Something that I learned about using the tool that I used was how to format and enhance the visual aspect of my presentation. I was able to use Google and other Google products, to enhance my overall slide. I used multiple Google sources such as slide circles, fonts add-on, and giphy.com to create my presentation. While it was time-consuming, it is definitely something I can see myself using in the future, to capture my students attending and enhance engagement overall. The one limitation that there was with this too, is that you must have a Google account. However, it is free so once I created my account, I was able to utilize the free resources. Another limitation is that some of the Google products only allow you to use Google-friendly websites so you’re not able to sync other apps on there however, the Google items have quite a lot of options so it’s definitely doable. While creating the slides, I kept in mind to have a clear, beginning, middle, and ending and to allow moments to work both independently and collaboratively. As I am thinking that this is something I can use with my students.
The overall goal is to have students identify a mindset or mindsets that they intend to use in order to be successful with the class work whether that is collaboratively or independently. Keeping this in mind, I wanted to provide students with the time to access the content, and also have the opportunity to discuss and agree on the content. I added an exit ticket, to allow me to know whether students were able to understand the activity, or if they needed further guidance.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jc2CkM7n7IxTbYLys9Lv1gTQKyhq68VYGTNSk3RspOY/edit?usp=sharing
