Google +

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What is Google +?

Google+ is a social networking tool used to connect people all across the world. It is considered to be to social layer of the Google world, that is not just a social networking tool but it is meant to connect web content with its authors or creators. By easily connecting all of the different Google products together, information, videos,  music etc. have never been easier to share! See the video below for a good tutorial of getting started with Google+!

Still Confused? Give this Edutopia Blog a read to help explain what Google + is all about! Check out this blog about setting up a community for your classroom or personal life.

Classroom Resources:

1) Check out this document for great ideas of using Google+ in your classroom! It is a series of slides people have composed to share and collaborate effective ways to introduce this social tool into the classroom!

2) For science education related ideas, check out this blog. This teacher used Google Hangouts to co-teach an acceleration Lab with a professional engineering from MIT.