Google slides into to Presentation

Posted Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:55 AM by kent-teachers

A fundamental change in the way in which pupils access software now appears to be happening as more and more software is being made available through web browsers on the internet.

For some time Google, the internet search engine, have been offering Google Docs – an online word processor and spreadsheet that enables users to produce simple documents and spreadsheets without the need for any software to be installed on their computer apart from a web browser. Now Google has announced their presentation graphics system that will, it is hoped, enable presentations to be created as well, holds out the interesting possibility of a software free school.

Click here to read the Google announcement 

What do you think?

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# re: Google slides into to Presentation

Thursday, July 26, 2007 1:23 PM by Linda Bilsborrow

Not only is it free, but documents saved on-line can be accessed away from the PC where they were created. However, having tried the Google spreadsheet I found it lacked some functionality and then moved onto Zoho Spreadsheet (www.zoho.com) which had more of an Excel feel to it. Zoho also has a wider range of applications than Google currently has.