Google Slides

For part of this GAIN section we were asked to compare PowerPoint with Google Slides. I have used both of these before and find them to be quite comparable. one of the major differences however is the amount of animations and transitions that are available to use in both applications. Google Slides offers far less options for transitions and animations than PowerPoint does. However Slides has several features that are particularly useful.

The first useful feature is the collaboration feature. Slides presents the ability to collaborate on a presentation simultaneously with other users, along with this there are several tools to aid in this including chat features and a change log. Because of these features creating a presentation with others becomes very easy.

The second important feature is that of cloud storage. Through this feature people have the opportunity to save their work to servers and not use the storage on their devices so that it may be used for other things.

The final feature that I think is important is the ability to use an internet browser to edit the presentations. This means that people are no longer required to carry around their personal computers to work on their presentations, as long as they can access the internet, they could use a public computer or even their cell phones.

several of the common core standards require the use of technology to form a presentation or create visual displays for information. Slides can easily help to meet these standards because of the ease of access and more importantly the cost of it. Creating presentations with slides is free thus allowing even poorer students to learn with the same tools as students who can afford to buy software. Many of the standards call for the representation of data, by using Slides in conjunction with sheets allows students to create, share, and present this data.