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Leveraging Google+ Features to Build Community Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Leveraging Google+ Features to Build Community
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Lucie deLaBruere, Higher Education Adjunct at University of Vermont,
GradSchool of Marlboro College St. Michael’s College
www.edtechleaders.org
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Webinar Tips
• For better audio/video, close other applications (like Skype) that use bandwidth.
• Use the chat box to ask questions and share comments.
• The recording of the webinar and the slides will be posted on the ETLO webinar page: http://www.edtechleaders.org/webinars.
• Tweeting? Use the hashtag #etlo
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About EdTech Leaders Online
Goal: Build capacity to use online learning to meet educational goals
• Based at EDC (education non-profit) since 1999• For states, districts, regional centers, universities,
other educational organizations• Over 4500 online facilitators trained in 36 states• Online facilitator & course design programs• 70+ online courses, including for Common Core• Custom course development• Learning Community, facilitated model
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GoalsExplore Google+ features that support the building of community online• Google Plus Profiles• Google Circles• Google Hangouts• Google Communities• Google+ Events• Google+ Pages
Discuss can these features can be used to create powerful connections in your online learning environment
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POLL 1Do you currently have a G+ account?
A. Yes – Personal Google AccountB. Yes – School related Google AccountC. Multiple (Personal and School) Google AccountsD. Not yet
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Poll 2How often do you view or post to Google+
A. View only occasionallyB. View only regularlyC. View AND post occasionallyD. View AND post regularlyE. None of the above (yet)
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Discuss your current use of Google+
For those of you who use it -describe a way in which you currently use it Personally? Professionally?
Enter your responses in the chat box.
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Google+ Profile
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Personalize your Profilehelp your students or online community relate to you as a person
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Does your Google Plus Presence
• Provide - High Quality Content• Support (not) Overwhelm
Technology OverwhelmContent Overwhelm
• Provide opportunities for you to build Human Infrastructure• Support the social elements of learning• Help you know learners on a more personal level• Provide ways to make connections with participants
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- Digital Identity is distributed- Multiple Identify is confusing to others- Mobile G+ doesn’t switch between identifies
Pros and Cons of multiple Google+ Accounts
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The New InBox?
Your Stream ~ Start a Hangout ~ Chat ~ Events + More
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Leverage Mobile
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Google+ Circles
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Sharing, Liking, and ResharingClick ‘date’ to get permalink
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Tips for Using Google Circles
• People can only see you added them to a Circle (NOT which Circle)
• People can be in multiple Circles• Organize circles by how you interact with them
– Hangout, share, search Gmail• Manage Home Stream• Mute Post • Remove People• Find out post is shared
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Who Can See My G+ Posts
Carefully consider FERPAStudent SafetyEthics & Etiquette
Great presentation that helps clarify who can see your G+Post by Bjorn Behrendtl
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Google+ Shared Circles
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G+ Communities
Successful Online Communities- Fill a Need- Have a Focus- Use Intentional
Design strategies- Evolve- Revolve around
Human Infrastructure
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Use G+ Ongoing Communication
• Understand Opt IN and OUT Options in Google Plus• Consider Distributed Leadership• Provides Support/Connect Opportunities (need-driven)• Use G+ to Feature Member/Student Voices• Make your purpose evident on your G+ Page Community
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Google+ Communities
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If you build it, will they will come?
Effective communities have intentional design and facilitation
Sustainable communities are needs-driven, dynamic and nimble
~ETLO
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Creating a Google+ Community
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Google+ Communities (Public & Private)
• Public communities –anyone can join.• Public but moderator approval needed to join • Private but people can find you through search and
request to (only members of the community can see existing members and their posts)
• Private communities hidden from search – invitation only, community hidden from search– members and their posts are viewable only to
existing members
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Successful G+ Communities
• Communicate purpose with your name & tagline
• Create a good first impressions with a photo (200 X 250 pixels)
• Set expectations using the ‘About’ section
• Guide conversation with discussion categories
• Welcome members • Link your community to your course
website• Engage participants and watch
daily– Post– Leave comments– +1 post
• Create Hangouts & Events• Use G+ Mobile • Assign moderators
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The key to keeping your learning community alive?
From EdTech Leaders Webinar – Keys to Keeping Your Online Community Alive
Tuesday, January 29, 2013Kirsten Peterson
Human Infrastructure!
• Learning is Social• Connection• Collaboration• Authenticity• Interpersonal Design
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Apply ETLO Best Practices to your Google+ Communities
See previous webinars for more on Facilitation Tips and Tools that provide strategies for keeping online communities alive.
ETLO: http://www.edtechleaders.org/webinars
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Controlling Privacy
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Control Notifications
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Google+ Hangouts
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Anatomy of a Google Hangout
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Great users guide on conducting Google Hangouts on Air by Hemant Charya http://goo.gl/AaMCP
Record/Stream your Google Hangout
Why Record
-Tutorials- Help Sessions-Small Group Presentation-Authentic Audience-ePortfolio Artifacts
Why Not Record- FERPA- Privacy- Open Dialogue
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Google+ Eventshttp://www.google.com/+/learnmore/events/
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Google+ Events
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Confusing
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Leverage Google+ Pages
Share photos, videos, links, and other interesting content publicly from an organization, project, course.
Encourage people to add your page to their circles so your PAGES posts will appear in their stream
Once people add your page to their circles, you can add them back.
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Q&A
Enter your questions in the chat box.
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