Google Forms is a free tool for basic data collection that is part of Google Drive. It allows users to create online surveys and forms that multiple people can fill out without logging in. Google Forms data can be viewed and managed directly from the form. Pivot tables are spreadsheet tools that summarize and arrange large datasets using column headers. Pivot tables are available in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice and make it easier to analyze and extract insights from datasets. The document provides demonstrations of how to create a Google Form and use a pivot table in Excel 2010.