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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 Army Knife of Google devices – Google Slides.

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Hyperlink to level out: www.coolcatteacher.com/e322
Date: May 29, 2018

Vicki: Instantly we’re talking with my good buddy Kasey Bell from “Shake Up Finding out” 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 teachers get truly captivated with what they are going to do on Google Slides?

What strategies do teachers get truly captivated with in Google Slides?

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

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

Certainly one of many first points that is very simple 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 at the beginning of your slide deck. That is prone to be a Desk of Contents for an interactive lesson that you just’re creating for school youngsters, or you might be having a collaborative slide deck.

Each of those hyperlinks on the Desk of Contents might really hyperlink once more to the students’ explicit particular person slides so that they don’t end up using the improper slide. They hold 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 fashion I’ll really merge all the kids’ 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 day by day hyperlink. I reap the benefits of the keyboard shortcut Command+Okay, and you then positively merely drop down slides on this presentation, and likewise you choose a slide. So that you simply hyperlink to the slide as a substitute of an exterior hyperlink.

Vicki: Oh, I actually like that. Nonetheless now, can you hyperlink inside — like inside and hyperlink to totally 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 presumably can choose which slide you want to hyperlink to.

Vicki: Oh! Okay, simple!

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

Kasey: Utterly.

Certainly one of some ways wherein I imagine is actually one in every of my favorites is creating an eBook inside Google Slides.

Google Slide Tip #2: Create an eBook

I’ve created a variety of 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 pictures and screenshots and points like that. So that within the occasion you’ve ever caught your self about to lose it because of you presumably can’t get pictures exactly the place you want in Docs, you presumably can in Slides.

So, should you think about it, you presumably can put one thing wherever on a slide. That makes it easy to create pictures, illustrations, and do all of that.

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

Within the occasion you go to File → Internet web page Setup, after which choose the little drop-down, go to Personalized, you may as well make one thing in inches, centimeters, elements, or pixels.

So I can create an 8.5”x11” net web page measurement, so if I would love it to seem like an precise e ebook or in all probability print it as an precise e ebook, and you then positively merely go to Get hold of As… and you might receive it as a PDF. For those who want to publish it as a PDF, publish it on the web, embed it in your web page.

I’ve seen loads of teachers deciding on this up and having their school 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 powerful strategy for teens to share. It moreover presents 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 often known as “add-ons” that we now have in Slides that we used to solely have inside Sheets and Sorts and a variety of the totally different apps, so this could be a little bit newer.

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

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

A type 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 an entire 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 an entire 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 school college students Draw to Reply. You is prone to be asking them questions, they normally’re completely editable.

 

Then you definately presumably can present that, and school college students can reply from any gadget. So that they’re truly useful, and each half I merely talked about — other than the drawing, I imagine that’s throughout the enhance — the rest of it is all throughout the free mannequin.

I haven’t ever paid for Pear Deck, nevertheless I prefer it. I imagine 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 imagine 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 web page the place you’ll get some very good graphics for creating points like infographics or regardless of it is that you just’re engaged on.

Chances are you’ll get these icons, they normally’re usually Ingenious Commons License, so you should have permission — you do should cite them, they’ve a very explicit strategy they must be cited — nevertheless they’re good, so now you presumably can pull these into your slide duties that rather a lot 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 individuals 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 school should go in and add it, or is that this one factor teachers can merely add on their very personal?

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

Vicki: For some trigger, I imagine they’re not, nevertheless there are some positive points that occurred beforehand. It’s only a bit robust, I merely didn’t know should you acknowledge.

Kasey: Yeah.

Vicki: In case you have got teachers, 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 remaining week I wanted them.

Confirm collectively together with your admin about Google choices

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

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

Kasey: Certain. Last 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, nevertheless you’ll be able to do just some points if 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 effectively see that throughout the contextual toolbar, nevertheless you’ll see further decisions to do some adjustments to that video.

For instance, you presumably can customise the video start time and end time. For those who want to use a clip, you don’t should receive it and open it in some fancy software program program to edit it proper right down to what you merely want to use. You presumably can really 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, an entire lot of events as soon as I’m presenting, I similar to the films to play, nevertheless I don’t really want the noise. I merely want it as background. Can you do one thing with that?

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

There’s a little bit of checkbox throughout the video decisions. For those who want it to auto-play as rapidly as you flip slides or should you 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 wanted the affect.

I wanted 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 teachers go “Wow!” over?

Google Slide Tip #8: Stop Motion Animation

Kasey: Certainly one of many truly commonplace points correct now — for the super-users of Google Slides and people who’re truly 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 truly get into it, and it might get tough, however it’s very simple to do inside Slides.

It is perhaps 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 wherein, 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 positively 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 presumably may even do some video seize in there as you go.

Kasey: That is perhaps school college students taking footage. They might really be performing one factor out with LEGOs, or claymation, or regardless of, and taking footage and transferring these into the slides and having it animate that strategy as successfully. So it may presumably go from simple to pretty sophisticated.

Vicki: As we find yourself, Kasey, I do know that you just’ve truly — and likewise you merely talked about it earlier — in your e ebook, you truly talk about getting comfortable 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 kids?

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

Kasey: Certain. To start with, assist.google.com is your most interesting good buddy. Within the occasion you ever want help, yow will uncover almost any kind 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 check one factor, say, in a training, step-by-step directions and that is perhaps it for the next yr or two years? Today are over.

The simplest experience that we’re capable of practice ourselves and practice our school college students is the way in which to LEARN, and the way in which practice 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 would’t maintain, nevertheless you presumably can embrace it.

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

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

Vicki: So, educators, we’re ready to try this. We’ll proceed studying further.

There are so many superior choices in the marketplace, and Kasey’s given an entire 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 check further about Google.

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

Thanks, Kasey!

Kasey: Thanks rather a lot, 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 large as a Texas–go large or go home, y’all! She is a disruptor of the boring. An attention-grabbing, fashionable, from the middle sharer who conjures up educators whereas transforming their instructing with genuine, effectively 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 applications, expert enchancment, conference workshops or as a keynote speaker Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a loyal transformer of college rooms and instructing. By way of 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 right in our school college students, and we should all the time always try and Shake Up Finding out!

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