1.3 Using Google Slides Tools
Lets Learn About:
Introduction
In this lesson, you will be focusing on Google Slides and learning about the different tools that are available to use. This will be an in depth lesson on how to use specific tools in Google Slides and how this applies to creating your own virtual classroom. This will be a step by step process on how to use Google Slides to create a basic virtual classroom in Google Slides. You will submit what you have created as a formative assessment.
Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to learn how to use specific tools through the Google Slides platform
The student will be able to understand the necessary tools in Google Slides to create a virtual classroom
The student will be able to create their own virtual classroom using Google Slides
Information
Quick Write
Reflect: on your experience with Google Slides: What have you used it for? Have you ever used it before? Was this a positive or negative experience?
Read: Collaborating online with four different google apps: Benefits to learning and usefulness for future work by Matthew Andrew (2019)
Notes on the Reading:
- Encourages collaboration among students
- Positives of Google Slides: Well-organized app, Easy to work in different places, Easy to use, Beneficial for group projects
- Able to work together despite distance
- Flexibility of work
- Efficient way to receive feedback
- Andrew (2019) states, "Integrating collaborative technologies such as Google apps into the language learning classroom can equip students with a new tool to aid in the completion of group tasks and help students see the possibilities that online collaboration can provide for learning" (Andrew, 2019, p. 1283).
Create your own Virtual Classroom! Let's learn how.
To begin you will have a screen that looks like this:
1. The first thing you want to do is identify the Tool Bar.
It looks like this:
2. Choose a background image by clicking on "Background" in the tool bar and choosing a color here:
The Background will be the "Walls" of your virtual classroom. Here is an example of what you should have so far:
3. Go to "insert" located above the Tool Bar, and click on "image," and "search the web."
In the text box, search for floors as shown below:
This will be the "floor" of your classroom. Here is an example of what you should have so far:
4. Next you will want to decorate your classroom to create a positve learning environment
To find classroom decorations you will add images like you did to create a floor.
Here is an example of what yours could look like:
Task
Submit your Virtual Classroom!
Submit a Screenshot of your first virtual classroom using Google Slides with a brief description on specific design choices you made.
Move on to Lesson 4: 1.4 Reflection
Go back to Unit 1 Unit 1: Introduction to Google Slides
References and Resources
Andrew, M. (2019). Collaborating Online with Four Different Google Apps: Benefits to Learning and Usefulness for Future Work.