undoubtedly merely go to Acquire As… and you might get hold of it as a PDF. In the event you want to publish it as a PDF, publish it on the web, embed it in your website.

I’ve seen loads of lecturers deciding on this up and having their faculty college students publish their books, whether or not or not these are collaborative or explicit particular person or class books, after which they put these on-line.

Vicki: Very cool.

You acknowledge, eBooks are merely such a robust method for teens to share. It moreover provides them an real viewers within the occasion you’re together with it to their portfolio or sharing it with mom and father.

Now, you should have loads of concepts for some cool points we’re capable of do inside Google Slides. Give us a couple of of those.

Kasey: There are moreover some new points generally known as “add-ons” that we now have in Slides that we used to solely have inside Sheets and Sorts and various the completely different apps, so this is usually a little bit newer.

Within the occasion you go to the menu, you probably can go to Add-Ons → Get Add-Ons.

This continues to develop, nonetheless I’ve some favorites.

A form of is Pair Deck. Are you a fan of Pair Deck?

Google Slide Tip #3: Use the Pear Deck Add-On

Vicki: You acknowledge, I’ve a complete lot of mates who prefer it. Let’s check out it.

Kasey: Pear Deck is a formative analysis software program.

What they’ve now accomplished is built-in their Dashboard and their software program inside Slides. When you add the add-on, you get a sidebar that pops up.

They’ve a complete template gallery of formative assessments it is best to use at first of the lesson, within the midst of the lesson, and on the end of the lesson.

These is prone to be Thumbs-Up/Thumbs-Down. These is prone to be having faculty college students Draw to Reply. You is prone to be asking them questions, they normally’re totally editable.

You then probably can present that, and faculty college students can reply from any gadget. So that they’re really useful, and each half I merely talked about — aside from the drawing, I consider that’s inside the enhance — the rest of it is all inside the free mannequin.

I haven’t ever paid for Pear Deck, nonetheless I prefer it. I consider it’s a wonderful little software program to mash up with Google Slides.

Vicki: Certain. Together with these formative assessments in and preparing for these. We have to be checking for understanding pretty incessantly. I consider it’s good to easily have it in-built.

Are there one other add-ons you need?

Kasey: Certain. Icons by Noun Problem is one different favorite.

Google Slide Tip #4: Use Icons by Noun Problem

You may have seen Icons. It’s merely its private website the place you’ll get some very good graphics for creating points like infographics or irrespective of it is that you just’re engaged on.

You might get these icons, they normally’re typically Ingenious Commons License, so you should have permission — you do should cite them, they’ve a extremely explicit method they must be cited — nonetheless they’re good, so now you probably can pull these into your slide duties that so much less complicated. That was a favorite.

Google Slide Tip #5: Use UnSplash Pictures Add-On

I moreover like UnSplash Pictures — these high-resolution stock footage types of footage that we’re capable of pull in — and persons are actually completely usable and reusable inside Google Slides. Faculty college students can pull these and by no means have to worry about filtering for licensing and all of those types of points.

Vicki: Now, for add-ons to be obtainable, does the Google Apps admin in your faculty should go in and add it, or is that this one factor lecturers can merely add on their very personal?

Kasey: They have to be succesful so as to add on their very personal. I don’t assume add-ons are managed by the panel, nonetheless I don’t take into account. I’m sure somebody listening will acceptable me if I’m improper.

Vicki: For some trigger, I consider they’re not, nonetheless there are some certain points that occurred beforehand. It’s only a bit robust, I merely didn’t know if you happen to acknowledge.

Kasey: Yeah.

Vicki: In case you might have lecturers, then do study collectively together with your admin, and ask them to permit or add that. I wanted to ask myself since I’m alone admin to permit Gmail choices because of closing week I needed them.

Confirm collectively together with your admin about Google choices

Okay, what are one other points that are pretty cool?

A lot of folks prefer to make use of video of their shows. Do you should have some concepts for using video?

Kasey: Certain. Ultimate yr, we acquired some pretty cool choices added to films inside Google Slides.

Google Slide Tip #6: Regulate Your Motion pictures in Google Slides

It’s nonetheless a YouTube or a video that exists inside Google Drive, nonetheless you’ll be able to do only a few points whenever you get it in there as successfully.

Within the occasion you right-click on the video and go to Video Decisions, or you might as nicely see that inside the contextual toolbar, nonetheless you’ll see additional decisions to do some adjustments to that video.

For example, you probably can customise the video start time and end time. In the event you want to use a clip, you don’t should get hold of it and open it in some fancy software program program to edit it proper right down to what you merely want to use. You probably can actually get proper right down to the second — exactly what you want to use inside that slide.

Vicki: That is so superior.

