Presentations

Google presentations is a really neat and easy way for students to make presentations.  It is different from PowerPoint because it has built in chat so students can work collaboratively.  It uses real time editing so students can not only work together but also edit the presentations along with the teacher.  Google presentations uses google images when searching for pictures to add to the presentation.  This makes adding visuals much easier and quicker than PowerPoint.  PowerPoint usually has to be purchased but Google presentations is freeware.  The downside is the presentations are only online so students will have to have access to the Internet to work.  From what I saw the presentation themes seem more basic than PowerPoint with less options.

In the middle school lesson, "Consumer Product Testing Experiment," the teacher used Google documents in many different ways.  The students created a survey, input data into a spreadsheet and then made a presentation.  This teacher let the students create a presentation instead of the teacher making a presentation.  The students were given directions to use colors, percentages and charts.  The students used words and visuals in there presentations.