Google Slides Game Templates

What are Google Slides Game Templates?

• Google Slides designed as a game, so that the teacher inputs their own content questions and then shares the games with students

• These templates are designed to be engaging for students, so each has a theme depending on the passion of your students: Harry Potter, Candyland and Roman History!

• The technical work has been done for you; teachers just add questions and share!

Why Use Google Slides to Create Video Games?

• Students are more likely to remember material if they are engaged with practice

• Students work independently and review content at their own pace

• Google Slides allows fun, creative, and engaging slides for the students to play the game through

• Teachers can easily print out a worksheet or have students turned in lined paper showing their work for each question

• With remote learning in recent memory, Google Slides Video Games are a great tool to have in your toolbelt: I use mine not only for remote learning, but also for early finishers in the classroom.

See how Google Slides Game Templates work by watching the videos above.

The SAMR model is an easy way to measure the extent you are integrating technology into classroom lessons.

I discuss the SAMR model in another recent blog post, but here is a summary of how video games engage technology in the classroom in a meaningful way.

• SUBSTITUTION: applying worksheet questions in a tech format

• AUGMENTATION: increasing the efficacy of an assignment through technology

• MODIFICATION: technology allows an assignment to be modified in a meaningful way

• REDEFINITION: a student’s ability is redefined through the use of technology

Video games augment a student’s assignment experience because they:

• Allow students to move at their own pace

• Redirect students to try again if they get a question wrong the first time (traditional worksheets cannot do this)

• Engage students in an immersive experience while they are answering review questions

How to Create Your Own Google Slides Game Templates

• Brainstorm an experience you want the students to have and a theme for your game

• In Powerpoint, create backgrounds for the questions, as well as “next question” and “try again” pages

• Save as PDF and upload each slide as a Google Slides background image

Gamifying your Google Slides Game Template

• Once your game slides are in a Google Slide deck, you are ready to gamify!

• Add questions and answers to each question slide

• On the incorrect answers, create empty objects that hyperlink to the “oops, try again'“ slide

• On the correct answers, create empty objects that hyperlink to the next question

See the videos and pictures throughout this post to see examples of Google Slides Game Templates

Each Google Slides Video Game Template takes me about 8 hours to create. Check out pre-made Google Slides Video Game Templates here!