Digital Data Displays

Displaying Data

iLearn Elementary

Math Session 5 of 8

Focusing Questions

• How can the participants create a slide in a group and then import it into a shared Google Docs presentation?

Instruction

Framing The Session

In this lesson we will be creating slides as a group, then importing them into a shared Google Docs presentation. This is something that can be useful by teachers or students. It allows for easy collaboration between participants when working on the same project.

Teaching

You can find the following websites useful:

•Google Docs Presentation

•Google Docs

Guided Practice

Now it is your turn to try and create a slide using Google Docs presentation. You will successfully create a slide in Google Docs presentation. By the end of the practice the you should be able to successfully complete a slide on your own and import it into a shared Google Docs presentation.

Step #1•Go to the Google Docs homepage and sign in.

Step #2

Click the new menu in the upper left hand corner and select presentation from the dropdown menu.

Step #3A new presentation will open and you will see a blank slide, with the words title, and subtitle.

Step #4 & Step #5#4- Click to add your title, and then type the title of your session.

#5- Click to add your subtitle, and then type the subtitle of your session

Step #6Go into your Google Docs spreadsheet where you created your graph. Once you see the graph click on it once. You should then see a drop down menu in the upper left hand corner. Select save image.

Step #7A dialog box should appear on your screen. Choose the save option.

Step #7- ContinuedYou should name your file so it will be easy to locate later on. For example “my graph” or “my chart”. You should also save your graph to the desktop so it will be easy to access.

Step #8

Go back to your Google Docs presentation and click on insert image.

Step #8- Continued

Next, browse for your chart and click ok. Your chart will then

Be inserted into your slide.

Step #9When you are completed with your slide click save and close so your changes to the document will be saved.

Work Time

Getting Started

Take the next 20 minutes to try and create, then insert a slide of your own into a Google Docs presentation. I will be walking around to monitor the progress of each group, and then we will come back together and share.

Work Time

During the work time participants will work collaboratively with their group members to incorporate the following into their slides:

•Title

•Subtitle

•Graph

Share

Today we learned how to share data by creating a shared Google Docs presentation. We will now look at the entire presentation as a whole to see what each group has created.

Share

1. What did you find easy about creating a slide and inserting it into a shared presentation?

2. What did you find hard about creating a slide and inserting it into a shared presentation?

3. Would you use this in your classroom? or for yourself? Why or why not?

Share

How does this work address the questions that began the session?

Answers

“How can the participants create a slide in a group and then import it into a shared Google Docs presentation?”

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