Choose your Own Adventure with Google Slides

Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Slides

You (or your students) can use google slides to create presentations that are non-linear by using the "link to slide in this presentation" feature. One fun thing this allows you to do is to create 'Choose your own adventure' style stories where students can see alternate endings and consequences for their choices. Here is an example that I made about Prince Bryant.... (play multiple times to see the different outcomes).

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13IObePugxzk91suvAokFxbGpewpx1XTe2beppfDyZXw/edit?usp=sharing

(*note: Embedding does not work well when you create non-linear presentations as the slides will automatically advance when embedded. This is why I shared the link)

I could see this in a variety of applications:

- In an elementary classroom or in any ELA classroom a teacher could create a presentation based on a book that was read in class. The teacher could choose a pivotal time in the book and create some alternative choices for the character to choose with different outcomes. Students could explore the different choices and make predictions prior to clicking. This could be done on the SMARTboard as a class or individually using a different device.

- In a social studies class, students could create presentations that would show the possible outcomes had historical events gone different. What if the US didn't use atomic bombs in WWII? What is Columbus had landed in South America first or Antarctica? These could be created in ways that allow students to role play as major decision makers of the past.

- Science classes could put students in the role of a doctor and have them make decisions based on given data. 

- Math classes could use this type of presentation to walk through solving a complex equation, where students have to decide what to do next. They can see what would happen should they make the wrong decision and easily go back to the previous step.

- In any class, you could make a jeopardy game that uses this same idea (templates are out there, don't re-invent the wheel).

How do you create a non-linear presentation?

All you need to do is use the INSERT>LINK option when highlighting an image or set of words (whatever the reader will click on to make the choice). Then you should select Link to slide in Presentation and choose the proper slide you want that link to go to. You need to create a slide for each choice you give. You can create links that take you back to the previous slide or back to the beginning as well if you wish. 

Hope your new year is off to a fantastic start and thanks for reading!

Hey....Tech this out!

Name: Doodle

Type: site

Subject: any

Grade: any

What it does: Makes scheduling a meeting with multiple people much easier. The creator selects multiple days and times that the meeting could potentially take place. Then the options are sent to the other meeting participants in the form of a poll. The participants select which slots work for them, and the creator then sets the meeting based on the feedback. 

My Take: This can save a lot of time by eliminating the back and forth emailing to set a meeting. The more people you need to attend a meeting, the more something like this can help you. I could see teachers using this when setting up an IEP or parent meeting. I'd be curious to see how this works for a teacher who schedules all their Parent-Teacher conferences.

Link: www.doodle.com