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In the next 50 min... What is Google+?

Why should I use Google+?

How do I get started with Google+?

How can I connect with other educators on

Google+?

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Google+

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What is Google+? Social media network

Incorporates circles

Threaded discussions

One long newsfeed

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Google+ Statistics Launched in June 2011

Over 500+ million users

Daily active users = 350 million

+1 button used 5 billion times per day

625,000+ new users on Google+ every day

Source: http://goo.gl/VSveSL

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Why Use Google+? Communicate with other educators

Create a blended learning environment

Collaborate with peers

Conduct meetings without traveling

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Think about

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Getting Started

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Getting Started 1. Access Google+

2. Learn the Layout

3. Set Up your Profile

4. Find People & Build your Circles

5. Post Content

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Accessing Google+

1. Go to http://plus.google.com

2. Enter your Username and Password

3. Click Sign In

Note: You'll automatically be signed in to Google+

if you've already signed in to another Google product

in the same browser.

There’s an

App for that!

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CAe9s

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Learn the Layout

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Google Plus Tools Home: Your “newsfeed”

Collections: A new way to group your posts by topic

Communities: Groups you can belong to based on interest

Profile: View and edit your profile page

People: Circles - personalized groups of friends or contacts

Settings: Set your G+ the way you want it

Send Feedback: Send Google Suggestions

Help: Get Google+ help

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Find People Find your friends, coworkers, classmates, and contacts here.

Click on “People” from the menu and find people to “Follow”.

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Circles Circles allow you to categorize your friends, family, and everyone else.

Why set up circles?

• Organization: As you connect with more and more people on Google Plus, it is

nice to be able to remember how you connected with them.

• Ease of Browsing: If you want to find google resources that are being shared,

you can easily choose to look at just the updates from your “Google” circle.

• Targeted Sharing: Share different things with people

based on how they are categorized in your circles.

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Build Your Circles To create a Circle, click on “Following” and click on “New Circle”.

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Post Content 1. Click the share icon.

2. Type your post.

• To share a photo, click the photo icon.

• To share a link, click the link icon.

• To share your location, click the location

icon.

3. To choose who to share the post with, click the

blue text next to your name. You can share with

a person, a Collection, a Community, or a circle.

4. Click POST.

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Posts When you see a post in your home stream, you

can:

• +1 it

• Comment on it

• Reshare it

• Mute it

• Report it

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Communities Communities are groups that you can join. It is a great way

to connect with other that have similar interests.

You can even create your own community.

Communities can have different privacy settings,

depending on the group. This is useful if you want

to limit the community to your school domain, or

to some specific group of people.

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Collections With Collections, you can organize posts around topics, such

as Google, iPads, tech apps, etc.

When you create a Collection, you can:

• Choose who can see and follow your Collection

• Choose whether people who follow you will automatically

follow that Collection

• Post to that Collection

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Go to:

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Let’s Try It Out!

Google+ Challenge

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Making Connections

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Google+ Educators

Access the link below in order to add more contacts on Google+

http://goo.gl/Eagsvs

10 Google+ Communities Every Educator Should Know About - http://goo.gl/qv7vU

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In The Classroom

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Teacher & Student Uses of Google+

1. Post Announcements - Create a circle for your class

and post class announcements

2. Share Information - Share important links with your

students

3. Group Work - Create circles for students’ group work

4. Flip Classroom – Post a question and have students

respond to your post.

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Your TCEA Social Community Gain insights, solve problems, and share resources

Join the “All Things Google” Group

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Get Your GOOGLE On Webinars

Upcoming Webinars:

September 3rd – Google Apps for Education Updates

October 1st – Making the Most of Google Classroom

November 5th – Differentiate with Google Apps

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Recommended Chrome Apps &

Extensions

• Each app or extension is organized by category (Tools,

ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) and then by topic

within each category.

• Each recommended extension or app is then linked so

that you can quickly learn more about it.

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