Anymeeting - Webconference and Record Meeting. Vyew. Google+ Hangouts. Google+ Hangouts: Six Practical Uses for Online Education by Jeremy Vest. “If seeing, hearing, or sharing with your online students could help the learning process, then Google+ Hangouts could be a great, engaging venue for your students. Considering that many students use Social Media as one of the primary ways to communicate, this might be a way to better engage younger generations.” What is a Google+ Hangout? A Hangout is a video group chat in Google+ for up to 10 people. If you click “Hangouts with extras” when you start a Hangout, you will see that it has a whole lot more power then just a Web chat feature. (Figure 1) In fact, it’s very close to the power of the best online meeting websites.
Figure 1. Here are six ways you might use Google+ Hangouts for online education: Screen sharing To share your screen, all you have to do is click “Share screen” at the top. Figure 2. Notes & Google Document collaboration You can add a note to the chat or you can open up a shared Google document. Sketch Pad Circles could be classes Hangout API What Hangouts does not do. The Google+ Cheatsheet Is a Quick Reference To Using Google+ USTREAM, You're On. Free LIVE VIDEO Streaming, Online Broadcasts. Create webcasts, live stream videos on the Internet. Live streaming videos, TV shows. 7 Things about Ustream. Free Skype internet calls and cheap calls to phones online. Mebeam, free video chat rooms and conferencing.