21. Teaching & Administration
Professional learning, meetings, even college recruitment are all possible with
Hangouts.
1.Campus previews: Using Hangouts, admissions counselors can chat with students and discuss what
it’s like to attend their college or university.
2.Professional discussion: Through Google Hangouts, personal learning networks can come together on
a regular basis for discussions.
3.Team meetings: Teachers spend enough time at school. With Hangouts, teachers can conduct team
meetings away from the classroom.
4.Board meetings: University board members may be stretched far and wide. With Hangouts, members
can meet virtually while still enjoying face-to-face interaction.
5.Recruitment chats: Google+ Hangouts can be a virtual college fair table, offering Q&A sessions for the
admissions process and even highlighting important people on campus like department chairs.
6.Policy discussion: Join the debate by taking part in The Power of Ten Hangout, hosted every
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. EST to discuss education’s future.
7.Peer review: Education professionals can create a Hangout to ask colleagues for a review and
brainstorming session for interesting classroom ideas, journal articles, and more.
8.PR chats: Instead of press conferences, small announcements can be made with Hangouts, as
university leadership open up a chat for news outlets, alumni, and other interested parties.
9.Staff professional development: Instead of traditional professional development days, these sessions
can be taken care of through Google Hangouts.
22. Teacher-Student Communication
Connect with students even when you’re not in the classroom, thanks to Google+ Hangouts
10.Virtual office hours: It can be difficult to schedule face to face time on campus, but with
Hangouts, teachers can set a time to meet with students wherever they are.
11.Homework help sessions: Teachers can set up regular homework help sessions to
assist students who may need a little support as they complete their assignments in the
evening.
12.Review sessions: Before big exams hit, professors can host Hangouts where they share
hints and essential information with students.
13.Tutorials: For students who want a little extra help, tutorial sessions on G+ Hangouts can
be a great way to get small group assistance.
14.Peer to peer helpline: Classrooms can establish a peer-to-peer helpline co-op, where
students can log on to a G+Hangout to help out their fellow students with homework and
tutorials.
15.Mentor groups: Small mentoring groups can get together through Hangouts, updating
both mentors and mentees on new developments.
23. Teaching with Hangouts
Hangouts make it easy to bring students, teachers and classrooms together, with these ideas
and more.
16.Distance learning: There are so many ways that students can enjoy distance learning. One example is
cooking schools that are using Hangouts to share lessons and cooking tips.
17.Extended discussions: After classroom discussions are over, students or teachers can open up a
Hangout to facilitate further discussion.
18.Talks around the world: Zookeepers at Zoo Atlanta use Google Plus Hangouts to host keeper talks,
making it easy for students of all ages around the world to learn about animals.
19.Foreign language Hangouts: Foreign language students can participate in video conversations using
Google Translation to better understand each other.
20.Mobile learning: Hangouts are available not just on computers, but mobile phones as well, making it
possible for students and teachers to log into the chat anywhere they are.
21.Public teaching: Using the Hangouts on Air feature, educators can open their session up to all
Google+ users worldwide, allowing for broadcasting, online conferences, and massive study sessions.
22.Remote participation: Students who are sick or traveling can still attend class virtually even when they
can’t physically be there.
23.Scheduled discussions: Professors, especially those with online courses, can set up scheduled
discussion Hangouts to get students together and talking.
24. Teaching with Hangouts
24. Remote lessons: Music teacher Thomas J. West has been using Google Hangouts to
share his lessons with students anywhere and everywhere.
25. Review video lectures: If you post your lectures to YouTube, you can integrate them
into a Hangout. Simply rewatch your lecture in the Hangout, pausing for re-teaching and
offering a director’s cut with further discussion.
26. Video archives: All Google+ Hangouts can be saved and archived, making it easy for
instructors to share class sessions with students who didn’t make it.
27. Teaching off-campus: Professors can share their knowledge with the world by teaching
off-campus lectures through Hangouts.
28. Book club: This idea is especially helpful for sister classrooms as they come together to
discuss the same book. Using Hangouts, classrooms from around the world can host a
book club together.
29. Show and tell: Video conferences used to be a little hard to follow, with lots of small
windows for each participant. But with Hangouts, the person who is speaking takes the
big screen, allowing for a virtual show and tell.
25. Teaching with Hangouts
30. Sketching parties: Art students can come together on Google Hangouts to host and
participate in sketching parties.
31. Go behind the scenes: Students can join G+ Hangouts to get behind the scenes access
for everything from broadcasting to running a zoo.
32. Broadcast student performances
: Open up student presentations and performances beyond your classroom by sharing
them in a Hangout.
33. Creating a story: Together, classmates or classes can take turns building a basic story
that they’ve written together, entering and sharing their work in the Hangout’s Google
Doc.
34. Career spotlights: Teachers can poll students to find out what their parents do for a
living, then ask parents to host a weekly career spotlight explaining what they do.
35. Bringing in an expert: It might be cost-prohibitive for small schools to bring in experts
for in-person lectures, but just about anyone can ask to connect with an expert over
Hangouts, bringing a valuable resource into the classroom.
36. Panel discussions: Forget hosting just one expert, bring several in at a time to
participate in a classroom panel discussion.
37. Reader’s theater: Several students can take on different parts in a play, acting it all out
on a Hangout chat.
26. Student Connection
School is social, and Hangouts can make it even easier to connect. Try
out these ideas at your school.
38.Get to know you sessions: Through new student Hangouts, colleges can
make it easier for new students to meet each other before they even step foot on
campus.
39.Connecting students abroad: Students who are studying abroad may feel a
little disconnected from the campus. Setting up Hangouts, where they can talk to
potential study abroad students, can help them feel a little more grounded.
40.Staying in touch: Connections can drop off over the summer, but with Google
Hangouts, students can stay connected and keep relationships solid for back to
school.
41.Student-alumni mentoring: Recent grads can connect with current students
through Hangouts, offering personal chats on what life is like after graduation.
27. Collaboration
Group projects, brainstorming sessions, and more are all
great ways to use Hangouts for collaboration in schools.
42.Document editing: Google now allows users to add and
create docs in Google Hangouts, making it easy to
collaboratively edit documents through the service.
43.Study groups: Students who want to study together, but
can’t actually be together can take advantage of the Hangouts
service to get connected virtually.
44.Project feedback: Through Hangouts, students can get
critiques on their work before they ever bring it to the
classroom, getting a chance to fine-tune it beforehand.
28. Education +
Take education to the next level with these Hangout ideas.
45.Connecting with fans: College athletics programs have begun hosting
Hangouts sessions, allowing fans to question coaches and athletic
directors for their favorite teams.
46.Club meetings: Just like study sessions and group projects, Hangouts
offer a great option for school club meetings.
47.Engaging with alumni: Alumni Hangout sessions are a fun way to
keep former students connected with the school and each other.
48.Career connections: Colleges can set up meetings between
employers and students simply by creating small Hangout groups.
49.Remote helpdesk: With a screen-sharing option, Google Hangouts are
great for school IT departments, allowing for a higher level of support.
50.Host a cheap concert: Avoid having to pay for flights, hotels, and
insane requests by simply hosting a Hangout concert.