google slides Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/google-slides/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Tue, 04 Oct 2022 17:01:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 How to create student blogs in Google Slides (for FREE!) https://ditchthattextbook.com/student-blogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=student-blogs https://ditchthattextbook.com/student-blogs/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:35:43 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=17965 Blogs give your students' work an audience. Here's an easy way to set up student blogs with Google Slides. Blogging has really democratized the world of writing. Now, you don't have to pass through a gatekeeper (book publisher, magazine editor, etc.) to get your ideas out there. You can start a blog, publish, and share […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-digital-bell-ringer-activities-to-kickstart-class-part-1/feed/ 4 30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement https://ditchthattextbook.com/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement https://ditchthattextbook.com/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:42:13 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3758 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 […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/feed/ 21 Slide into science: Demonstrating learning with Google Slides https://ditchthattextbook.com/slide-into-science-demonstrating-learning-with-google-slides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slide-into-science-demonstrating-learning-with-google-slides https://ditchthattextbook.com/slide-into-science-demonstrating-learning-with-google-slides/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:50:31 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10776 [callout]This post is written by Mike Mohammad, a secondary science teacher in Brookfield, Wisconsin. You can follow him on Twitter @mo_physics and check out his blog mophysicsmoproblems.blogspot.com. [/callout] With the introduction of new standards across different content areas, the focus of learning has moved beyond simply mastering content knowledge to applying skills within disciplines. The […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/slide-into-science-demonstrating-learning-with-google-slides/feed/ 3 How to create a PDF ebook with Google Slides https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-a-pdf-ebook-with-google-slides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-a-pdf-ebook-with-google-slides https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-a-pdf-ebook-with-google-slides/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:00:32 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10214 PDF files are about as universal as it gets. You can open them on almost any Internet-ready device. They’re read-only, so publishing a PDF is a good way to distribute information to be consumed by reading. It may not be the first thing you think of when you use Google Slides but it really is a […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-a-pdf-ebook-with-google-slides/feed/ 2 20 ways to Ditch That Textbook in K-2 (with templates!) https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-in-k-2-with-templates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-in-k-2-with-templates https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-in-k-2-with-templates/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:07:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10475 This post is written by Kris Szajner, a tech integration specialist and former kindergarten teacher from Prior Lake, Minnesota. You can follow him on Twitter @kszajner and check out his website kszajner.com. Are you a primary educator? Are you interested in Ditching but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry! This post will walk you through […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-in-k-2-with-templates/feed/ 8 10 fantastic Google tips from the Google Teacher Tribe https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-fantastic-google-tips-from-the-google-teacher-tribe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-fantastic-google-tips-from-the-google-teacher-tribe https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-fantastic-google-tips-from-the-google-teacher-tribe/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:33:07 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8768 Google is so deep and so broad and so wide. It’s constantly updating and adding — and sometimes removing — features and services. It’s almost impossible to keep up. And even if you do, there’s no way to know all the best ways to use G Suite and all of the Google tools. It helps […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-fantastic-google-tips-from-the-google-teacher-tribe/feed/ 0 Using Google Slides live closed captions in the classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/using-google-slides-live-closed-captions-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-google-slides-live-closed-captions-in-the-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/using-google-slides-live-closed-captions-in-the-classroom/#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:50:55 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8507 You can turn on closed captions at the bottom of videos you watch on TV and online. But providing closed captions in real time in the classroom has been harder to pull off — until now! Google Slides has a new feature — live closed captions. They transcribe your speech on the fly and display […]

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