Here's a piece about Google + from Traci Gardner at Bedford Bits (a blog sponsored by Bedford St. Martin's Press whose bloggers all work in Rhetoric/Composition).
I just started playing with it last night, and my first thought was how easy it would be to use in the classroom. Let's try it tonight.
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14 years ago
I'm sold! Just the fact that you can update your statuses to one specific group is enought for me! Sometimes I want to rant about work to family but can't do it because of some on my coworkers are on my facebook. Other times, I want to start up a discussion with my coworkers but feel it doesnt really apply to the other friends I have on facebook and would like to discuss with my coworkers. These are some of the issues that Google+ would help with. I also thing it's a more organized way to see who your fb friends are. Although I must admit that it would be soooo time consuming to have to group my 400+ friends into groups. How many groups can you even have? The other features such as the video... ehh. It didnt move me. Maybe because I don't have many friends outside of New York. It could work for others though. I'm not sure if Google+ will ever replace facebook. I can see facebook adding these same features to its site. And yes, lets try it in class!
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean we're getting invites?! Huzzah!
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