Session 2: 11:30-12:30
Connecting Classrooms to the World with Hangouts
Matt Miller-Ditch That Textbook (Twitter: @JMATTMILLER) jmattmiller16@gmail.com
Try Google Feud www.googlefeud.com
Skype.com (tim.arnold68)-my account
mystery hangout or mystery location call
- set up call with another teacher somewhere
- students ask yes/no questions to try to determine location
- East of the Mississippi? Yes
- Does your state border water? Yes
- Is it salt water? No
- Border a great lake? Yes
- Border Indiana? Yes
- Ohio? No
- Illinois? Yes
Carrie (@heckawesome - Twitter handle)
Ideas: Ali Oler, Kyle Bowers, Chad Spencer
MYSTERY SKYPE:
- Official Mystery Skype site: https://education.skype.com/mysteryskype
- Skype Etiquette and Mystery Skype: http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/skype-etiquette/
- So You Want to Do Mystery Skype? http://pernillesripp.com/2011/10/25/so-you-want-to-do-mystery-skype/
FINDING VIDEO CHAT PARTNERS:
- Skype Education (create a lesson saying what you’d like to do OR find a lesson you’d like to participate in): http://education.skype.com.
- Twitter: Send a tweet using the #langchat hashtag asking if anyone would like to connect classrooms via Skype.
- Google Plus community: Mystery Location Calls
- Google Plus community: Google Hangouts in Education
- Google Plus community: Mystery Hangout
- Colleagues, family and friends: Spread the word about what you’d like to do.
- Matt: He’s glad to tap into his network of contacts to find someone!
10 Ways to Start Using Skype in the Classroom: http://www.edudemic.com/10-ways-to-start-using-skype-in-the-classroom/
Mystery Location Call Roles (jobs that students can do while the call is going on): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UkFXBUyseKZN6yfVpW9Mye6hbSc8JNHl_yu3ExLanMA/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1
Up to 10 people can interact on Hangouts
Hangouts on air has unlimited # of viewers
School announcements could be done this way!
Turkey Run/Valencia Collaboration Project
Sharing/Learning Globally
Live Hangouts
Live Skype chats
Recorded video messages (youtube)
Shared Google Documents
Blogs
Social Media (Twitter, Google+)
Website (Weebly, Google Sites, etc.)
Communication apps (Voxer - walkie talkie)
Check Out: Google Connected Classrooms (virtual fieldtrips)
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