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Presented b y Dee Lanier- google.com/+DeeLanier
authorized Google for Education Trainer
What’s the Fuss With Google Plus?
Est. June 28, 2011
Take your Apps experience to a new level by using Google+ to connect, collaborate, create, communicate, and crowd source. Let’s start by a Creating Community and sharing!
Open for Comments!!
Questions?
Can it be turned on by OU? i.e. only teachers/admin
Topics:
Not just another social media site
V.Professional Networking- PLN and PLC
PLNs and PLCs defined and uses
Updating and managing your Public Profile
I. What is Google+?
Not just another social media site
- has grown exponentially over the past three years
- has more features than most others
- is a hybrid of push and pull technology
Not a just Facebook wannabe
- all about common interests not people you know
- did you know that FB is 10 years old?! Guess how old Twitter is
- not a prime destination for youth
- ad driven, but different
- all about control
- moving in opposite directions. FB may be about to let you start going anonymous?
Not going away anytime soon
Why You Should Care
- rapidly emerging
- personal and professional profile
- networking
- leverage for good
- managing your public profile for professional purposes
- backing up all of your photos automatically to the cloud in a private folder
- utilizing circles and communities for personal learning network
- using Hangouts and Hangouts on Air for collaboration
- engaging great content
Google+ Is a Public Profile
- FAQs
- What's the difference between a personal G+ profile and a school one?
- How Did I get this when I didn't sign up for it?
- If you already have other Google social media services (Youtube or Blogger)
- If you installed the G+ app to do Autobackup of pictures and videos.
- If you created a YouTube Channel and told Google to use your Real Name
- Who can see my public posts vs those shared with my circles?
- Should I care about random people following me?
II. Getting Started!
Profile Setup
- Build the brand of You
- Real name!
- Good clear pic
- Engaging cover photo
- Fill out your information
- Connect to people!
- start here- google.com/+DeeLanier
- search and find your interests and interesting people
III. Photos!
AutoBackup and AutoAwesome
Mobile App
A big reason to use G+ in the classroom is the really awesome feature called, #Autoawesome. In short, it's an animated gif feature built directly into Google+ photo albums. All you need to do is install the free Google+ app on your mobile device and enable Autobackup of photos and videos on login. Then take pictures of anything with movement in succession (works best with 8 pictures or more). After a few (minutes or hours depending on your file size and connection speed) Google processes all of your photos in your private photo album, and it will combine your photos taken in bursts to create an animated gif out of them. You can then easily insert the link to those images from Picasa or Google+. Here are a couple of examples from a recent field-trip:
- Setup on Android and iOS
- Settings- full size, wif-only, etc
- Unlimited storage
- Assistant
IV. Events
- Plan a Hangout
- Join an Event
- Create an Event
- Comment
- Add photos
V.Professional Networking- PLN and PLC
PLNs and PLCs defined and uses
- PLN is your network of individuals that you go to for different purposes (ie, Marta de Silva for Android Edu help, and Chef Dennis Littley for cooking)
- PLC is a group of people that agree to meet and share about a particular topic (ie, Assistive Technology)
Circles for PLN
Communities for PLC
Updating and managing your Public Profile
- Managing your professional and public identity
- Finding great people and content
Engaging in G+
- +1’s
- Comments
- Mentioning
- Post Sharing
- Bold, Italics, Strikethrough
- Hashtags
- H/T
- Recommended Communities:
- Ask a Google Guru
- Think Open for free educational resources and discussion
- Connected Classrooms Request
- 10 Great Communities found here
- Search and find!
- Creating your own Community
VI. Hangouts and HOAs
- Gmail Hangout versus Google+
- Distinctions between Skype, Facetime, and other video conferencing solutions
- see this funny vid on conferencing in real-life
- Also happens to have Conferencing capabilities with Uberconforence
- This excellent guide answers the following questions and more-
- What’s needed
- Please make sure of the following:
- Desktop or laptop with webcam and mic
- Headphones to reduce feedback
- Works best if you use Chrome and install plugin in advance direct link- https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161993?hl=en
- If you choose to use a mobile device (iOS or Android only):
- Install free Hangouts app
- Make sure you use on wifi
- Note that you will not be able to see any shared Docs
- How to join
- Installing and using apps
- Hangouts on Air
- Where are they stored?
- Making them Private
- Q&A
- Tips-
- use Chrome
- install gTalk plugin in advance
- if using mobile device, install Hangout app and connect via wifi
- use a quiet location or mute your mic
- use headphones (and external mic if possible)
- adjust bandwidth if necessary
- The bandwidth setting determines what type of video quality the user will send, but not what the other person receives. A user will receive HD video whenever it is available, regardless of the bandwidth setting. HD is 720p. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2979333?hl=en
VII. Other Resources:
- Check out the new Collections feature
- What is Google Plus? A Complete User Guide
- 12 Reasons Google+ Isn't As Bad As You Think
- Google+ Helper Community
- What the Plus? ebook