When I established my action plan for this year, I wanted to it complement my department goal of increasing oral fluency in my French classes. Although I initially believed the answer lay in google hangouts<\/b>, the path has not been as straightforward as I thought.<\/p>\n
First, I set out to research what other teachers and ed tech experts were saying about using google hangouts in class.<\/p>\n
Med Karbach<\/b> posted a helpful intro and this tip sheet<\/a>\u00a0for first time google hangout users. A great starting point for everyone, as I discovered early on, as there can be some hiccups involved in setting up and hosting a hangout!<\/p>\n In her Edutopia post<\/a>, Mary Beth Hertz <\/b>discussed how hangouts could facilitate connected learning<\/a>\u00a0for students and got me thinking about authentic exchanges I could set up for my students in the \u201creal world\u201d beyond the classroom (also a great opportunity for personalization, depending on my students\u2019 interests)<\/b><\/p>\n In Connecting Beyond the Classroom<\/a>, Bill Krakower<\/b> wrote about the benefits of collaborating on a google doc as a group, and being able to view a youTube video of the hangout at a later time. I really liked the idea of hosting a debate between two language classes within the CIS (RSGC vs SAC! <\/b>Bring it on!)<\/p>\n In Google hangouts as Edtech: Connecting, Sharing and Learning<\/a>, Andrew Marcinek <\/b>shared how his students broadcast their TEDtalk research projects and tech-related instructional videos with a wider audience using hangouts.<\/p>\n In a post published on The Journal<\/a>,\u00a0Bridget McCrea<\/b> further highlights Marcinek<\/strong>\u2019s work with 6 ways students can use google hangouts<\/a> , including the use of hangouts to archive students work in digital portfolios, as well as replacing Skype or FaceTime with a better tool for online collaboration.<\/p>\n I learned a lot from these posts, and hope to learn more as more teachers begin to use google hangouts in their classes. I loved Celeste<\/b>\u2019s idea of setting up a google hangout to discuss hangouts in the classroom with people who have practical experience. I made up a dream list of people I\u2019d like to include in such a hangout\u2026 and then 2 months flew by! I promised myself I wouldn\u2019t publish this post without setting it up. Our hangout<\/b> is scheduled for this Thursday at 4pm. Let me know if you\u2019d like to join!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I established my action plan for this year, I wanted to it complement my department goal of increasing oral fluency in my French classes. Although I initially believed the answer lay in google hangouts, the path has not been as straightforward as I thought. First, I set out to research what other teachers and … Continue reading “Practical uses for google hangouts: the research”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,51,50,65],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-communication","tag-connected-learning","tag-debate","tag-google-hangouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jenniferkelly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}