Google's Applied Digital Skills

Lead a discussion about technology in our everyday lives. Have students pair off and discuss what life was like before the computer. On a whiteboard share ideas. Or post on Padlet, on a shared Google Slides, for Flipgrid the ideas discussed.

Today getting a job requires digital skills. Not just for jobs but for shopping, and school. Google has created a website of lessons organized around themes. Some are collections like Back to School or Google Workspace Training but they also include Digital Creativity and Online Communiciation. Through videos Google walks students though assignments that teach the digital skills needed to use the technology as they work on assignments.

Go to the website. Demonstrate the site. Students turn to each other and discuss ways to use this site. Students pairs suggest possible lessons that would be interesting/needed by the class.

Make a list on the shared Google slides for future assignments.

(for students to track their progress through the course and be able to submit their work they will need to create accounts, for teachers to view the submitted work they will need to create an account.)

As pairs or small groups, students go to the website. Have students who have successfully gotten onto the website assist other students.

Students explore the lesson choices by going to Browse Lessons at the top. After Collection ideas Lessons can be sorted on the right by Most Popular, Most Recent, Alphabetical. On the left Students can use Filters to gather or limit choices by Audience (includes Adult Learners) Digital Tool (includes Google tools such as Calendar, Drawings, Maps, Search, Slides etc) and Topic (art, business, English and Language Arts, Math, Study Skills etc.) Discuss ways to use the lessons.

Return to the list of technology used in our everyday lives. Are there lessons that match our class needs?

Demonstrate the project (Create a Presentation Introducing Yourself) by showing a slide presentation introducing yourself.

1. Select the lesson, Create a Presentation "all About a Topic."
2. The class/student assignment is to create slide presentations introducing yourselves. As pairs, work together through the slide lessons:
   1. Introduction to Create a Presentation All About a Topic
   2. choose a Theme, Insert Slides, and Add a Title
   3. Add Images and Text
   4. Add Animations and Transitions
   5. Digitally Share and Comment
   6. Create a Presentation All About a Topic
   7. Quiz (optional)
3. As student teams go through the lessons, discuss any questions.

1. Students create an introduction slide set. (steps 2-4)
2. Share the slides with their partner/group. Make suggestions/comments. (step 5)
3. Students  work to create presentations introducing themselves. (step 6) 

Students share presentations introducing themselves with the class. Discuss and make comments on each presentation. What digital skills were displayed in each presentation?

Using a Google Form, list student name and suggestions for the students' presentations .

After examining this site, what are some more lessons we can use in our class to learn more digital skills?

Look at the list of digital skills used/needed in our lives. Are there lessons that assist us in accomplishing these life tasks?

Make a class list of lessons to schedule for the future.

As a final reflection, each student write a paragraph discussing which Applied Digital Skills Lesson they want to go through and why.