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Teamwork is a desirable job skill in today’s economy. When we let students collaborate, we prepare them for the future! Here’s how Google Slides can help. See several examples for using this in the classroom and learn four NINJA TRICKS!
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1:30 — Step 1: Create a new slide presentation
2:20 — Step 2: Set the layout the way you want
2:35 — Step 3: Create slides for every student in the class
3:10 — Step 4: Share the presentation with students
4:00 — Ways to share the presentation with students
6:10 — Step 5: Have students get to work on their assignment
8:55 — Activity idea: Simple question/prompt
9:10 — Activity idea: Virtual manipulatives
10:15 — More ideas: Ads, billboards, graphic organizers and more
11:00 — Step 6: Add comments for student collaboration
13:15 — Tips for great student comments
16:30 — How to make sure every student in class gets comments
18:10 — Ninja trick 1: Use add-ons for more Slides functionality
21:00 — Ninja trick 2: Set background to make items un-moveable
24:30 — Ninja trick 3: Copy/paste groups of slides repeatedly
25:40 — Ninja trick 4: Stash useful images around the slide