Google Plus + Apps
I posted last about Google Plus possibilities and my final thought was that when Plus connects to all the other Google Apps, there might be more push to use it in schools. Today I read that Google has launched Google+ for Google Apps. (Google+ accounts could only be activated with a Gmail address before.)
The article says that already a few dozen Google Apps for Education universities have enabled Google+ for their students, faculty, and staff.
As I thought, using Google+ hangouts to meet classes in multiple locations via virtual meetings is a feature that should be attractive. It's not that this couldn't already be done using existing services, but most of those are for a fee.
Along with Apps integration, Google also added 3 new features: what's hot, ripples, and creative kit, for Google+. What's hot, accessible at the end of new posts in a user's stream or in their list of circles, allows users to see posts about topics trending on the network. Ripples gives users the ability to see how posts spread publicly throughout the network. Creative kit is a tool for editing images uploaded to Google+.
The article says that already a few dozen Google Apps for Education universities have enabled Google+ for their students, faculty, and staff.
As I thought, using Google+ hangouts to meet classes in multiple locations via virtual meetings is a feature that should be attractive. It's not that this couldn't already be done using existing services, but most of those are for a fee.
Along with Apps integration, Google also added 3 new features: what's hot, ripples, and creative kit, for Google+. What's hot, accessible at the end of new posts in a user's stream or in their list of circles, allows users to see posts about topics trending on the network. Ripples gives users the ability to see how posts spread publicly throughout the network. Creative kit is a tool for editing images uploaded to Google+.
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