In teaching communication and culture, I make the most of Google Slides in student activities because it is an application that makes visual support easy. In this post I will tell you about three creative ways to interactively use Google Slides in the classroom by sharing ideas I have learned from others.
The teacher can make a Scavenger Hunt for students to play individually at their own pace. This idea came to me from my son’s science homework one evening. Each slide has an answer to a previous question and then a new unrelated question. The students scroll through the full presentation of slides looking for answers until they come back to the start. Pictures paired with each question offer support to the student as an additional hint. Here are two examples of a Scavenger Hunt:
Google Slides is an excellent platform for students to create an eBook. When students pair their writing with a picture, they express themselves further than they can with beginning level language. For my students, it has unlocked an ability to write when it would have been tough otherwise. Students can add color blocks, graphics and audio to the pages and then at the end download the presentation as a pdf. Here are two examples of assignments for eBooks:
This platform is also suited to a guessing game, where clues are revealed one by one and students compete to find the answer earlier than their peers. The format I currently use for this game came from Cécile Lainé. The directions are in the example. This way of playing allows for simple language that students have already seen in class. I like how accessible it is and the photo with the name at the end is helpful for students who are not as familiar with famous people. Here is a set of examples of the Guessing Game:
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