Activity #7 - It would be a negative to be without THE+

There isn't much for me to get excited about with Google+. Not because it isn't awesome, but rather I have been using it since it came out. In fact, I started messing with it before it was officially launched. I find it to be a great addition to the Google family. The biggest drawback is the fact that more people aren't on it because they see it as a Facebook knock-off. Too bad. It offers everything good that Facebook has and throws in some Twitter-like aspects, blogging, smartphone photo back-ups, Skype-killing video chats and a million other thing.

I love the Hangout feature. I will say that the video aspect of it is what I like the best because I can chat with multiple family members face-to-face at the same time. Now that it mashed together with Google Talk, the chat feature has allowed me to chat with friend, colleagues and students when I need to. I've Hungout via my phone, laptop and tablet.

I am now trying to figure out the best way to manage my Google+ accounts. I think the best move would be to use my dist113.org account for school related thing (class material and communication with student/parents) and keep my personal account for personal and professional (outside of district business) stuff. I have many people in this class in my D113 Learning 2.0 Colleagues circle for one account and Work circle in the other. Oh, well. As long as I'm connected, I can always clean up my circles later.

Chirpin' about Twitter - Activity #6

This Twitter thing is something that I really need to be a part of. I know so many people that use it for simply gather information on a social-level. For that reason alone I know that I would have a blast. Celebrities, athletes, news anchors and the like all put out information that I would find entertaining. This is the stuff that drives conversations with friend and those conversations can now happen on Twitter.

Professionally, Twitter is a place to quickly pick up ideas from those in the know. Sharing these ideas can only drive my learning and thus drive my teaching. There are such a large number of #EdTech people out there that have a world of information to share...just look at the Twitter Feed I embedded on this blog to the right. This stuff is awesome!

I really can't wait to get a little deeper into the Twitter world...it'll be sweet! Follow me @PalmbergPhysics