How to Use Google Slides for Lesson Plans

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[@joshuadeng7828]

Hi Sam, I don't seem to find your google slide templates on your website. Please advice. Thanks.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi, you can find it on this blog post! www.newedtechclassroom.com/lesson-planning-google-slides/

[@mariabuendia6901]

New EdTech Classroom I have been following you now for a few weeks. Your work is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise. I do have a question on how you would create a shared document for students to input their own responses. I want more student engagement.

[@Coral_Forever]

What if we saw this too late to join??

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Hi there, definitely still get your email on the waitlist to hear any new details about future cohorts!

[@sadiesonntag1610]

You nailed all of it. Just great. Thank you!!! I love the dark background and filled tables=easy and adaptable. Also that video timer is great! Keep it up!!!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thanks Sadie!

[@ReginaMoure]

It's winter break here in Buenos Aires, ARG and I'm making my best to learn as much as I can from your videos. I like the idea of teachers at my schools using this method you show here to create more engaging lessons. Students will love learning this way. Thanks for everything you share with us!!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

You're welcome, Regina! I hope you have a nice winter break!

[@ReginaMoure]

@@NewEdTechClassroom Thanks, Sam! It's the first day...I've got two weeks of learning ahead.

[@lemyaknight]

This is just what I needed to learn. Thank you for making it available 👍🏽

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nickohrazda8589]

Very informative, organized and easy to understand. Thank you.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

You're welcome, Nick!!

[@sabrinafairchild9352]

I already use Google Slides but I learned a lot about how to make them better.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@elvirakraaijenbrink-wijaya7553]

Thank you for the template and the ideas!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

You're very welcome, Elvira! So glad it was helpful for you!

[@santwrites7135]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

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You're very welcome!

[@HarryOrenstein]

Again awesome! NB How to create Google Slides for Lesson plans starts after 6mins.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thanks for watching, Harry!

[@Coral_Forever]

I also like to use an agenda & "aims" or targets! Students wan know WHAT we are doing, not just why. :-D It puts their minds to ease, and it makes it easy to recap at the end all that we have accomplished so far, and what we still need to work on later.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

That's a great idea!

[@theresapearce9373]

Thank you for sharing your great ideas. Something I do that others might benefit from: I copy my student view Google slide presentation and add an apple emoji to the title so that I don't get it mixed up with the teacher Google slide presentation that I added a sunglasses emoji to. I link them and can add teacher notes in the speaker notes that won't show in the student presentation. I use the speaker notes to remind myself of changes needed for next year. I hope this makes sense and that maybe I've helped someone else.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@katrinahreha2165]

Another great video...Thank you! When you assign the google slides on google classroom, do you give each student a copy with the drop down menu or do the students have to "make a copy"?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thanks! I give each student their own copy if I want them to be able to make edits. Otherwise, if it's just a lesson plan, I just give them "view only" access.

[@evaarceo642]

how interesting in learning how to build a fully hi-tech interactive tools in google slides. its just fast, so I have to repeat over and over again.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Eva, in the lower right hand corner, if you click on the Settings cog, you are able to slow down the speed of the video, if that helps!

[@nonanons5905]

Thank you Sir!

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Welcome!!

[@wingyinmak6941]

Great sharing. Am wondering how do you make videos with yourself without a background and a video behind you.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thank you! I use a green screen and video editing software that keys out the green. If you're interested, check out the links to all the programs I use to make my videos/website in the video description!

[@nathanielsapalicio3567]

Great Video, thank you. Would you say that these are the same as the HyperDoc (Hyperslides)? What is the difference? Would you link to a HyperDoc from this lesson? Or is this just a guide for the day? Thank you again.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Nathaniel, You could use this as a HyperDoc, but when I made this video it wasn't specifically for remote instruction, it was for projecting Slides during instruction (so more like a guide for the day).

[@iyoalbarracin6752]

Awesome!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thanks!

[@antoniamartins9368]

Tks for sharing your experiences. It helps a lot. I have a problem with meet. I can't record students voices to listen them later. I can hear only my own voice. What should I do?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Antonia, TBH, I don't have a lot of experience with Meet (yet). I've been using Zoom this spring, and haven't had a chance to experiment with Meet. I'm planning on doing so over the summer though. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful on this one!

[@guillermo7979]

Great video Sam. I know you said that if a student is absent, he can check the Google Slides lesson on Google Classroom and see all the notes his classmates made, for example of the KWL chart in the Engage section. Here's my question- in order for the absent student to see those notes from his classmates, do you have all your students edit the same Google Slides file and therefore they all type on the same KWL chart in your slides? Or do you present these Slides yourself to the class, the kids make their own KWL chart in their notebooks or chart paper, and then you type their answers down in the KWL chart yourself? I was just wondering how an absent kid would see the student answers. Is this google slide lesson just for yourself to present to the class or the kids get a copy of their own or do they all edit the same file? Thank you.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Luis, Thanks for your question! When I made this video it wasn't with distance learning in mind, so I was focusing primarily on the teacher projecting the Slide presentation, recording student responses, and then posting the Slide deck to Google Classroom. There are other ways to do it, however. You could use the Pear Deck Extension in order to create interactive Google Slides. That way students would be able to write their answers on the slides and students could see each other's responses. You can set Pear Deck up to be synchronous or asynchronous. Another option would be to create a KWL chart via Padlet and include a hyperlink in the Google Slides presentation. I wouldn't recommend allowing them to all edit the Slides at once b/c they'll end up overwriting each other's (and your) work. Hope that helps!

