Getting Started with Google Slides

An engaging, step-by-step introduction to Google Slides. Students explore slide creation, themes, images, and text while sharing a personal presentation about themselves. Perfect for early digital learners taking their first steps with presentation tools.

• Develop foundational Google Slides skills.
• Build confidence using digital technology.
• Practice typing, organizing ideas, and presenting information.
• Strengthen communication and creativity through a digital presentation project.

• Student Chromebooks or laptops
• Google accounts with Slides access
• Projector or interactive display
• Student checklist (printable)
• Sample teacher slideshow
• Optional: kid-friendly image bank

1. 1Warm-up: Ask students what presentations they've seen and why people use them.
2. 2Model opening Google Slides and creating a new presentation from the projector.
3. 3Demonstrate adding a title slide, choosing a theme, inserting a picture, and typing text.
4. 4Walk students through creating 3–4 slides using the class prompt.
5. 5Circulate and support, celebrating student choices and creativity.
6. 6Wrap up with partner sharing and a class reflection.

Students will learn how to:

• Open Google Slides
• Create a new presentation
• Add a title slide with their name
• Choose a theme or background
• Insert a picture
• Add text to multiple slides
• Create 3–4 slides about themselves
• Present their slideshow to a partner or the class

• Model each step live before releasing students to work.
• Pair students strategically to encourage peer support.
• Celebrate creativity — there's no single 'right' slide.
• Save a 'help' slide with common shortcuts on the projector.
• Use a visible checklist so students track their progress.

Invite students to add a "Goals" slide describing something new they'd like to learn this year. Advanced learners can experiment with transitions, speaker notes, or inserting shapes to decorate their slides.