Good news for anyone who doesn't have the Power Point program loaded on their computer - it's called Google Presentations, and it's a FREE part of a series of program applications that you can use when you sign up for a Google GMail account. If you've looked into buying Power Point, it can cost over $75 for the Student version, or over $200 if you buy the whole Microsoft Office package (that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher).
Google Presentations works the exact same way as Power Point does, so you'll be familiar with its layout and how to set it up.
Google Docs (short for documents), has other features that you'll appreciate too. For example, you can make your own web-page with Google Sites, which is quite easy to use. You can also make your own Blog, if you'd like, using Google's Blogger program.
You can also upload files from your desktop or create word documents, spreadsheets, forms, and Power Point presentations right in Google Docs. Google Docs has a unique sharing feature that can come in really handy when you and a friend are both working on a school project together, as it allows you each to work on the same document while working separately from your own homes! Kind of like working on a Wiki (Don't know what a Wiki is? Stay tuned, we'll be introducing that cool techno-tool to you in a future blog post!)
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