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Craig Yen - @craigyen

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Can we talk about how to have students create their own slides to share their learning in different content areas?

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I also want to create something w/ Google slides and see how students can create a presentation and use Google Classroom for this. Interested in how to incorporate and add media such as audio/video into it as well.

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google assessments with auto correct feedback

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google assessments with auto correct feedback

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I would like to figure out how to get the google assessments to correct and provide feedback.

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Using Google Slides for Animated Models?

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Using Google Slides for Animated Models?

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I’ve heard of students being able to use Google Slides to demonstrate their learning by creating animated models (e.g. the water cycle). Does anyone have any resources to walk students through how to do this?

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Here is what a Google Drawing idea looks like where you can share the "PREVIEW" which lets your users have the ability click on links

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Here is what a Google Drawing idea looks like where you can share the "PREVIEW" which lets your users have the ability click on links

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https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1ZbgX73KIQosiighETlk1rXMAFE__4h4jhGn26GubMyE/preview

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When I have to be absent, I share a single Google doc (as "can edit") with the class. I'll divide it into parts by inserting a table. It's a great way to see what everyone is doing at the same time.

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When I have to be absent, I share a single Google doc (as "can edit") with the class. I'll divide it into parts by inserting a table. It's a great way to see what everyone is doing at the same time.

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http://creativeedtech.weebly.com/templates.html

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vEjItEeFfj_LHh-tac4kAd5rgusl21tku9qakbm_huM/edit#slide=id.g4674586882_0_1

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Ryan's morning announcements at Rocklin High

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Ryan's morning announcements at Rocklin High

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HstLahFanwpobVbkUl3-ysE1FMh_xBFfxq418QbGCNk/edit#slide=id.g1fbc5e7459_0_0

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Beyond the Presentation: Creative & Innovative Uses for Google Slides

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Beyond the Presentation: Creative and Innovative Uses for Google Slides

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10SmxDMsVbMo_6xrUo1Vn-RPJCrUuV7iFajWK5d5MvgI/edit?usp=sharing

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2017 Fall CUE - Stop Motion Presentation

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create with chrome

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Eric Curts

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EduProtocols are instructional templates that are designed to engage students in learning through critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity, in any subject or grade level. In this session you will see how engaging these can be for students by trying out several hands-on activities such as Sketch and Tell, Iron Chef, Tier List, Thin Slides, and more.

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I have always been a giant fan of stop motion animation. As a child I grew up on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "The Year Without a Santa Claus". In more recent years I have enjoyed "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Fantastic Mr. Fox", and "Kubo and the Two Strings".

As much as I enjoy watching stop motion movies, it can also be fun to create your own. With technology there are many programs and apps to make the process much easier, so that anyone can make a stop motion animation.

One easy tool to use for this is Google Slides. Many times we think of Slides as just a program for creating multimedia presentations. However, with just a few tricks you and your students can actually use Google Slides to make stop motion movies.

This can be a creative and fun way to:

Tell a new story

Retell a story read in class

Reenact a historical event

Demonstrate a scientific concept

Explain how to solve a math problem

Define a vocabulary term

And much more

See below for examples of stop motion animations with Google Slides, as well as detailed directions on how to make your own.

Session Resources
Stop Motion Examples

For this blog post, I created two examples of animation with Google Slides. One uses the more traditional approach of combining photographs, while the other uses shapes and text.

Example #1 - Vocabulary Term: "Identical"

For my first example I used stop motion to define a vocabulary term, in this case the word "identical". To do this I used Lego's to act out a scene (my own "Lego Movie"!). You can view the final product by clicking below:

Example #2 - Area of an Irregular Shape

For my second example I animated shapes and text and teach how to calculate the area of an irregular shape. No traditional photographs were used for this example. To see the animation, click the link below:

Below are the basic steps for creating your own Google Slides stop motion animation. We will look at most of the steps in more detail further down in the blog post.

