502D - Google Slides Basics

Google Slides Basics

Session Description: Learn the basics of Google Slides, the first step in creating engaging and effective presentations you can share with students, colleagues, and more! Participants will learn to use various tools and features to create, format, and customize presentations that support instructional goals.

This session is for teachers at ALL technology comfort levels.

As a result of this session teachers will:

- 1. Learn to create a basic Google Slides presentation;
  2. Learn how to add and format text, images, and shapes and access other basic design features in Slides; and
  3. Discover ways Slides can support instruction.

Applicable ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)*: 2.1.a; 2.1.b; 2.2.c

* The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at the ISTE Standards page.

Download the session slides here.

Resources

TeachersFirst Resources

SlidesAcademy Templates (reviewed here)
SlidesMania Templates (reviewed here)
OK2Ask: GoogleMania - Student Activities for Google Slides (reviewed here)

Other Resources

132: Google Slides: Copy selected slides by Ditch That Textbook Podcast :: Education, teaching, edtech :: #DitchPodIf you use Google tools very often, you are probably familiar with the feature to make a copy. You can find it under the file menu. In Google Slides, there's a new feature. Make a copy of a slide presentation and only take the slides with you that you need. In today's episode, we hear how to do it and how you might be able to use it.