[@guillermo7979]

New EdTech Classroom great, that cleared up my question. Thank you!

[@keia5003]

Great video! I'm just curious; how long are your periods? This seems like a lot of activity for a 45 minute lesson. Also, for the template you are using, did you get it from the theme section or from an external source like slide carnival. Thanks for making such great videos!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Yeah, I do have longer periods: 90 mins. You could always take and split into two! I get my slides from Slides Mania: they have tons of awesome templates you can download for free! slidesmania.com

[@stephanieskegas3501]

Hi, Sam. I have seen in a few of your videos where you show lessons that you have created where along the side there is a table displaying M-movement, V- voice, and P-participation. I am not familiar with that, but I like that idea. Is there somewhere where I can learn more about it, so I may start using it in my lessons, or do you happen to have a video on that? Thank you.

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Yeah, that's actually an idea I learned a long time ago at the beginning of my teaching career. I'm not sure where to find more resources about it other than just Google searching. Essentially the idea is that you are communicating to students what the behavior expectations are for a particular activity (and reinforcing with positive narration/incentives). I don't have a video, but maybe I'll have to make a classroom management one at some point!

[@juliebuffett6556]

Great video!! How do you screen shot?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

It depends on what kind of computer you are using. Command + Shift + 4 on a Mac. You can also get the screenshot Google Chrome extension: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/full-page-screen-capture/fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl?hl=en

[@dorcascarvajal2641]

YOU ARE AMAZING! So, let me see if I understood. This is a weekly Lesson planning and also your class presentation and you give the class with this? When you share it, you change it to view only? By any chance do you have a simple format of planning so we can share it with our Principal?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Dorcas, Thank you so much for your positive feedback! Yes, one way to do it would be to assign the Slides as "view only." Another would be to assign it through Pear Deck so that you can create interactive questions students can respond to. Check out my blog post on the topic for a free downloadable template you can edit and use as you'd like: newedtechclassroom.com/lesson-planning-google-slides/

[@MsE2B2]

Does the time video start on its own or are the students expected too hit play when they open the slides??

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

They would have to hit it on their own as a time management tool, but I also use Google Slides presentations a lot for my own in-class presentations, in which case I'm projecting the slides and hitting the timer myself.

[@user-cb1vw4wq5f]

Hi Sam, have you done any videos on 'Teams'

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

I haven't yet, though it's been requested, so it's on my list!

[@karenzajackowski478]

WOW!!!!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Thank you!!

[@nicolespatz1764]

Are you willing to share your template??

[@nicolespatz1764]

Your videos are super helpful and informative! Thank you!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Yes! You can download it from my website: www.newedtechclassroom.com/lesson-planning-google-slides/

[@nicolespatz1764]

@@NewEdTechClassroom Thank you so much!!!

[@sarahfranko2165]

How and what do you grade?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

That's really a decision you'll have to come to on your own, but I personally use standards-based grading on a 4-point scale and only grade the final product for content. All the rest gets a completion grade.

[@brittanywright6686]

I love your videos and always look forward to watching more. I do have a concern though, I work in a Title 1 school where the students to not have individual laptops available. I would love to incorporate more tech in the classroom but am finding it difficult in some ways. Any suggestions?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Brittany, Same here! You might be surprised to know that everything I show in my videos is 100% authentic and that I've never worked in a school with one-to-one, only shared carts! It's doable, just requires extra coordination. That being said, I'm also a huge 1-to-1 advocate because of the limitations. Best of luck!

[@patriciabarbieri6368]

Hi Sam. I looked through slidesmania.com to find the slide template you used, but to no avail. I’m sorry to sound like a bonehead, but can you tell me which template you used? There’s awesome ones, but I just want the one you used. Thank you!

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Here's a link directly to the slides I show in this video! I'd also have to hunt around on SlidesMania again to find the exact template... docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x1d0lOOkwjwjj1mUru9q_5nySPO-cRkXScvEC3-5C-M/edit?usp=sharing

[@amydunnagan3362]

Would you use this type of format for remote-only-learning on your Google Classroom?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Hi Amy, I'd add interactivity tools like Pear Deck or Nearpod for remote learning.

[@leonardodamian2089]

John wick ..? Is that you..?

[@NewEdTechClassroom]

Don't tell anyone ;)