Power Point vs. Google Docs- Presentation

Google Docs- Presentation is an upgraded version of Power Point.  These two programs have similar tendencies when it comes to creating a new document, inserting text on a page in a text box, adding motion or animation by right clicking and organizing slides by clicking and dragging to appropriate place. They vary drastically when it comes to collaboration and sharing.  Power Point does not have a the collaboration feature at all.  To share a Power Point presentation you would have to save it to your hard drive and then attach it to an email to share it.  By using Google Docs' Presentation, you could save yourself lots of time and energy.  Let me explain:

The collaboration feature of Presentation takes away the need for a central meeting location or tons of emails back and forth while drafting a presentation.  Through collaboration, a group of people can work on the same Presentation at the same time with all of them editing the presentation (if you choose) from multiple locations.  You do have the option to allow someone the ability to edit or to just view.  All in all, ten people are allowed to collaborate at one time.  Once changes are made on the presentation, it is updated in real time.  I found this feature absolutely amazing! College group projects would have been so much easier.

The other feature I found interesting was the share feature.   Like all of Google Docs, the Presentation section can also be shared with up to 200 people.  Being able to share a presentation from the "cloud" makes life a lot easier for all types of people.  My husband for instance has run into the problem of not being able to play the presentation he made because that company's computer didn't have the same edition of Power Point.  This type of headache would be prevented with Google Presentation because he could just share his file with those who needed to see it.

The idea of Google Docs is truly exceptional.  I'm excited to see the opportunities made available in education with this type of technology.

Lesson Plan Review:
I reviewed the Social Studies lesson plan from Ronna Van Veghel on Biomes.  She does a good job on stating the performance objectives that the students are required to master by giving them a detailed rubric.  The students had to work on their biome project as a group and then present it to the class. This lesson plan has the potential to allow the students to master this curriculum.