Google Slides is not a "one-trick pony" as the saying goes. Yes, it is a presentation tool, but it is not just for presenting information to your students in a linear, teacher-centered manner. It's a great tool to use to design engaging, student-centered, interactive learning activities. Better yet, have your students design these activities and share them with the class for review of content (not to mention mastery of certain tech skills). Its a win win!!
Getting Started (Training and Support Materials)
The possibilities are endless with the types of activities you can design using Google Slides. With a little bit of imagination and creativity you can create all sorts of engaging learning tasks within the slide deck.
Some popular ones include:
Drag and Drop Activities
Embedded videos/EdPuzzles
Digital worksheets/note taking
Linked audeio files
Embedded polls using Poll Anywhere
Storyboard slides