EdTechWeekly#199 - Google+ Overview and Education Potential
Jeff - Mon, 2011-09-19 20:35
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EdTechWeekly#199
September 18, 2011
Participants: Jennifer Maddrell, Jeff Lebow, dave cormier, John Schinker, Paul Allison
Featured Topic: Google+ - Overview, Reaction, and Potential in Eduation
Chat Log Below
September 18, 2011
Participants: Jennifer Maddrell, Jeff Lebow, dave cormier, John Schinker, Paul Allison
Featured Topic: Google+ - Overview, Reaction, and Potential in Eduation
Chat Log Below
- John: http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=135530
- JenM: here I am ...
- JenM: Here is my nephew Will ... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-.....52.55.jpg
- matt montagne: matt montagne
- matt montagne: hey all
- JenM: hey Matt!
- JenM: Go badgers! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-.52.55.jpg
- matt montagne: Go Badgers!!!
- pgeorge: Hi everyone!
- JenM: Hi!
- matt montagne: I'm lookkng forward to plus being rolled into google apps--social networking to EDU
- matt montagne: internet connection at my new place is horrible
- edtechtalk: is audio OK?
- pgeorge: I had to change computers from wireless to wired becaus audio kept cutting out
- matt montagne: audio better now
- matt montagne: if nothing else, G+ will make facebook stand up, take notice, and innovate. Like being able to edit a post. Why can't I do that on facebook?
- pgeorge: I tink the streaming banner may take additional bandwidth unnecessarily.
- pgeorge: tink--think :-)
- JenM: @matt ... yes ... clearly some of recent changes at least seem a response to + features
- pgeorge: I agree with you Paul!
- matt montagne: Paul is like Tom on myspace
- matt montagne: :)
- cyndidannerkuhn: Hello from Kansas State University
- pgeorge: hahahaha Matt
- matt montagne: G+ is still 18 or over
- matt montagne: Hi Cindi!
- pgeorge: http://mmoorejones.com/2011/08/27/thoughts-on-the-future-of-the-google-a...
- matt montagne: I think those admin tools will be there when it is rolled into Apps for Education
- pgeorge: that post indicates that google + will soon be open to under 18
- JenM: hello to Kansas State University :)
- matt montagne: good point, John
- matt montagne: If you have a need for an LMS, google+ might work really nicely depending on your goals.
- LoreEFL: Hi everyone Lore from Argentina, South America
- pgeorge: Hi LoreEFL-welcome
- LoreEFL: thanks pgeorge :-)
- matt montagne: we have teachers who run exam review...it could do exam review quite nicely
- cyndidannerkuhn: I work with preservice and they are not comfortable with their stuff being on the web yet, I realy puch them, but.....and not one of my 160+ student have eben tried Google+ yet
- pgeorge: google + works great on my iphone
- LoreEFL: that's the thing... I'm afraid of wasting my time on Google + and then only a few joining in...
- matt montagne: once we move beyond the concept of 'seat time' in our schools, platforms like this become a bit more necessary
- matt montagne: we're just going to leave people in the system as Dave says.
- John: yeah, we don't, mostly because people have concerns about what "public within the domain" means.
- cyndidannerkuhn: wow what a great idea!
- John: Really, we need a way to migrate them to a regular google account.
- matt montagne: agreed, John. Data Libearation should be all over that.
- matt montagne: you can transfer from an Apps account to a personal google account, but you have to go one application at a time.
- pgeorge: yes
- pgeorge: me too Jeff!
- cyndidannerkuhn: is there a link to information about the eBook?
- edtechtalk: http://change11.info/
- John: http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/09/16/ebook-team-for-change11-you-can...
- pgeorge: Jeff-do you think you could remove the scrolling banner for future shows so we can see the images of the participants in the call?
- matt montagne: I wish posts could be starred
- matt montagne: it is sorta ephemeral
- pgeorge: very helpful tip Jeff
- matt montagne: I wish circles could be shared...seems inefficient to have everyone do the same thing
- matt montagne: I think the next major update will include some of the current deficits
- pgeorge: closing skype shuts out everyone though
- John: yeah; that's true. But we're only really using skype to chat with each other now.
- cyndidannerkuhn: that would be me, good intentions and I forget if it is not in my face daily!!
- matt montagne: goota go. GREAT format for the new show by the way-looking forward to next week's topic!
- edtechtalk: http://huyz.us/google-plus-me/
- John: next week? What IS next week's topic? Any suggestions?
- pgeorge: what is that chrome extension Paul?
- John: She means firefox, not facebook.
- pgeorge: for plussing any page...
- cyndidannerkuhn: Do you think there is much connected learning in schools?
- pgeorge: interesting oxymoron--intimacy in public :-)
- pgeorge: but they're already on those other sites Paul
- pgeorge: I definitely think that will happen Paul--using at they learn in school when they're connecting outside of school
- cyndidannerkuhn: Sparks, not familiar, what is the URL
- pgeorge: that was such a cool schol tour with Monika!
- pgeorge: http://www.techtin.com/google/what-is-google-plus-sparks/
- cyndidannerkuhn: have just dabbled a little bit, but trying to learn!!
- pgeorge: I'm still using everything too but hoping to eventually consolidate it all somehow
- pgeorge: I personally prefer google + but not practical until more of my friends/family start using it
- JenM: @Peggy ... all good points
- JenM: esp ... going where you contacts are networking
- pgeorge: that's really important!
- edtechtalk: still working on my Change11 page http://jefflebow.net/change11
- JenM: http://bigbluebutton.org/
- pgeorge: the kickoff session for COOLCast was really great!
- pgeorge: yes!!! COOLCast
- pgeorge: Monika is leading some awesome discussion on TTT :-)
- pgeorge: she's trying to stream without lights/power :-)
- pgeorge: Paul is the streamer
- pgeorge: absolutely true about Paul!!!
- pgeorge: how exciting!! a moosehunt story!!
- pgeorge: thanks all for a great conversation!
- pgeorge: maybe it could be a community meeting??? :-)
- CathyE: I really need to talk about iPads
- pgeorge: funny!! flat things you can do text stuff on--next week's topic :-)
- wayupnorth: checking if this will work
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