Google Slide Tip #7: Mute the Video As You Run Google slides

Now, one attribute that I love to do is, a complete lot of events as soon as I’m presenting, I similar to the films to play, nonetheless I don’t actually want the noise. I merely want it as background. Can you do one thing with that?

Kasey: Certain. That’s probably one of many completely different choices you’ll see.

There’s a little bit of checkbox inside the video decisions. In the event you want it to auto-play as rapidly as you flip slides or if you happen to want to mute the audio — and at first as soon as I seen the mute, I puzzled, “When am I going to utilize that?” and I swear I used it the next week because of it’s one factor cool, I needed the impression.

I needed to be the narrator of the video in a keep setting, so it’s pretty useful.

Vicki: Do you should have one other choices that lecturers go “Wow!” over?

Google Slide Tip #8: Stop Motion Animation

Kasey: One in all many really customary points correct now — for the super-users of Google Slides and those that’re really ready to step out and get uncomfortable — is stop-motion animation.

A number of of that requires a lot fancy gear within the occasion you really get into it, and it could get tough, nonetheless it’s very straightforward to do inside Slides.

It could be animation merely with graphics inside your Slide.

Since I’ve a video the place I’m demonstrating this, I merely downloaded a graphic of a raven. I put in a single nook of my slides. I duplicated the slide – which, by the way in which by which, is Command+D for shortcut to duplicate — after which I switch the crow a little bit of bit, Command+D, duplicate – switch the crow a little bit of bit, Command+D, switch the crow a little bit of bit, and you then undoubtedly publish to the net.

And you have got it change slides every second, and it seems similar to the crow is flying all through the slides.

Vicki: Oh, cute!

I suppose you probably may even do some video seize in there as you go.

Kasey: That could be faculty college students taking footage. They could actually be performing one factor out with LEGOs, or claymation, or irrespective of, and taking footage and transferring these into the slides and having it animate that method as successfully. So it may probably go from straightforward to pretty difficult.

Vicki: As we find yourself, Kasey, I do know that you just’ve really — and in addition you merely talked about it earlier — in your e e book, you really talk about getting cozy with being uncomfortable.

As these choices protect rolling out, points protect altering. Some folks with Google or getting conscious of Google Classroom or Google, they get a little bit of bit nervous.

May you give us a thirty-second pep talk about the way in which to progress and advance using Google with our children?

How can educators progress and advance using Google with our children?

Kasey: Certain. To start with, assist.google.com is your most interesting good buddy. Within the occasion you ever want help, yow will uncover practically any type of reply there.

The other issue is solely to not be afraid to easily click on on spherical and take a look at.

I moreover am an unlimited right-click fan. That helps me uncover points as successfully.

Within the occasion you anticipate to review one factor, say, in a training, step-by-step directions and that could be it for the next yr or two years? Today are over.

The best experience that we’re capable of prepare ourselves and prepare our faculty college students is the way in which to LEARN, and the way in which prepare ourselves on the go — whether or not or not it’s discovering films on YouTube and tutorials. J

Merely type of accepting the reality that points are going to change so fast which you could possibly’t maintain, nonetheless you probably can embrace it.

It’s utterly okay within the occasion you don’t know the place one factor is, because of typically in Google — what I actually like is — it’s typically not too exhausting to look out.

That’s why I type of test with Google as being this gateway software program because of it’s very easy to utilize that it may probably lead you to have additional confidence in using know-how and maybe attempting one other stuff.

Vicki: So, educators, we’re ready to try this. We are going to proceed studying additional.

There are so many superior choices in the marketplace, and Kasey’s given a complete lot of them with Google Slides.

Do check out her property and check out the Shownotes because of I’m going to have loads of good points and good strategies to work along with Kasey to review additional about Google.

She’s type of my Miss Google, and I adjust to each half she does.

Thanks, Kasey!

Kasey: Thanks so much, Vicki.

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Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford kymberlimulford@gmail.com

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Kasey Bell is a component glowing smile, half witty character and an entire heap of passion as huge as a Texas–go huge or go home, y’all! She is a disruptor of the boring. An fascinating, trendy, from the middle sharer who conjures up educators whereas transforming their instructing with genuine, nicely timed and use-tomorrow ideas for pupil choice, differentiation, and know-how integration. Whether or not or not it is finding out from home by way of on-line packages, expert enchancment, conference workshops or as a keynote speaker Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a loyal transformer of faculty rooms and instructing. Via coach empowering publications and award-winning tutorial property at ShakeUpLearning.com, learner-driven workshops and shows and co-hosting Google Teacher Tribe weekly podcast, Kasey proves why we should all the time in no way settle for the boring when it comes to bringing out the proper in our faculty college students, and we should all the time always try and Shake Up Learning!

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