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Instructional Strategies

Instructional Strategies

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Make math relevant to the real world with the measuring tool and other features in MyMaps

Instructional Strategies

Make math relevant to the real world with the measuring tool and other features in MyMaps

MyMaps

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Encourage students to enter the Google Science Fair!

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Encourage students to enter the Google Science Fair!

Google Science Fair!

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Use sensors with Google’s mobile app, Science Journal, to discover the world around you! (Android only)

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Use sensors with Google’s mobile app, Science Journal, to discover the world around you! (Android only)

Science Journal

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Video a class discussion or find a discussion on YouTube or Teaching Channel and have students watch and critique

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Video a class discussion or find a discussion on YouTube or Teaching Channel and have students watch and critique

YouTube
Teaching Channel

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Post objectives in Google Classroom or other Learning Management System for students to refer to before or after class

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Post objectives in Google Classroom or other Learning Management System for students to refer to before or after class

Google Classroom

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Create and share YouTube playlists with students to review before/after class (can send via Google Classroom!)

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Create and share YouTube playlists with students to review before/after class (can send via Google Classroom!)

Google Classroom

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Let students practice their speaking skills with Voki

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Let students practice their speaking skills with Voki

Voki

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Use Voxer to create a virtual student discussion

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Use Voxer to create a virtual student discussion

Voxer

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Use Google Timelapse to push students to think critically about the various formations in our earth

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Use Google Timelapse to push students to think critically about the various formations in our earth

Google Timelapse

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Teach geography the fun way with Mystery Skype!

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Teach geography the fun way with Mystery Skype!

Mystery Skype

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Allow your students to practice their new digital citizenship skills in online spaces like a school blog or website with access to the outside world

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Allow your students to practice their new digital citizenship skills in online spaces like a school blog or website with access to the outside world

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Use Google Drawings, Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool), or Canva to create powerful images

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Use Google Drawings, Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool), or Canva to create powerful images

Google Drawing
Google Slides

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Canva
Use Google Classroom or other Learning Management System to assign differentiated tasks to each group

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Use Google Classroom or other Learning Management System to assign differentiated tasks to each group

Google Classroom

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Explicitly teach students how to power search to find the information they need so they don’t need to plagiarize

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Explicitly teach students how to power search to find the information they need so they don’t need to plagiarize

Power Search

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Connect with another class in Skype in the Classroom

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Connect with another class in Skype in the Classroom

Skype in the Classroom

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Teach students how to safely use social media by modeling with a class Twitter or Instagram account

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Teach students how to safely use social media by modeling with a class Twitter or Instagram account

Twitter
Instagram

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Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) listing directions into steps

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Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) listing directions into steps

Google Slides

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Post directions in Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook and attach a rubric

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Post directions in Google Classroom or OneNote Class Notebook and attach a rubric

Google Classroom
OneNote Class Notebook

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Create podcasts with YouTube or Soundtrap

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Create podcasts with YouTube or Soundtrap

Soundtrap

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Create math art with Desmos to practice graphing

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Create math art with Desmos to practice graphing

Desmos

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Consider using a resource such as an SOS card.

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Consider using a resource such as an SOS card.

SOS card

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Use Newsela to find scaffolded articles for student learning

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Use Newsela to find scaffolded articles for student learning

Newsela

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Give students time to reflect on their learning by creating a screencast using Explain Everything (paid) or Educreations (free).

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Give students time to reflect on their learning by creating a screencast using Explain Everything (paid) or Educreations (free).

Explain Everything
Educreations

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Use Voice Typing and Translate Document feature in Google Docs

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Use Voice Typing and Translate Document feature in Google Docs

Voice Typing
Translate

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CraftyText to type directions onto the screen in real time

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CraftyText to type directions onto the screen in real time

CraftyText

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Use the Google Advanced Search Tools to find information within a specific set of criteria.

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Use the Google Advanced Search Tools to find information within a specific set of criteria.

Google Advanced Search Tools

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Capture and improve performance with Coach’s Eye app (mobile devices).

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Capture and improve performance with Coach’s Eye app (mobile devices).

