As I stated in a previous post, I am taking an online course about using Google in education. For one of our assignments, we have to add three posts to a blog. The first of the three entries is about Google Presentation. Below you will see my presentation as well as my thoughts about Google Presentation.
I know that I broke all of the PPT “rules” when I created my presentation on Google Docs, however, I am trying to work through some thoughts that are rolling around in my head and what a better place to do so.
I was happy with Google Docs Presentation, but found that I am much more a visual person when it comes to creating PPTs and that it is much easier in PPT to create a visual presentation. However, in the same breath, the Google Docs Presentation provides you with a decent array of tools to create a collaborative presentation that could be taken into PPT or Keynote (???) to develop further. And that it what it is all about, right?!?!
I did have one very minor issue – sometimes when I was trying to move text around, Google Docs would not let me drag-and-drop, and sometimes I lost my highlighted text. Again, very minor and easy to work around.
I like the idea of using Google Docs to introduce PPT to students. The fact the there are not as many bells & whistles can allow the student to focus on the content of the PPT and not the colors, animations, etc. This is something that I see students struggle with all of the time – they are so worried about what theme to use, that they forget about the content. Then, once they have their content drafted, you can easily download and “enhance” in PPT.
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