From Capture to Captivating
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TURN STUDENT IDEAS
INTO Google SLIDES & VIDs
Start with something your students care about—not a blank presentation.
From Capture to Captivating is a free classroom storytelling kit that helps students capture an idea, shape a three-slide explanation, and share it through a presentation or optional video.
- Capture an idea: Help students choose a focused topic using the Student Story Planner and Google Keep prompts.
- Shape a visual story: Use the editable three-slide starter and completed gardening example in Google Slides or Canva.
- Share with purpose: Prepare a live presentation or extend the project into Google Vids when available.
One Idea. Three Stages. A Kit to Get You Started.
You don’t need three disconnected app lessons. This kit gives you one connected project, with a teacher guide, student planner, editable slides, and a completed example. Students build on the same idea from start to finish.
Capture an Idea
Use inventory prompts and the Student Story Planner to help students choose a topic, identify their audience, and decide what they want others to understand.
Shape Three Slides
Give students a clear starting point: introduce the topic, explain it visually, and share their connection. Editable Google Slides and Canva templates come with a completed gardening example.
Captivate an Audience
Help students connect their visuals to a short script, revise with partner feedback, and present live or create a video. A completed slide presentation is a successful finished project.
Hi, I'm Jeff
Start with student interests.
Build toward clear communication.
I’m Jeff Bradbury—teacher, instructional coach, and founder of the TeacherCast Educational Network.
In my Digital Media classes, students captured their interests in Google Keep, developed one idea into a three-slide presentation, and carried that presentation into Google Vids. The topic stayed the same while the way they communicated it grew.
From Capture to Captivating brings that connected approach into a reusable classroom kit. Start with student interests or a subject you’re teaching, use the templates to guide the work, and add video when it fits your students and available tools.
Give Your Students a Starting Point—and a Story to Share
Get the free From Capture to Captivating kit: a teacher guide, Student Story Planner, editable three-slide starter, and completed gardening example. Start with the slides. Add video when you’re ready.
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