Coach’s Eye App

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Expect students to use the CRAP test to evaluate information (currency, reliability, authorship, purpose).

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Expect students to use the CRAP test to evaluate information (currency, reliability, authorship, purpose).

CRAP Test

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Use protocols (great resource: National School of Reform) for structured collaboration so that students need to work together at length to figure out problems

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Use protocols (great resource: National School of Reform) for structured collaboration so that students need to work together at length to figure out problems

National School of Reform

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Use Google Trends to compare and analyze trends over time

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Use Google Trends to compare and analyze trends over time

Google Trends

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Demonstrate understanding by designing a book using Book Creator (currently iOS only, coming to Chrome this summer)

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Demonstrate understanding by designing a book using Book Creator (currently iOS only, coming to Chrome this summer)

Book Creator

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Create student discussion on a Google Doc (or other cloud-based word processor) or in Google Classroom, or in Hangouts

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Create student discussion on a Google Doc (or other cloud-based word processor) or in Google Classroom, or in Hangouts

Google Doc
Google Classroom

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Hangouts
Teach advanced power searching skills!

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Teach advanced power searching skills!

Advanced Power Searching Skills

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Build strong digital citizens in your class with Google’s Be Internet Awesome program and the K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum from CommonSense

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Build strong digital citizens in your class with Google’s Be Internet Awesome program and the K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum from CommonSense

Be Internet Awesome
Digital Citizenship Curriculum

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Push student thinking while examining satellite imagery over time using Google’s Timelapse

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Push student thinking while examining satellite imagery over time using Google’s Timelapse

Google’s Timelapse

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Explore different perspectives in Google Newspapers

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Explore different perspectives in Google Newspapers

Google Newspapers

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Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) as visuals to organize your lesson and embed a YouTube video of a timer in each slide to help you keep pace

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Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) as visuals to organize your lesson and embed a YouTube video of a timer in each slide to help you keep pace

Google Slides

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Use YouTube timer or Slides speaker notes timer during talking points

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Use YouTube timer or Slides speaker notes timer during talking points

Slides Speaker Notes

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Utilize social media (class or individual accounts) to connect the curriculum to the real world (ie: students can: tag an author in a tweet linking the blog post the student wrote about the author’s book, email their state representative to share their thinking on certain issues they are studying, write a book review on Goodreads.com, etc.)

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Utilize social media (class or individual accounts) to connect the curriculum to the real world (ie: students can: tag an author in a tweet linking the blog post the student wrote about the author’s book, email their state representative to share their thinking on certain issues they are studying, write a book review on Goodreads.com, etc.)

Twitter
Goodreads

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Try the Google Doc add-on EquatIO to help with inserting equations and graphs into Google Docs and Sheets!

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Try the Google Doc add-on EquatIO to help with inserting equations and graphs into Google Docs and Sheets!

EquatIO

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Use Soundtrap or YouTube to create a class podcast or video blog

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Use Soundtrap or YouTube to create a class podcast or video blog

Soundtrap

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Use BreakoutEDU to build problem solving and critical thinking skills

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Use BreakoutEDU to build problem solving and critical thinking skills

BreakoutEDU

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Have objectives posted via Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) or CraftyText

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Have objectives posted via Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) or CraftyText

Google Slides
CraftyText

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Newsela creates articles that can be presented at multiple lexile levels for differentiation

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Newsela creates articles that can be presented at multiple lexile levels for differentiation

Newsela

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Flip the learning! Digitize your lessons by creating short video screencasts with Explain Everything (paid), Educreations, or Screencastify and have students watch in small groups or at home to save time during class

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Flip the learning! Digitize your lessons by creating short video screencasts with Explain Everything (paid), Educreations, or Screencastify and have students watch in small groups or at home to save time during class

Explain Everything
Educreations

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Screencastify
Use Google Sites or SeeSaw to create digital portfolios to show student growth

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Use Google Sites or SeeSaw to create digital portfolios to show student growth

Google Sites
SeeSaw

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Give students their own blog with Blogger and the ability to receive comments from outside the classroom

