google+ how can it help enhance your personal learning network

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Agenda• Understand what kind of place Google+ is

and why it is becoming more popular.• Explore Circles, Games, Streams, Hangouts,

Photos, +1 button, Events, and more.• Learn how to create a Google+ page for

yourself and/or library.• Manage and view your Google+ profile and

learn what information Google has on you.• Acquire numerous tips to make your Google+

experience more meaningful.

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by Martin Shervington

The complete guide to Google Plus will give you everything you need to use it including a free 90 minute video course!

There are over 300 things covered in the videos!

Google + has …

CirclesStreams ProfilesPhotos

HangoutsMessenger

Mobile+1 button

Robert Scoble’s Google + Tips Summarized:

• Create a manageable set of circles (e.g., Friends, Family, Tech Geeks, Co-workers)

• Learn how to distribute content to circles. (Talking Tech circle)

• Create a “home circle" and add people you want to see everyday. Or create a “Noise” circle to help eliminate people who post a lot.

• If a post is getting a lot of comments (resembling a discussion forum) then mute it.

• Turn off e-mail notifications and use SMS or filter them in Gmail.

• A good list of Google Chrome extensions: http://pear.ly/fDvaa

• When re-sharing, think about who you are sharing with. Try to eliminate duplication.

• Update/clean your Google Profile (profiles.google.com) Source: http://goo.gl/4Lbvt

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Live Demonstration

Tour Google+Finding People

Posting, hashtags etc.Photos

HangoutsJoining Communities

Creating a PageSecurity Settings

Manage Your G+ ProfileViewing your public Profile

Enabling Instant Upload from Mobile

http://www.google.com/hangouts/

Google+ Hangouts

Hangouts work on some phones now!

Being replaced by Hangouts!

'What information does Google have about me?' https://www.google.com/dashboard

E-mail vs. SMS Notifications

Creating a Vanity URL1.

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Collaboration

Some Google+ Chrome Extensions

• Move2Picasa exports all your Facebook photos to Picasa.

• RSS Share for Google Plus & Google Reader integrates Google+ and Google Reader by adding a ‘Share on Google+' button within Google Reader and includes Google Reader within Google+.

• My Hangouts for Google Plus provides a quick view of all the active hangouts in your stream.

• Extended Share for Google Plus will extend Google+ to share to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and many more.

Be careful when installing extensions that aren’t in the

Chrome’s Web app store!

Let’s Hangout!

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