Archive for Category: "Google"
July 28, 2011 8:41 pm
Google+ Building (or Re-Building) your PLN
Twitter just became 5 years old and many of us can remember the first time: we heard of twitter… the first time we experienced powerful collaboration on twitter… some of us can even remember our first tweet (not me, though I can imagine it was something like: “I just don’t understand this…” So, for many it feels like a shock when after 5 years, thousands of tweets, hours of growing and grooming our personal learning network we look at Google+ [...]
July 22, 2011 1:13 pm
Google Educast Show #23: SOL (Save Our Labs!)
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: Fred Delventhal and Daniel Rezac Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Don’t forget to add your comments below to answer our question “What Google Labs tool should Google save?” for your chance to win a Google+ invite! We’ll share some of the responses on next week’s show. Call us on our comment line! If you [...]
July 10, 2011 10:24 pm
EdRoundtable: The Future of Google+ in Education
Welcome to the EdRoundtable. One of us will throw out an idea or question, and the roundtable adds their views. This edition of the EdRoundtable focuses on Google+ and its possible implications for education. When Google adds G+ to Google Apps, it needs to not just be a simple “login” addition like many of the other services are that were add-ons after the main suite of Apps. Google+ should allow for administrators to have control over the G+ domain [...]
July 10, 2011 2:43 pm
Going Mobile With Google+
EdReach has been looking at all the facets of the new Google+ platform this past week. Today’s focus is going to be on how Google+ can work on mobile devices (Android, iOS) and how that could potentially impact education. There has been no formal announcement for Google+ going under the Google Apps for Education umbrella so the product can be easily used in schools, but there is talk that it “might” be coming. How would that affect mobile learning? More [...]
July 9, 2011 4:03 pm
Light the Fire: Learning Through “Sparks”
A feature of Google+ that has great potential in the classroom is “Sparks.” “Sparks brings you stories on the things you love from all across the Web, so it’s easy to strike up meaningful conversations with your friends.” Setting up your Sparks is super easy. Simply type in some key words into the search box and Google+ builds a stream of information for you. Sharing these links with your circles takes two clicks. Google+ is designed to enhance what some [...]
July 6, 2011 10:34 pm
Circle Me Up: Exploring Circles in Google+
We’ve added a few new verbs to the English lexicon in the past few years: first, we began to “friend” people. Then we began to “follow” people. Here is another one: “circle me.” One of the distinct advantages Google+ has over social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is the ability to precisely communicate with groups of people. Google calls it “targeted sharing.” While this is possible in Facebook it’s rather cumbersome and clunky. Twitter relies on hashtags which work [...]
July 5, 2011 3:14 pm
An Introduction to Google+
Just about one week. That’s how long Google+ has been open to “invite only” status, though that admittedly is still a bit on and off. Fortunately, some of us on the EdReach network were able to get in and are continuing to play around with all that this new social network has to offer. John Sowash started us off with our first in a series of posts on Monday about how Google+ could be used in Education. For this second post, [...]
July 4, 2011 8:00 am
Google+ In Education
Last week Google re-entered the social media field with the launch of Google+. Initial reactions have been positive, a good sign for Google which has struggled to find it’s place in social media. What does Google+ mean for educators? For students? For schools? This is one of the topics that the EdReach team will be exploring this week. This week we will be featuring a series of posts related to Google+, from a basic overview for those who haven’t had [...]
July 1, 2011 4:15 pm
Google Educast Show #22: Is Google+ The Missing Social Tool For Schools?
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: Chad Kafka and John Sowash Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Call us on our comment line! If you would like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.
June 24, 2011 1:00 pm
Google Educast Show #21: How To Go Google At ISTE
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: Chad Kafka and John Sowash Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Call us on our comment line! If you would like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.
June 17, 2011 5:23 pm
Google Educast Show #20 – Search Is Back Big Time
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: Fred Delventhal and Kim Zimmer Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.
June 10, 2011 12:00 pm
Google Educast #19 – Apple vs. Google: Which Cloud Is For You?
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: Chris Atkinson and Daniel Rezac Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.
June 3, 2011 9:42 pm
Google Educast Show #18 – Ladies and Gentlemen, Update Your Browsers!
Show Host: Jay Blackman Show contributors: John Sowash and Kim Zimmer Subscribe to The EdReach Podcasts on iTunes Subscribe to the EdReach Podcast Feed. The complete show notes are now on the EdReach Wiki. Call us on our comment line! If you’d like to leave some feedback you can call us on our very own EdReach Comment line: That’s: (443) 93REACH.
May 27, 2011 3:00 pm
Google Educast #17 – Gone Google with Dr. Henry Thiele
On this episode of the Google Educast we welcome our special guest Dr. Henry Thiele for a one-on-one interview. Hank is currently the Chief Technology Officer for District 207 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Before he moved into this role he was a technology coordinator and also taught science and music at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Hank earned his Doctorate from Roosevelt University in Chicago while investigating the impact online communication can have on learning. He is a [...]
May 20, 2011 6:05 pm
Google EduCast #16 – Reaching Out With Google Apps for Education Regional Groups
On this episode of the Google Educast I am joined by Google Certified Teacher Chris Atkinson as we cover this weeks highlights in Google for Educators. This week we discuss Google’s push to get recent college graduates to be Google Apps advocates, highlight a new collaborative resource for schools as they implement Google Apps, talk Google Doodles, as well as our usual batch of Tips and Tricks. Show Notes Headlines Graduate with Google Apps: Become a Google Guide http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/landing/graduate/index.html Video [...]
May 19, 2011 8:00 am
EdReach Show #21: Keep your hands off my E2T2 !
This week’s theme has us a little concerned over the EETT funding- possibly being cut from some new legislation being introduced in the House of Representatives. Jay Blackman offers some great insight into how his district has benefitted greatly from EETT, and what it would mean for many schools without those funds. We also delve into Scott Weidig’s research into doctors using iPads, and have some very interesting On the Radar tools as well.
May 15, 2011 7:07 pm
Today’s Challenge: “The Web Is What You Make of It”
The incredible amount of resources available on the Internet today allow students access to connect to information wherever and whenever they want to. Students are no longer just consumers of content, they are now active users, creators, and publishers of content. Young people are learning in informal, nontraditional ways everyday. They aren’t afraid to explore new technologies, and they often find creative ways to use technology to their advantage. Educators and parents may be surprised to find out what children [...]
May 13, 2011 6:00 pm
Google EduCast #15 – Here Comes Another Google Teacher Academy!
On this episode of the Google Educast we welcome Google Certified Teachers Fred Delventhal, Daniel Rezac, and Kim Zimmer. This week we discuss tips on how you can make a great application for the latest Google Teacher Academy in Seattle, talk more about Google’s announcement of $20 Chromebooks and their impact on schools, give a wrap-up of other things that caught our eyes from the Google I/O conference, as well as our usual batch of Tips and Tricks. [...]
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