Google has developed an alternative to PowerPoint of Microsoft that could someday become more popular since it is more interactive and less boring. This assessment is based on several comments of people who have tried using the search giant's new product and saw its advantages.
Google Slides is currently rolling out on iOS, Android the Web app and is designed to make slide presentations more interactive. With its use, members of the audience can also ask questions or vote for which questions should be answered first.
This will enable the audience to do something useful with their smartphones instead of just Googling for ways to kill the time while listening to boring presentations.
Bob Darrow, in an article published by Fortune (online) says Google Slides "is nudging slideshow viewers to ask questions in near real-time. ... Then, in a...crowd-sourced model, the audience can vote [for] questions they want answered."
He added that the search giant clearly wants its recent product to compete better with Microsoft's PowerPoint which has already become, whether good or bad, the standard for slide shows.
In another online article, Frederic Lardinois says presenters using Google slides will see a button in the Slides presenter view.... On mobile, this feature will be behind the 'audience tools' button.... This feature could make....the Q&A session after a presentation....more efficient."
Shree Bose was the first person to unveil the Q&A feature of Google Slides in a public talk at the Google New York City offices. She is also the first person ever to win in the Google Science fair.
In her speech, over 170 questions were submitted by the student audience and they voted 800 times as to which questions should be answered first. With this feature, she believes that it will not only be beneficial to teaching practices but will also be good for students who are afraid to ask help or need clarifications.
