Google Presentations For Student "Life Choices" Choose Your Own Adventure

This was truly a collaborative effort between staff members in our district.

Last April, Mrs. Hocking asked me how to digitize a "choose your adventure" experience with sixth graders. After it was a great success, I blogged about it.  Some time later, Ms. Barszcz inquired to me about resources for a "life choices" experience that our middle school physical education/health teachers wanted our students to experience.  I immediately thought of the "choose your own adventure" experience with Google Presentations.

It has taken a great deal of planning by Ms. Barszcz, but the final products are outstanding!
*Material may be sensitive, but is in our health curriculum.

Information Provided To Students

Presentation Link


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**If you are a tech coach and haven't started making your teachers rock stars by blogging or video taping them integrating technology, consider promoting them so as to move your entire staff forward!

Google Presentation Choose Your Adventure Student Creation

As stated previously on this blog, Google Presentations are a great tool for students to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure".  Below is an example...

Google Presentation For Choose Your Own Adventure

After discussion with Mrs. Hocking, a sixth grade teacher, we decided that Google Presentation would be the best tool for students to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure".

Best because...

• We are a Google Apps For Education School
• No age minimum
• Students know their log in and password
• Students are familiar with Google Docs/Presentation tools
• Collaboration Options
• Sharing Options

Most important feature "Create Links For Choose Your Own Adventures"...In 20 Seconds

See complete details of how a "Choose Your Own Adventure" can be created.

Flow Chart & Student Expectations

Mrs. Hocking explains why Google Presentation is easy to work with...

View the "Choose Your Own Adventure" Example Presentation

On iPad?  GET PRESENTATION

Consider using this technique during your next staff development option.  I used this with teachers in August of 2012.  
Read written directions!

@edtechlori shared her resources for a "Choose Your Own Adventure"  Fantastic!

Professional Development - Choose Your Own Adventure

See how I carried out this concept.  Slide 98 starts the choose your own adventure.



Overall, I really liked:

• Teacher initiative to move forward on their own using the tutorials that I set up prior to the PD session
• The ability to learn from the participants items that they discovered on their own
• The opportunity to help those participants who needed more help
• The fact that participants did not need to wait for another participant who may slightly fall behind during the creation steps

I will continue to develop this concept when it comes to professional development sessions.