Potential Use in Higher Education Winter Working Connections Conference Collins College Frisco, Texas January 7-10, 2012
WHAT IS Codename Emerald Sea
Definition
Real-life sharing, rethought for the web.
A social network site whose diverse and robust features aimed to rival Facebook.
As of last month (December 28, 2011) Google+ has 62 million users worldwide Source:
Currently, there are 21,028,772 Males and only 9,220,575 Females. Source:
Google+ searchers overwhelmingly skew towards year olds. Source : searchers_n_ html
FOR EDUCATION?
Features
Categorizing the group of people you know & follow
You can label your circles however you want.
Various ways of adding people in your circle A. Contacts B. Adding smart Google+ers C. Adding people who added you
Contacts
Adding smart Google+ers
Adding people who added you
Potential use in education
Classes/Courses A – D students Administrators Fellow educators
Huddle
Accessible using your smart phone. Free text service globally. Can only add up to 50 people within your circles
Potential use in education
Free bulk text messaging to your students about additional assignments, absence, emergency notices, etc.
What’s hot (new, used to be Sparks)
Trending topics, just like on Twitter. Articles people “liked”, shared or commented on.
Potential use in education
Being up to date with latest Current Affairs (Journalism and Broadcasting classes) Knowing what’s hot or not in technology, learning tools, mobile apps, etc. (Web 2.0, Mobile programming classes)
Hangouts
This is Google’s video conferencing. You can add up to 8 people in your circle and start talking to them using your webcam.
Potential use in education
Good for online tutoring, online office hours and even group discussions. Can be an alternative to expensive TelePresence & other online collaboration SWs You have to install Google video plug-in before you can start using the Hangouts.
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Instant Upload
For uploading photos and videos from your phone or desktop instantly.
Potential use in education
Art work critique (Arts) Photo review (Photography) Billboard Ads critique (Advertising/Business)
Additional Features
Sharing (SEOs)
+1 (SEOs)
Games (Needs serious games)
Conclusion
Student collaboration & engagement = Huddle, Hangout & Games
Hybrid learning = Hangouts
QUESTIONS?
Create an Account
Play
Resources
What does Google+ mean for schools? googleplus-mean-for-schools Google+ tutorials osts/iDQzNciG8tn# /posts/iD QzNciG8tn googleplus-mean-for-schools osts/iDQzNciG8tn# /posts/iD QzNciG8tn
Google+101 Slideshare b Google+ short video Google+ for Educators Put Google+ logo on your Google+ Profile picture b
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