January TELP, Google Slides and Gif yourself

Here is the link to the January TELP newsletter. Want to receive this as an email every month? Just drop me a line at Melissa.Dent@lkdsb.net

I began to start studying for the Google Certification Course this week. It has exposed me to some of the awesome things you can do in Google. This week I thought I would focus on slides. There are many amazing things you can do in slides. Here are just a few that I have borrowed from Kasey Bell and Eric Curtis.

You can build ebooks
http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/how-to-create-an-ebook-with-google-slides/

Do interactive poetry
http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/winter-magnetic-poetry-with-google-slides/

Do a collaborative writing/art prompt
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/12/build-snowman.html

You can even build a stop motion
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/04/stop-motion-slides.html


Looking for a new template? Check out all of the free ones available at Slides Carnival

Want to present from a remote control?
Add the Chrome Extension Remote

• Open a presentation in Google Slides
• On the top right, click the "Present with Remote" button.

• Wait until the presentation is fully loaded
• Click on the "Show ID & Start Remote" button to view the 6 digit code.
• Open s.limhenry.xyz on another device and enter the code on the page.
• You are ready to go.

Want to have a video in a slide deck start and end at a specific time?

• Right click the VEid

• Choose VIDEO OPTIONS

• In the sidebar, enter the START and END time you want

Note: clicking the auto-play checkbox will automatically start the video. You can also mute the video so the audio will not play.

Here is a fun trick for those of you who enjoy gifs.

Go to https://andtheniwaslike.co/gifs/new

Here you can create your own gifs to amuse yourself and your students.