GAIN Google Presentations

GAIN Google Presentations

Google Presentation Link:

https://goo.gl/6ME9xr

Microsoft Office vs. Google Presentations:

• Microsoft Office and Google Presentations are both user friendly and great for presenting information. Both have creative slide templates and great color schemes to choose from to present the information in any way they would like. Microsoft Office is a very developed program, with many more options than Google Presentations. Presentations is the lightweight version when comparing both softwares to each other. 
• Both Office and Presentations have similar set up to helping the user create a powerpoint full of information, pictures, graphs, etc. They have a slide set up to the left of the screen that helps the user choose which template they would like, what order they would like, what special effects the slide could have, and many other options. 
• Office is an older software, especially if the computer is still running Office 2007 software. Therefore, the creativity is limited when using Office. Presentations has more creative slide templates, but they have more basic themes and slides. 
• Office gives the user the ability to use charts, graphs, action buttons, and many other helpful tools when creating the powerpoint. Presentations does not give as many options to develop a creative powerpoint. The software creators wanted to create a software that made powerpoint quick and easy to create. 

Google Apps Meet Common Core:

• Presentations are something that students are going to have to do through out high school, college, and potentially throughout their lives. It is important to be able to public speak and know how to present information in a way that is understandable and receivable to an audience. Common Core standards have created many standards that require students to use digital media and visual displays to present information. Using either Powerpoint or Presentation can help the students to develop their skills.
• Writing standards for Literacy asks the student to use technology to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. Using these softwares would be a great tool to help the students publish their writing in a creative way. Students can be creative with the way they present their stories, and could put illustrations, charts, pictures, etc. on the powerpoint and create their own virtual story book.