How To Use Google Hangouts Classroom

If you are unavailable to deliver a lecture in the class you shouldn t let your class miss out on the learning which was scheduled to take place during that particular lecture.

How to use google hangouts classroom. It s a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. Classes that are reading the same book or similar genres can discuss novels together and recommend books to one another. I ve written before about the amazing potential of google hangouts in classrooms. Google hangout has several distinctive features that sets it apart from the crowd. Up to 10 participants can join a google hangout at a time.

There are many ways in which teachers and students can derive benefits from using hangouts in the classroom. First it is integrated with other google services like youtube gmail and calendar and if you have a google account then you automatically have a google plus account. Google hangouts is google s free video conferencing tool that is available for teachers to use as part of google apps for education. Before the hangout have each class brainstorm 10 questions they want to ask their book club partners. For marcinek hangouts provides a new way to connect students beyond the four walls of the classroom.

Here s a list of some ways to use hangouts in the classroom. The old method still works as well. Moving forward i ll be using the new method. Last week google introduced a new way to incorporate google meet aka google hangouts meet into google classroom. One of marcinek s recent discoveries is google hangouts a free video chat service that enables one on one chats and group chats with up to 10 people at a time.

In fact i had already scheduled some meetings with the old method so that s what i used with my students this morning. This video tutorial will show you how to host a live meeting or class with students via google classroom calendar and hangouts meet. Broadcast and archive live lectures. Last week however i was actually able to experience that awesomeness first hand. May 19 2015 by bethany 1 comment.

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