1. Create your Google Slideshow as normal.

2. As needed, insert images by taking a snapshot with your webcam.

3. As needed, insert shapes, text, and other items.

4. To save time, make copies of slides and make small changes to the items on the slide to simulate movement.

5. To make certain slides last longer, make multiple copies of the slide.

6. When done, use "Publish to the web" option to get playable link for your slideshow.

7. Adjust the "Publish to the web" link to shorten the time between the slides to make them appear animated.

8. Share the link with others to view!

If you are not familiar with the basics of using Google Slides, you can learn more with the help guide below:

Inserting Images

If you want to go with the traditional approach for stop motion animation, you will want to insert photos into your slideshow. Certainly these images can be taken with digital cameras, phones or such, but you can save a lot of time by simply using a webcam built into or connected to your laptop, Chromebook, or computer. Google Slides has a handy option that lets you insert images directly from your webcam.

Click "Insert" in the top menu bar.

Choose "Image" from the drop-down menu.

Then choose "Camera".

Click the camera button when ready, and then click "Insert" to insert the photo into the current slide.

As needed, you can resize the photo to fill the slide.

In between photos, you will now want to make small changes to your scene. This could include moving your lego characters, clay models, action figures, or such. If needed, you can also move your webcam to zoom in, zoom out, or move around the scene.

Keep repeating this process to make all the slides you need to make your movie.

For my lego movie I used the Ipevo Point 2 View camera. It is a very affordable USB camera than can be connected to laptops, Chromebooks, and computers, and is easy to adjust the height and angle. Of course you can just use a built-in webcam as well, but an external camera can make movement a bit easier.

Inserting Other Items

Instead of using photos, you can also create stop motion animations by simply inserting and moving clipart, shapes, text boxes, and such. Or you can combine these items with your photos by inserting them on top of your pictures.

Insert items by clicking the "Insert" menu then choosing "Shape", "Textbox", "Line", "Wordart", or such.

When done, make a copy of the slide by clicking "Slide" then "Duplicate slide".

Now click on the items you inserted and make small changes to them to make it look like they have moved between slides.

This could include moving the item, rotating the items, or resizing the item to make it bigger or smaller.

Tech Tip: To move items you can simply drag and drop, but if you want more precise control use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move in small steps, or hold down the " Shift" keys while pressing the arrow keys to move one pixel at a time.

Tech Tip: You can rotate items by dragging the circle that sticks out from the top of the item, but if you want more precise control you can press " Alt" and the arrows keys to rotate 15 degrees at a time, or " Shift" and " Alt" and the arrow keys to move 1 degree at a time.

Keep repeating this process to make all the slides you need for your animation.

Making Slides Last Longer

When your slideshow runs, each slide will last the same amount of time. However, sometimes you may want your movie to linger on a certain scene for a longer time. Although you can't make a specific slide last longer, you can make it look like it does. The way to do this is to make multiple copies of the slide, without making any changes to it, so it looks like the scene is lasting longer.

Select the slide you want to last longer.

Make a copy of the slide by clicking "Slide" and "Duplicate slide" or copy and paste the slide.

Repeat this multiple times to make 5 or 10 copies of the slide (for example).

Later when the slideshow runs, it will look like the movie has paused on this slide for longer.
When you are done creating your stop motion animation, you now need to get a special link for people to view it. Instead of simply sharing your slideshow, you will want to use the " Publish to the Web" option. This will allow the slideshow to open full screen and start automatically.

Click "File" in the top menu bar.

Choose "Publish to the web" from the drop-down menu.

This will open the "Publish to the web" window.

Check the box for "Start slideshow as soon as the player loads".

Also check the box for "Restart the slideshow after the last slide".

Now click the "Publish" button and click "OK".

Finally copy the link provided for the published slideshow.

Speed up the Slideshow

By default the "Publish to the web" link will open the slideshow fullscreen and start it playing with each slide advancing every 3 seconds. That sounds quick, but it is way too long to give the illusion of animation. To make the stop motion animation look like it is moving quickly, you need to edit the link to reduce the delay between each slide.

When you look at the "Publish to the web" link, you will see the following at the very end:

This tells the slideshow how many milliseconds to wait in between each slides. There are 1,000 milliseconds in 1 second, so the default of 3,000 means there is a 3 second delay before moving to the next slide.

You can speed up the slideshow by making this number smaller. For example, if you change the value to 250 that would be 250 milliseconds, or one-fourth of a second. This would mean there would be four slides displayed per second, which would be much faster and give the illusion of animation.