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Give students their own blog with Blogger and the ability to receive comments from outside the classroom

Blogger

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Create Slack channels for curated student discussion

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Create Slack channels for curated student discussion

Slack

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Use geteach.com to build side by side maps with multiple layers

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Use geteach.com to build side by side maps with multiple layers

geteach.com

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Use Powtoon to create a video with directions for students using one of the templates

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Use Powtoon to create a video with directions for students using one of the templates

Powtoon

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Make student thinking visible by creating a screencast with Explain Everything ( paid) or Educreations (free)

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Make student thinking visible by creating a screencast with Explain Everything ( paid) or Educreations (free)

Explain Everything
Educreations

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Create web-based, collaborative videos with YouTube Editor or WeVideo

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Create web-based, collaborative videos with YouTube Editor or WeVideo

YouTube Editor
WeVideo

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Teach students the C.A.R.P. design principles.

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Teach students the C.A.R.P. design principles.

C.A.R.P. Design Principles

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Give students time to respond in a Learning Management System like Google Classroom, Edmodo, or Schoology or in a Google Form before having a discussion

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Give students time to respond in a Learning Management System like Google Classroom, Edmodo, or Schoology or in a Google Form before having a discussion

Google Classroom
Edmodo

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Schoology
Use timers and track work progress in Google Sheets using charts to document progress

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Use timers and track work progress in Google Sheets using charts to document progress

Google Sheets

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Ask students to sketchnote their ideas or a lesson to build synthesis of information

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Ask students to sketchnote their ideas or a lesson to build synthesis of information

Sketchnote

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Have students create their own map with text, images and videos in MyMaps.

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Have students create their own map with text, images and videos in MyMaps.

MyMaps

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Empathize with characters by going on a Google Lit Trip! Students can also create their own using Tour Builder

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Empathize with characters by going on a Google Lit Trip! Students can also create their own using Tour Builder

Google Lit Trip
Tour Builder

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Use Google Trends to investigate search trends by region

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Use Google Trends to investigate search trends by region

Google Trends

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Use Google Forms to track data before and after an activity

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Use Google Forms to track data before and after an activity

Google Forms

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Use QR codes on student work in the hallway to see more information about their project

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Use QR codes on student work in the hallway to see more information about their project

QR Codes

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Use Cast for Education to project directions for whole group while teaching small group

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Use Cast for Education to project directions for whole group while teaching small group

Cast for Education

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Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) to have students create step by step directions for games and sports

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Use Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool) to have students create step by step directions for games and sports

Google Slides

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Start your day off with A Google a Day or Google Feud to build perseverance and solid search skills

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Start your day off with A Google a Day or Google Feud to build perseverance and solid search skills

A Google a Day
Google Feud

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Use Google Forms with short videos and questions to learn at student pace

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Use Google Forms with short videos and questions to learn at student pace

Google Forms

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Have students respond orally in the foreign language to a prompt using Flipgrid

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Have students respond orally in the foreign language to a prompt using Flipgrid

Flipgrid

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Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from Google’s Be Internet Awesome

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Teach students the importance of Creative Commons. Great resources from Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Creative Commons
Be Internet Awesome

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Expose your students to some of the finest works of art with Google Cultural Institute

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Expose your students to some of the finest works of art with Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute

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Invite an expert from the field into your classroom Find someone in Skype in the Classroom or Nepris

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Invite an expert from the field into your classroom Find someone in Skype in the Classroom or Nepris

Skype in the Classroom
Nepris

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Model and teach quality presentation techniques with little text on slides and large, meaningful images.

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Model and teach quality presentation techniques with little text on slides and large, meaningful images.

Quality Presentation Techniques

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Ask students to respond using visuals with Google Drawings, Canva, PicMonkey, or Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool)

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Ask students to respond using visuals with Google Drawings, Canva, PicMonkey, or Google Slides (or other cloud-based presentation tool)

Google Drawing
Canva

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PicMonkey

This Strategy Menu was adapted for use in the UK from the original DLP Strategy Menu built by Dynamic Learning Project / EdTechTeam.