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Leveraging Google+ Features to Build Community Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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. Webinar Tips.

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Leveraging Google+ Features to Build Community Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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  1. Leveraging Google+ Features to Build Community Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Lucie deLaBruere, Higher Education Adjunct at University of Vermont,GradSchool of Marlboro CollegeSt. Michael’s College www.edtechleaders.org

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Goals Explore 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

  5. POLL 1 • Do you currently have a G+ account? • A. Yes – Personal Google Account • B. Yes – School related Google Account • C. Multiple (Personal and School) Google Accounts • D. Not yet

  6. Poll 2 How often do you view or post to Google+ A. View only occasionally B. View only regularly C. View AND post occasionally D. View AND post regularly E. None of the above (yet)

  7. 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.

  8. Google+ Profile

  9. Personalize your Profile help your students or online community relate to you as a person

  10. Does your Google Plus Presence • Provide - High Quality Content • Support (not) Overwhelm Technology Overwhelm Content 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

  11. Pros and Cons of multiple Google+ Accounts • Digital Identity is distributed • Multiple Identify is confusing to others • Mobile G+ doesn’t switch between identifies

  12. The New InBox? Your Stream ~ Start a Hangout ~ Chat ~ Events + More

  13. Leverage Mobile

  14. Google+ Circles

  15. Sharing, Liking, and Resharing Click ‘date’ to get permalink

  16. 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

  17. Who Can See My G+ Posts Carefully consider FERPA Student Safety Ethics & Etiquette Great presentation that helps clarify who can see your G+Post by Bjorn Behrendtl

  18. Google+ Shared Circles

  19. G+ Communities • Successful • Online Communities • Fill a Need • Have a Focus • Use Intentional Design strategies • Evolve • Revolve around Human Infrastructure

  20. 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

  21. Google+ Communities

  22. If you build it, will they will come? Effective communities have intentionaldesign and facilitation Sustainable communities are needs-driven, dynamic and nimble ~ETLO

  23. Creating a Google+ Community

  24. 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

  25. Successful G+ Communities • 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 • 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

  26. The key to keeping your learning community alive? From EdTech Leaders Webinar – Keys to Keeping Your Online Community AliveTuesday, January 29, 2013 Kirsten Peterson Human Infrastructure! • Learning is Social • Connection • Collaboration • Authenticity • Interpersonal Design

  27. 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

  28. Controlling Privacy

  29. Control Notifications

  30. Google+ Hangouts

  31. Anatomy of a Google Hangout

  32. Record/Stream your Google Hangout • Why Record • -Tutorials • - Help Sessions • -Small Group Presentation • -Authentic Audience • -ePortfolio Artifacts • Why Not Record • FERPA • Privacy • Open Dialogue Great users guide on conducting Google Hangouts on Air by Hemant Charyahttp://goo.gl/AaMCP

  33. Google+ Eventshttp://www.google.com/+/learnmore/events/

  34. Google+ Events

  35. Confusing

  36. 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.

  37. Q&A Enter your questions in the chat box.

  38. Contact Information Lucie deLaBruere ldelabruere@gmail.com www.learningwithlucie.com @techsavvygirl

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