Digital Presentations in Education
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Everything for and about presentations - online tools, apps, tips and tutorials, slide design
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5 Unusual Ways To Use Google Presentations

5 Unusual Ways To Use Google Presentations | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
If you’re a user of Google Drive, then no doubt you have also heard of and likely used Google Presentations (Google’s version of PowerPoint). It’s a great tool to create slick presentations in the cloud, especially after its most recent overhaul. However, Google Presentations is also a handy tool for doing some great projects with …

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Baiba Svenca's insight:

The post suggests 5 ways of using Google presentations for other purposes, not just presentations. Great ideas for education!

Alfredo Corell's curator insight, August 5, 2014 3:27 PM
Sometimes, the unexpected uses of a given tool are more useful than the expected one. Some ways to use google presentations, other than presentations:
  • Visual Note/Flash Cards
  • Visually Outline a Project
  • Create Visual Prompts & Virtual Discussion
  • Create a Repository of Images with Citation
  • Digital WorkBooks
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Google Drive Slides Get New Customization, Widescreen Features

Google Drive Slides Get New Customization, Widescreen Features | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
Google on Wednesday added two nice features to Google Drive slides.
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Great news for Google Drive users! Now Google presentation slides have two new features - widescreen format and customizable master slides. The article makes it easy to learn how to use the new features.

flea palmer's curator insight, October 10, 2013 6:35 AM

Two new useful features - widescreen (although this can be resized if not appropriate) and customisable master slides.

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Google Presentation and Drawing Apps Add Image Cropping, Masks and Borders

Google Presentation and Drawing Apps Add Image Cropping, Masks and Borders | Digital Presentations in Education | Scoop.it
After cutting prices on storage for Google Drive and delivering new features on the Spreadsheet app (which are now available for everyone), Google has now turned its attention to the Presentation and Drawing apps. Since images are a big part of those, a new update brings simple image editing tools, like cropping, shape masking and…
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Great news for Google users! Now you can edit your images or drawings in Google presentations using shape masks, i.e. crop images in different shapes instead of just a rectangle. This feature will let you produce even more exciting stories.

Paris Stephane's curator insight, March 29, 2014 1:10 PM

For my Director who said that cropping an image with Google apps is not possible like Microsoft Word or Excel....

Mirta Liliana Filgueira's curator insight, March 30, 2014 5:11 PM

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