Today I played around with making a Google presentation in Google docs. This was really cool, because it's just like PowerPoint, but available in the cloud. This could be really handy for students doing collaborative work, because it gives them all the tools of PowerPoint without the hassle of meeting up with a group to discuss it. Google Docs also has a chat function, which would make it all the more perfect for group work in (and out of ) the classroom.
This technology is incredibly easy to use, especially for anyone who has ever used PowerPoint. The format is essentially the same-- Users pick the layout for each slide, plug in their text, and pick a "theme" for the more aesthetic choices. Check out my Google presentation, and be sure to read chapter 2 of Brain Rules!
GREAT job embedding. I had my women & film class collaborate on a template of a slide (basically I gave titles...they had to research and fill in the blanks/slides). What is cool is that google docs can do "templates" as well.
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