Using Google Hangouts & Video Chats in the Classroom
Google Video Chat and Hangouts allow for video conferencing in real time. If a teacher uses Google Video Chat, s/he can hold virtual office hours with students by meeting them face to face in an online environment. Students can also host video chats with each other to collaborate when they can't physically get together. Faculty can bring in guest speakers using Google Hangouts. Teachers on different sides of the world can coordinate and even get their two classes together in a Google Hangout. Teachers can conduct a lecture in Google Hangouts, even with participating students who ask questions. This dynamic lecture/discussion can be recorded and then uploaded to the teacher's class blog or online classroom. And Google Hangouts allow for participating members to make visible to Hangout member the computer's. This comes in handy for peer reviews, when an instructor is conferring with a student over a paper the student has written, or when the instructor meets with a group of students in order to explain an assignment.
Image is from Google+ Hangouts.
Image is from Google+ Hangouts.
Jarod Bormann shows how to use Google Hangouts especially for academic collaboration.
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Sue Soucy shows how to share your desktop and screen in Google Hangouts.
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Note: There is a difference between Google Hangout and Google Hangout on Air. Google Hangouts limit participants to ten in video calls. Google Hangouts on Air have limitless viewers and are broadcast to the public live as they occur.
Gmail Video Chats
Gmail video chats offer one-on-one video conferencing with students or colleagues. The two videos below give information on how to set up your Gmail for video chat and how to use a Gmail video chat for a conference session.
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Phil Sheaff explains how to set up your Gmail for video chat.
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Butterscotch.com shows how to use video chat in Gmail.
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