Google hangouts

Google Hangouts can be a very effective way to communicate with people you might not normally be able to. Sure, students could use the technology to digitally hold a conversation with a students across their classroom isle, but connecting with students across the world or experts in the field provides students a unique experience.

To connect with others, try one of these Google Plus communities:

Connected Classrooms
Mystery Location Calls
Google Hangouts in Education
Mystery Hangout
Educators on Google Plus

Roberts Middle School students "Hanging Out" with Nathaniel Miska, Graduate PhD of Neuroscience at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, while he studies the brain tissue of mice who have been injected with viruses. Read more about the experiment here.

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