World History
- Follow The Blogs On Google+ And Twitter
If you want to follow the blogs other ways, I also post all of them on my Twitter ("kenhalla") and Google+ (also "kenhalla") accounts which you can follow by going to the links. What is also nice about Twitter is that you can see who I am following...
- Lots Of Information On Starting A Pln
Two weeks ago I introduced my teacher-students to Twitter and the reasons why we should use Personal Learning Networks. Here is a great Pinterest set of posts (not sure what to call this) on PLNs. There are links to Google+ ones, lists of...
- Collaborate In Google Docs While In A Google+ Hangout
This video does a great job of going through all of the new parts of Google+ hangouts such as how to edit Google Docs, diagrams and doodles together with others in the hangout. If you have not heard of "hangouts" it allows you to meet with up to...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...
- Twitter
Several of my students have added themselves to my Twitter (kenhalla) feed. When I tell them that I only put up content and technology links through it, they seem somewhat saddened that I don't put up anything personal. That, is, of course,...
World History
Google+ Personal Learning Community and Hangouts
Google+ was never slow to find users, but it has taken some time to get people to look at it a lot. It now has more people using it than Twitter. One of the reason for that is the hangouts in which you can meet with nine other people (and I know Google employees can have up to 30). If you ever want to do a live interview of someone who can't come to your classroom you can set it so that it can be also watched on Youtube (for students in other schools) and even record it as well. Watch the top video above to see how to do this. Above is an example of a recent interview I had with two student/atheletes who run for my alma mater William and Mary (where I still run a track blog page and help with fundraising).
If that is not enough you can also follow people on Google+. I check the feed about three times a week as I do my Twitter and Netvibes accounts (and here is my G+ account in case you want to follow it). One of the nicest things about G+ is that you can create groups and send them separate messages. So for example, I sent the interview above just to my W&M friends, but make all of my education posts public so everyone following me can see them. If you want an awesome list to start following on G+, then go to Edudemic's list here and let the learning begin.
If that is not enough you can also follow people on Google+. I check the feed about three times a week as I do my Twitter and Netvibes accounts (and here is my G+ account in case you want to follow it). One of the nicest things about G+ is that you can create groups and send them separate messages. So for example, I sent the interview above just to my W&M friends, but make all of my education posts public so everyone following me can see them. If you want an awesome list to start following on G+, then go to Edudemic's list here and let the learning begin.
- Follow The Blogs On Google+ And Twitter
If you want to follow the blogs other ways, I also post all of them on my Twitter ("kenhalla") and Google+ (also "kenhalla") accounts which you can follow by going to the links. What is also nice about Twitter is that you can see who I am following...
- Lots Of Information On Starting A Pln
Two weeks ago I introduced my teacher-students to Twitter and the reasons why we should use Personal Learning Networks. Here is a great Pinterest set of posts (not sure what to call this) on PLNs. There are links to Google+ ones, lists of...
- Collaborate In Google Docs While In A Google+ Hangout
This video does a great job of going through all of the new parts of Google+ hangouts such as how to edit Google Docs, diagrams and doodles together with others in the hangout. If you have not heard of "hangouts" it allows you to meet with up to...
- Google + For Teachers
I hope you are going to be hearing a lot more about Google + as it might help teachers where Facebook has not. While Facebook is just a tremendous way that teachers could have kids talking about assignments after hours, most school systems ban...
Several of my students have added themselves to my Twitter (kenhalla) feed. When I tell them that I only put up content and technology links through it, they seem somewhat saddened that I don't put up anything personal. That, is, of course,...