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Hi everyone! I´m Julieta Odessky and I am going to show you a tutorial that explains how to use Slides.com and then a lesson that includes that tool!
SLIDE TUTORIAL:
Students and teacher always have to make presentations in their lessons and unfortunately, they always use the same tool: Power Point Presentation, which has no much creativity, colour or attraction to the audience. Slide, is a new way of editing modern presentations. You don’t need to download anything and you can use it whenever you want (deliver a class, a presentation, a meeting, etc.). You can also work in groups and everyone can edit the work. It is totally free!
Firstgo to the homepage and create an account! https://slides.com/
Click on “new deck” and start creating you slide.
- Double click on the title in order to change it (when you do this, the tools on the left side of the screen change). You can change the font of the title, the colour, the size, etc. you can also add hyperlinks
- The, click on settings, on the left side as well in order to change the title of the presentation and its description.
- With the other buttons You can also change the style and colour of the whole presentation
- You can also add text, images and videos to the slides.
- You can also add other slides to the sides or downwards.
Now, click on the plus sign on the right of your slide in order to add a new one, then decide on the style that it will have.
Use the arrows in order to go from one slide to the other.If you forget to save your work do not worry!! Slides.com does it automatically.
Finally, you can click on the green eye in order to see your progress. If you want to keep on editing the slides click on the pencil. You can also share your work by clicking on the share button and copying the link.
Level of students: 7th form - intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes
This lesson is ideal for the beginning of the year, in which students and teacher do not know each other well.
Previous class:
The teacher made students sit with one or two classmates that they can chose. She gave the group a sheet of paper with some personal question (one sheet to each student). Some of the questions will be the following ones:
- What´s your name?
- Where do you live?
- Describe your family?
- Do you have any hobby?
- What is your favourite sport, superhero, celebrity, etc.
Students answered the questions individually in a complete and accurate way .
WARMER: The following lesson students will sit together with the group and they will share their answers. In a separate sheet of paper they will point out which thing do they sahe with their partners and which are completely different. The teacher will monitor de activity by listening at students and correcting the grammar when necessary
WEB: Students and teacher will go to the lab room with the questions they have answered in the classroom and they will sit at the computer with their group (which was previously decided in the classroom). They will watch a short and easy tutorial on Slide.com, a very creative and easy way to create presentations. Afterwards, they will create one slide presentation in each group, they will introduce themselves by using the information they have in the sheets of paper. They will create some slides individually (helping each other) and adding their personal information. They will also add new slides with some information that all the members of the group share. They will upload photos, add videos and hyperlink in order to make a complete work. The teacher will leave the last 15 minutes of the class to share the presentations. Students will show them and explain anything necessary.
The teacher will send their presentations to other classes in order to exchange them with students in the school who are not classmates so they can learn from each other
WHAT´S NEXT: Back in the classroom, the teacher will ask the students what new information they have learnt about their classmates. This is a great activity for them in order to know each other more and become friends
Evaluation criteria:
- Grammar and lexis: Are the structures and tenses correctly produced accrodning to the level?
- Presentation and creativity: Is the slide presentation attractive and organized?
- Have students worked together as a group helping each other?
Theory:
The triple E:
- Liz Kolb’s (2017) theoretical framework deals with three components (Engagment, Enhacement and Extension) in order to encourage teachers to go beyond the learning in order to extend the learning goals.
The use of Slides.com in the classroom can be analized as following:
Engagement: Teachers may often feel that students are engaged in an activity because they are swiping through a device. For instance, when working on activities in the computer room and using old devices. This leads to a “false engagement” in which tasks do not usually meet any learning goal. The idea of using slides.com, a modern tool helps students work using language in a more meaningful context in which they can show the whole class about themselves. By searching images and videos they will also be engaged in order to work with the net in a different way. When using new modern and creative tools, students will feel more motivated to start the learning process and become active social learners.
Enhancement: Sometimes, learning about other people and listening to them becomes a tiring activity among young learners. They lose concertation and get bored quickly. By using new techniques and modern technology tools which go beyond engagement, this behaviour can be changed. It refers to how technology can aid, assist and scaffold learning in a way that could not be achieved by traditional methods. It creates opportunities of creation and production over consumption and technology helps students understand ideas and concepts in a better and different way.
Extension: Teachers are always looking for ways to connect what happens in the classroom with the real world. Fortunately, technology can help make these connections. In other words, technology can aid bridge the gap between classroom learning and students’ everyday lives. By using slides.com in this activity, students can connect their personal likes and dislikes with anything they can find on the net, and they can show it to their partners without even having to explain much. They can also share their work with distant partners in the school or even in another city. It creates opportunities for students to learn outside of their typical school day and help them build skills that they can use in their everyday lives.
PLANIED
In 2015 the Ministry of Education developed a Digital Competence Framework as part of Plan Nacional de Educación Digital (PLANIED) which aims at promoting digital literacy in the school system.
Six dimensions were identified in terms of the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to be digitally competent in today’s society. These dimensions can be fully developed in this lesson:
- Creativity and innovation: requires students to create and construct knowledge using ICT tools. Students have presented themselves plenty of times along their studies, but by using Slides, they will do it in a completely different and creative way.
- Communication and sharing: involves communicating through online tools. They will have to introduce themselves by using images and videos, bearing in mind that other people will be seeing their work
- Information management: focuses on locating, retrieving, selecting and organizing information that they find on the net, it implies a lot of research and critical thinking.
- Participation in a responsible way: The teacher will be monitoring each group so that students make a safe use of the Internet.
- Use of critical thinking: problem-solving, developing projects and making informed decisions when using online resources
- Autonomous use of ICT: covers the way students use technology in everyday life. This means that students transfer the skills learnt in different contexts. This work will help them work in the future with others.
References:
• Koehler, M. J., & Mishra, P. (2009). What is technological pedagogical content knowledge? Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(1), 60-70.
- Ripani, Maria Florencia. “Competencias De Educación Integral.” Competencias De Educación Integral, 2016, e.edim.co/92818/PLANIED._Competencias_de_educacion_digital_vf.pdf?
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