Google Hangouts in the Classroom
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Everyone is on Hangouts!
President Obama
The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
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Will.i.am
The Muppets
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Jane Goodall’s 80th Birthday Party
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Virtual Field Trips
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Virtual Snake Hike!
Click here for teacher’s experience
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Virtual Snake Hike!
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Virtual Snake Hike!
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Virtual Snake Hike!
How to do a Google Hangout by Jen Casa-Todd
Click here to start one
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Virtual Snake Hike!
How to do a Hangout On Air (HOA) by Jen Casa-Todd
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Click here for Jessica Loucks excellent presentation on GHOs & GHOA
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Virtual Snake Hike!
Click here to read about how this school is using HOAs to broadcast their morning announcements.
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Virtual Snake Hike!
These two schools did a live debate HOA.
Hangouts basics
- 10 people max, 15 in the same school domain
- Free (Skype costs $ for group skype calls)
- Initiate a Hangout here
- Need good wifi (ethernet cord best)
- If solo, earphones best
- Hangouts are live but are private by default (ie. invitation only.)
- Can make a video of your Hangout with Hangouts on Air
- In schools: VERY IMPORTANT to get administrative and parental approval for Hangouts
- Crescent School’s Google Hangouts guidelines
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Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to use Hangouts
How to use Hangouts in schools
1. Do a virtual Field trip with Learn Around the World or Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants
2. Invite guests to Hangout with your class. Most authors, celebrities, athletes, artists, etc. are on Twitter where you can connect. Invite an expert of something you are doing class, or a far away relative!
3. Invite another class to Hangout with your class. Students can ask each other questions, sing songs to each other, read a book together, etc.
4. Do a Mystery Hangout with another class. Classes need to guess each other’s locations by asking questions.
5. Click here and here and here and here for more ideas.
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Where to find classes to hang out with?
1. Twitter: Tweet out an invitation using hashtags:
Hashtags for educators #MysterySKype #SkypeMystere #MysteryHangout
3. Join Google+ Communities for Hangouts.
EduHangouts Google Hangouts on Air for Education
Mystery Hangouts Connected Classrooms
Mystery Location Calls Google Hangouts in Education
Mystery Hangouts for Foreign Language Teachers
(Click here for my blog for Hangouts for Foreign Language teachers)
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Important things to do
before and during the hangout
1. PRACTICE! Practice with your family, friends, colleagues, students before you can go live.
2. In class, try to set up a good amount of time before the event to make sure everything is working properly..
3. If doing a Mystery Hangout, assign roles. Click here for some ideas.
Click here to see my roles.
4. Document the event with photos and videos. Students love to watch themselves after (Admin & parents love it, too!)
5. Point the webcam towards your students so that the other party
can see them.
6. Use Google+ chat to communicate with other party just before starting.
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Video tutorial - Quick intro
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Our google hangouts
We have had 5 Hangouts since January:
1. Wendy Maxwell, author, AIM Language Learning, from Vancouver.
2. John DeMado, rap artist, from Florida.
3. Joanne Thomas, grade 6 French class from Atlanta, Georgia
(we played “Qui est-ce?”)
4. Richard Smith, AIM teacher from Ottawa.
5. Natalie Roy, Grade 4 French Immersion Teacher from Ottawa..
(We played “Classe Mystère”.)
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More hangouts planned
1. Juli Powers, French singer.
2. Jacquot, French singer.
3. Gregg LeRock, French singer.
4. Mystery Class from Vancouver
5. Mystery Class from California
6.. (I would like to get an Olympic francophone athlete)
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more useful information
2. How to Hangout (and Hangout on Air)
3. Official Google Hangouts information webpage
4. The Ultimate Google Hangouts Guide for Teachers
5. Google Hangouts help/support page
6. 6 ways to start a Google Hangout
7. Time converter for Hangouts
8. North America Time Zones Map World Time Zones Map
10. More websites COOL IDEA: Asynchronous Mystery HangoutS
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Cheat sheet courtesy Kelly Fitzgerald. Click here for her other cheat sheets.
10:30 am: LIVE DEMO MYSTERY GUEST!
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