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Changing the Game With Games in Google Slides

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Colorado Convention Center, 601

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Presenters

Emily Thomas

Technology Integration Analyst & Trainer

Northeast Metro Intermediate School Dist
@ektedtech
@ektedtech

Emily is a Technology Integrator and Trainer for Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916, a former middle school German Teacher, and a Google Certified Trainer & Coach and ISTE Certified Educator. Throughout her time at 916, she has worked with staff and students to grow their instructional technology skills and meets everyone where they are at. Emily has presented at a variety of local, regional, national, and international conferences, both in-person and virtually. She uses her professional experiences, passion for technology, and drive to innovate student learning to inform and plan her training sessions.

Session description

Google Slides can, of course, make presentations. It can also be used to make interactive educational games, classic board games, game shows, virtual escape rooms and so much more! This session will give you the beginnings of your first game for the new school year!

Purpose & objective

Purpose:
This session will give participants the tools and skills to create games in Google Slides including classic quiz games, board games, Memory, and modern games like CodeNames and virtual escape rooms. This includes linking between slides, adding shapes/making transparent shapes, importing slide templates, editing slide background image, and adding images and gifs. It will also discuss where to find free slide game templates to modify. Participants will walk away with the beginnings of their first game for their classroom/PD!

Objectives:
1. The participant will be able to add shapes and make them transparent, insert images and gifs, import slide templates, editing slide background, and link between slides in Google Slides
2. The participant will be able to find and modify to use game templates from free internet resources such as slidesmania.com
3. The participant will be able to create their own game they can use with their learners.
4. The participant will be able to create a virtual escape room.

Evidence of Success:
-Creating a game in Google Slides in the session
-Evaluation of session
-Participant participation
-Participants will be able to use Google Slides to create engaging games for their learners

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Outline

The session will be themed as an escape room, and learning each skill will move participants one step closer to escaping the ISTE room. During the presentation, the presenter will use live demonstrations, participant activities, peer-to-peer interactions, and a few bad jokes to keep the presentation engaging. Participants will earn a sticker badge after "breaking out" of the session.

60-min
Introduction to presenter, session goals, and success tips - 3 min
Slide Game Examples (Game show, editable templates, Matching, CodeNames, Virtual Escape Rooms) - 15-20 min
Where to find awesome Slide game templates - 5 min
Google Slides Skills (Shapes, Linking, Importing and Modifying Templates, Inserting Images/Gifs, Background) - 20 min
Building your own game - 10-15 min
Final wrap-up - 2min

**If selected for a 90 min Creation Lab or another session type, the bulk of the difference will be in the amount of time for participant creation.

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Supporting research

Gen Z in the Classroom: Creating the Future by Adobe Research

Get Hired: The Importance of Creative and Soft Skills by Adobe Research

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/4/

The unrealized potential of learning through play in schools: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C0BKwJSxqAjoODQ2QyD9Gu67UgcN-ZJ9

Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871187109000704

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Dr. Suess (Fun is Good)

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Session specifications

Topic:

Games for learning & gamification

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Intermediate

Audience:

Coaches, Professional developers, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: PC, Chromebook, Mac

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Google Workspace either free or EDU account.

ISTE Standards:

For Coaches:
Learning Designer

Collaborate with educators to design accessible and active digital learning environments that accommodate learner variability.

For Educators:
Designer

Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

Facilitator

Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

Changing the Game With Games in Google Slides

, Colorado Convention Center, 601

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