Dueling Clouds: Google Apps for Education vs. Microsoft Office 365

Sep 24, 2026

Dueling Clouds compares cloud-based Google Apps for Education and Microsoft Office 365 with a focus on 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. The workshop outlines how to create, revise, present, and share electronic slides using Google Slides, including template use, real-time editing, commenting notifications, and controlling viewing permissions for download/print/copy. It also explains converting existing PowerPoint files via Google Drive and using Presenter View with speaker notes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

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Pages16

Reading Time6 min

AccessFree to download

MassCue Dueling Clouds Workshop: Brief Description

Cloud-based Office 365 and Google Apps for Education

Google Slides

Google Slides: Overview

Google Slides: Presenting and Sharing an Existing Electronic Slideshow

Presenter View: Speaker Notes

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-Nation's Report Card (2015)

Texthelp's Read&Write for Google Chrome

Read&Write for Google Chrome: General Overview and Free Teacher's Account

Read&Write for Google Chrome: Features that Work Well with Google Docs

Read&Write for Office 365 Users

Read&Write for Google Chrome: Cost per License

Google Drive Collaboration Tips

GREENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Every Child’s Success is Our Mission 195 Federal Street, Suite 100, Greenfield, MA 01301 Ph.: 413-772-1322 / Fax: 413-774-7940 Email: [carhol1@gpsk12.org](carhol1@gpsk12.org) Carol S. Holzberg, PhD, CETL Director of Technology MassCue and M.A.S.S. 2016 Global Connections, Digital Learning Dueling Clouds: Google Apps for Education vs. Microsoft Office 365 Wednesday, October 19 • 11:15am-12:10pm Beth Dichter, Technology Integration Teacher, Zanetti Carol S. Holzberg, PhD, CETL, Director of Technology, Greenfield Public Schools [https://goo.gl/KJGSz5](https://goo.gl/KJGSz5) Table of Contents MassCue Dueling Clouds Workshop: Brief Description ..................................................................... 1 Google Slides ................................................................................................................................... 2 Google Slides: Overview....................................................................................................................... 2 Google Slides: Presenting and Sharing an Existing Electronic Slideshow ............................................ 3 Google Slides: Accepting and Presenting Audience Questions............................................................ 5 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)‐Nation's Report Card (2015) .......................... 7 Texthelp's Read&Write for Google Chrome.................................................................................... 10 Read&Write for Google Chrome: General Overview and Free Teacher's Account ........................... 10 Read&Write for Google Chrome: Features that Work Well with Google Docs ................................. 13 Read&Write for Office 365 Users....................................................................................................... 13 Read&Write for Google Chrome: Cost per License ............................................................................ 14 Google Drive Collaboration Tips ..................................................................................................... 14 MassCue Dueling Clouds Workshop: Brief Description Cloud-based Office 365 and Google Apps for Education incorporate opportunities for promoting important 21st Century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. Presenters identify the value of each platform for personalized learning, student engagement, blended learning, and online professional development providing valuable strategies to bridge the cloud divide. Pre-Session Music Interlude: Dueling Banjos, arraigned and played for the movie Deliverance by Eric Weissberg (and Steve Mandel on guitar) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK1FaXcqUgc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK1FaXcqUgc). Holzberg, Dueling Clouds, Wed. 10/19/16, 11:15am-12:10pm, MassCUE/M.A.S.S. Page 1 of 16 Google Slides Google Slides: Overview 􀁸 Free Google Suite application available for Android, iOS, Macintosh and Windows. All you need is a Google account. The app works best with Chrome. 􀁸 Create, revise, and present electronic slideshows independently (by yourself) or with a group in synchronous or asynchronous time 􀁸 Use templates or create from scratch. Templates appear at the top of the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/ page. To](https://docs.google.com/presentation/ page. To) see all your options, click "More." 􀁸 Template options include: Book report, lesson plan, field trip, science project, case study, photo album, certificate, recipe book, and more 􀁸 Share with anyone who has an email address 􀁸 Decide if the person can view, comment or edit the presentation 􀁸 If you give people editing rights, you can watch them revise in real time 􀁸 While editing in real-time, you can also chat in real time. Holzberg, Dueling Clouds, Wed. 10/19/16, 11:15am-12:10pm, MassCUE/M.A.S.S. Page 2 of 16 􀁸 If you add

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the Dueling Clouds workshop?

The workshop compares Google Apps for Education and Microsoft Office 365 to show how each platform supports skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration for personalized and blended learning.

How can an existing PowerPoint presentation be used in Google Slides?

Upload the PPT or PPTX file to Google Drive so Drive converts it to Google Slides format, which then enables additional collaboration features like editing, commenting, and chat.

What sharing controls are available in Google Slides?

Presenters can decide whether others can view, comment, or edit, grant editing rights for real-time watching, enable comment notifications, and restrict download, print, and copy through options in the Share dialog.

Sep 24, 2026

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