Presentations

I am familiar with Power Point for presentations not Google Docs - Google Presentation. I looked at various topics in the Google Presentation tutorial.

I looked at the color background tutorial and if offers a drop down menu with many colors and gives you the option to choose a theme for all slides or individual slides. Using Power Pint, I usually use the "cutesy" backgrounds offered (butterflies, tiles, flowers). I do think Google Presentations offers more colors than Power Point.

I looked at inserting a text box where you mouse click and drive to make the specific text box. Using Power Point, I would choose the given text box and not create my own.

I looked at the Using the web clipboard. Google Presentation allows you to copy and paste using the web clipboard. The web clipboard allows you to copy various slides to the clipboard and paste later to specific slides if you highlight text box AND text and paste to web clipboard. Then I can go to blank document and choose web clipboard and choose to paste text or shapes with matching style. This is a great way to build your own "portfolio" of shapes, text, and pictures to share with others or move throughout your presentation.

I also like how the comments area allows you to tag others in a comment for feedback... by typing + (plus sign) and user name or email address then Google Docs allows you to add someone from your contact list. An email will be sent to the person selected and the person will receive the comment about specific graphic. I like this feature.

I looked at the Biomes lesson plan. This lesson plan expects students to create a Google Presentation on a "biome" using four slides. This particular presentation used a prarie theme using a photograph which was embedded in the presentation. Students may also add a youtube video, movie clip, shapes or drawings. Notes were to be color coded.