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Using Google Slides to create student written Digital Books!
Using Google Slides to create student written Digital Books!
With access to technology, students have the opportunity to use the internet as platform to get their voice heard. It can open up their audience beyond just the teacher or their peers and can lead to their best work knowing they are writing and publishing for the world to see. Google Slides can be used and set up in a way that mimicks a digital book where when viewed on a tablet or smart phone the reader can simply swipe left to "turn the pages," but at the same time can be viewed on any web enabled device. Students can add illustrations and can even create a narrated recording of the entire book, or can offer up a clickable icon that can be inserted on each page for readers to click to have that page narrated to them. Check out the full slide show below to learn more on creating a Digital Book with Google Slides!
Note: We would like to acknowledge Google Innovator, Eric Curts, for sharing his Google ideas, including Book Creation through Google Slides.
Ideas for Creating Digital Books in the Classroom
Ideas for Creating Digital Books in the Classroom
- Fictional Storybooks or Children’s Books
- Science Lab Reports
- Explanatory Writing, such as, “How-To Books” with embedded video
- Cookbooks
- Creative Historical Books
- Student Created Textbooks where students can “teach specific lessons”
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
The following link provides free Google Slides Templates:
Preview all of the fonts Google has to offer, but before choosing remember to consider your audience:
Pexels provides professional grade photos to use without the worry of copyright infringements:
Use Autodraw to create your own drawings and have Google “guess” your drawing allowing you to choose from multiple clipart style images. When you finish your drawing, just go to the three lines in the upper left to open the menu and download your drawing:
Book Creator for Chrome
Book Creator for Chrome
An additional tool for creating digital books is a long time iPad App that has come to Chrome where students can now create their own publications using the online version. Click the link below to visit the site:
An additional tool for creating digital books is a long time iPad App that has come to Chrome where students can now create their own publications using the online version. Click the link below to visit the site:
Check out the tutorial on Book Creator using the site itself to create a digital book tutorial.
Check out the tutorial on Book Creator using the site itself to create a digital book tutorial.
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