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30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement

30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement
Google Slides isn’t just for delivering presentations to an audience. Here are 30 activities that bring interactive learning to students. So often, people think of presentation slides as just that: a visual aid for delivering a presentation in front of an audience. But these slide apps (like Google Slides and PowerPoint in Office 365) really are powerful tools for delivering interactive user experiences. They can also create visually stimulating products to deliver a message and valuable content. By thinking outside the box with Google Slides, PowerPoint, and other similar tools, teachers can create unique learning experiences for students. We originally curated 8 interactive Google Slides activities in this post but have found so many amazing ideas since then we knew we need to update! Below you will find our original 8 ideas plus 22 (yes 22!) 1. I created a PDF ebook to help you create PDF ebooks. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Want to see an example? . 9. 10. Resources: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Google Released A New Drawing Tool to Use with Your Students April 12, 2017 Google has recently released a new tool called AutoDraw. As its name indicate, this is a tool that allows you to create simple and beautiful doodles and drawings. AutoDraw, created by a bunch of talented artists, pairs machine leaning with drawings created by professional artists to help you draw. The cool thing about this web tool is that as soon as you start doodling, its auto suggestion functionality will start guessing and help you quickly finish your drawing.Users can also draw solo using the Draw tool. Control Alt Achieve: Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides Last winter I posted my "Build a Snowman" activity which was a load of fun and learning for students all over. Now with Fall here, it is time to carve a pumpkin into a Jack-O-Lantern! You can do this with this fun, and educational, Google Slides activity. This is a great way for students to be creative and to work on their writing skills by describing or writing about their Jack-O-Lantern.

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Free Tools Search this site Free Tools For Scavenger Hunts, Escape Classrooms & Breakouts by Arjana Blazic 47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom . However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. That is why I originally wrote what became one of the most popular posts to ever appear on . Add someone else's Google calendar - Computer - Calendar Help Ask to see a calendar On your computer, open Google Calendar. On the left side, click Other calendars. In the Add a friend's calendar or Add a coworker's calendar box, enter the other person's email address. 10 Interesting Ways to Integrate QR Codes in Your Teaching (Infographic) July 3, 2016 With the advance of mobile technologies, QR Code technologies open up a vast terrain for educational uses. There are several ways teachers can leverage the educational potential of QR Codes in their instruction. The visual below sums up 10 interesting examples of how you can use QR Codes with your students. We have also included some interesting resources and video tutorials to help better understand the whole concept of QR Codes in education. Check them out and share with your colleagues.

eduCanon: Interactive Video. Unleashed. eduCanon is a free service that is designed to help educators flip their classrooms by adding interactive questions to videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and Teacher Tube. It has a lot of potential to help teachers improve flipped lessons and it's incredibly easy to use. Let's take a closer look! Now, I know you're probably ready to jump right in and start exploring eduCanon in detail, but let's slow down for a second and check out a quick overview video from the team. As you can see, eduCanon makes it easy to attach questions to videos and get feedback on how your students are doing.

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