Building Self-Paced Student Learning with Google Slides

Overview

With the quick shift to remote learning, the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD recognized a need for supporting teachers to help students work independently at home. One structure that was used to support students’ independent learning was self-paced lessons using Google Slides.

Approach

Applicable to any content area or grade level, the Personalized Learning Department provided teachers with a common structure to use in order to support self-paced learning in remote environments. Teachers were supported in the creation of self-paced lessons with the following:

• Definition for self-paced, asynchronous learning with examples

• Google Slides tutorial on how to create a slide deck

• Instructions on how to embed templates to help with the ease of creating multiple lessons

• Task cards for assignments

• Tools to embed audio and video for directions, content, feedback, or background music

• Weekly interactive agendas to share with students and families

• Guides on how to upload slides to Google Classroom and assign work to students