Image 6: Insert Link icon in the toolbar
icon on your toolbar (See Image 5) and select Transparent . This will eliminate the default color of the shape so that the image on your diagram remains visible. 4. Choice Boards : Choice Boards allow students to guide their learning by selecting which activity they are going to do. In Google Slides, you can link an object on your slide to take your student to a specific website or link to another slide in your slide- show. The skill of linking is also a great way to organize materials so students can access their assignments all in one place. There are many existing organizational templates available through websites like Teachers Pay Teachers and blogs like Hello Teacher Lady. How to Link an Object : Objects that you can link include shapes, text boxes, icons, or images. Any item that is selectable in your slide can be linked. You can add a link to an object in Slides by going to Insert -> Link or selecting the Link icon on your toolbar (See Image 6). Then paste the web link or search that you want to direct your student to and click Apply . Links in your slide can be accessed in both edit and preview modes. 5. Drag & Drop Activities: Drag and drop activities are a great way to take your manipulatives virtual. You can insert images for counting, sorting, and matching activities. In edit mode, your students can then move the images around the Google Slides to show their work. Slidesmania.com has a large collection of educa- tional Google Slides templates including an entire section of FREE Google Slide templates specifically for drag and drop activities us- ing manipulatives. LIFE SKILLS 6. Task Sequences : Using video and or photos is a great way to support student memory, organization, and understanding when completing tasks. Within Google Slides it is so easy to in- sert a video from YouTube.com, by pasting the URL from your favorite website, or your Google Drive. Task sequences can be used to support novel vocational tasks, activities of daily living, social scripts and so much more! How to Add Video: Videos can be added to slides by going to Insert -> Video (See Image 7). Once your video is selected, it will appear in your slideshow. You can also manipulate and resize your video on your slide. One of the best parts of adding YouTube videos to your slides is that you no longer have to wait for the ads to finish to view your video.
Image 7: Insert YouTube videos by copying and pasting the URL
7. Chunked Video Directions: The skill of trimming videos in your slides is so quick and easy it makes Googles Slides the ideal platform for video modeling tasks. Video modeling is an effective tool and there is evidence to support video modeling for teaching a targeted behavior or skill. By chunking the video onto multiple slides, you can break down the task into smaller, more manageable steps. Ava is a student who was learning how to safely use the micro- wave as one of her learning objectives during remote extended year services. A Google Slideshow was created by duplicating one slide with a YouTube video of how to make Kraft Easy Mac (See Image 8), then trimming each video into the corresponding steps listed on the packaging. When Ava returned to school in the fall, she was able to access the slideshow on her cell phone to access the video directions. How to Trim a Video in Slides: Trim your video by first selecting the video you added to your slide and clicking on the Format Options in the toolbar. A sidebar menu will appear to give you some playback options for your vid- eo. In the sidebar menu, you can preview the video and use the Image 8: A transparent shape was added over the package directions and linked to the trimmed YouTube video
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