You will need to experiment with different values to find the best speed for your slideshow to produced the desired effect.

Now that you have edited the "Publish to the web" link to make your slideshow move much faster, you are ready to share that link with others. Anyone who clicks the link will be able to view your stop motion animation movie.

You can share the link in many ways:

Put the link on your website

Post it on social media

Email the link to others

Put the link inside a Google Document

Make a QR Code or shortened URL

If you want to go one step more, another option is to make a video out of your final stop motion animation using a screen capture tool such as Screencastify. See my earlier blog post for ideas on how to do that here:

Conclusion

We are always looking for creative ways for students to share their ideas and express their understanding. Stop motion animation can be one more fun option for a student learning product. With Google Slides it can be an easy process for students who enjoy telling a story one frame at a time!

If you have any examples of student-created or teacher-created animations with Google Slides, feel free to share in the comments below.

Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1

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Stop Motion Animation with Google Slides

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I have always been a giant fan of stop motion animation. As a child I grew up on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "The Year Without a Santa Claus". In more recent years I have enjoyed "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Fantastic Mr. Fox", and "Kubo and the Two Strings".

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Yearbooks are more than photographs. They remind us that we have survived. These memory books stay with our families for generations. The problem is that many families cannot afford to purchase one. This project confronts that challenge.

What started as a simple project that allowed students to collaboratively create an inexpensive yearbook has turned into a bilingual Google Innovator Project.

Since December 2016, I have created easy-to-use directions and templates. The next step is to gather student-created templates and add them to this website.

My dream is to create what does not yet exist. Whether it is a graphic design add-on in Slides or a change in Google Photos share permissions that protect student privacy.

Why make this project bilingual? Because many of my students are bilingual. Furthermore, this project will help even more people.

The soft-bound yearbooks are printed at our district office and sold for $10 pre-sale and then $15. We expect the prices to rise next year because we are adding articles to the yearbook, which will increase its size.

As of the last day of school, a total of 235 yearbooks were sold in 2018. Our school has 630 students.

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Yearbooks are more than photographs. They remind us that we have survived. These memory books stay with our families for generations. The problem is that many families cannot afford to purchase one. This project confronts that challenge. What started as a simple project that allowed students to collaboratively create an inexpensive yearbook has turned into a bilingual Google Innovator Project .

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Orange Slice - Extension
Google Forms Quizzes
Flubaroo for Google Forms
Superquiz - Flubaroo on steroids

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Clipboard History 2 - extension for giving student feedback in essays

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Not a Google tool, but excellent for creating animated presentations. The base looks like PowerPoint or Slides, so if students already have some familiarity with those, the learning curve isn't too steep.

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Powtoon | Create Awesome Videos Yourself

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Powtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations that your clients, colleagues, and friends will love! No design or tech skills are necessary - it's free, easy, and awesome!

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Google slides

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DonorsChoose match offer (free money)
5-12 skills taught by Google Educators
If-Then interactive stories via Google Slides

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Teach & Learn Practical Digital Skills - Applied Digital Skills

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Thousands of teachers and students are using Applied Digital Skills to improve digital literacy, and we’re adding new lessons regularly. Join us and start learning or teaching digital skills today.

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donorschoose free money
Coding, creating
Student-led learning

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Teach Computer Science & Coding to Kids - CS First

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Teach computer programming and coding to your kids with the free CS First curriculum. Students can create fun, interactive projects. Sign up and get started today!

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Share- Valentine's Day #HyperDoc Game Board

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assign templates through Google classroom so assignments are automatically shared with you

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As an alternative to a Google slide presentation you can use Google Sites

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Also non-Google

Sketchpad -- drawing app, free, no registration
https://sketch.io/sketchpad/

Inkscape - robust, open source app -- substitute for Adobe Illustrator. Made for PC, but will work on Macs if you run it throuch xQuartz. Does not work on Chromebooks. :-(
https://inkscape.org/

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Google Sheets conditional formatting
Email nedward@natomasunified.org for template copy

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Resources And Strategies For Creativity In Education

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Research presentation tool
Social Studies lesson tool

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Google Forms

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I recommend adding this Google extension

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I recommend adding this Google extension