How To Use Google Hangouts Classroom

Last week google introduced a new way to incorporate google meet aka google hangouts meet into google classroom.

How to use google hangouts classroom. One of marcinek s recent discoveries is google hangouts a free video chat service that enables one on one chats and group chats with up to 10 people at a time. Using google hangouts in the classroom. It s a great way to connect your classroom with other classrooms anywhere in the world. Before the hangout have each class brainstorm 10 questions they want to ask their book club partners. There are many ways in which teachers and students can derive benefits from using hangouts in the classroom.

Moving forward i ll be using the new method. Google hangouts is google s free video conferencing tool that is available for teachers to use as part of google apps for education. Broadcast and archive live lectures. In fact i had already scheduled some meetings with the old method so that s what i used with my students this morning. Last week however i was actually able to experience that awesomeness first hand.

Here s a list of some ways to use hangouts in the classroom. 7 ways teachers use google hangouts for learning form a virtual book club. This video tutorial will show you how to host a live meeting or class with students via google classroom calendar and hangouts meet. If you are unavailable to deliver a lecture in the class you shouldn t let your class miss out on the learning which was scheduled to take place during that particular lecture. Classes that are reading the same book or similar genres can discuss novels together and recommend books to one another.

First it is integrated with other google services like youtube gmail and calendar and if you have a google account then you automatically have a google plus account. Up to 10 participants can join a google hangout at a time. May 19 2015 by bethany 1 comment. Google hangouts can also be recorded or streamlined live on youtube using a generated link. I ve written before about the amazing potential of google hangouts in classrooms.

The old method still works as well.