How to Schedule and Start Google Hangouts on Air (And where are the links to share?)

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Hangouts on Air are now only possible using YouTube.

Here's a 5-step guide, no extras needed. The location of the 3 links to share (for panelists, for YouTube viewers, and for embedding on a website) are on Slide 6 (and above).

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A Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet -- Thank you, Canva!

Whoo-hoo! Image sizes and tips for Facebook, G+, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram!

I love that Canva provided the embed code for this infographic right in their article The Complete Social Media Image Size Guide: With Awesome Design Tips [Infographic]. Talk about quick sharing!

Find more awesome design content at designschool.canva.com

And did I mention before how much I love Canva? ☺

                                          

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3 Ways to Reduce Your Chances of Accidentally Bringing Up Explicit YouTube Content In Your Classroom

(11/26/13 update: This post has been revamped to include three, not two, methods of minimizing explicit results. Also, the title has been changed to reflect the slightly different focus of the post.)

Here are three ways to minimize your chances of accidentally pulling up explicit content when showing a YouTube video to your students in class.

1. First of all, choose a video ahead of time, and bookmark that link. Test the link just before you show the video.

Doing a spontaneous YouTube search in class is risky. This is especially true with viral videos that seem to attract less-than-honorable people who want to reroute you to their explicit websites.

2. Secondly, if you want to give the video a more permanent home, you can embed it on your website.

Make sure the "Show suggested videos when the video finishes" option is unchecked.

3. Thirdly, which is the most drastic but surest method, you can enable "Safe Search" in Google to filter all explicit text and images.

Here's a little demo I recorded of how to add and lock "Safe Search" settings.



Visual tip: Remember that the colored balloons at the upper right of your search results screen indicate that Safe Search is on.

Google notes that even though it tries to eliminate explicit content in Safe Search, "We do our best to keep SafeSearch as up-to-date and comprehensive as possible, but objectionable content sometimes slips through the cracks."

You can check out Google's Safe Search support page for information on how to report explicit content. 

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Using Facebook and YouTube to Teach Math

Who poo-poohs social media for teaching and learning? Not I ...

Seabury alum Ben Rogers uses Facebook, along with his website Crewton Ramone's House of Math to get the word out about his super simple method of learning math.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Makawao-HI/Crewton-Ramones-House-of-Math/204602101536?ref=nf

And, Ben is putting up simple and effective lessons on YouTube, like this one about making change for $100.00, and (the formerly dreaded) nine times tables:

"Using Addends to make change for $100.00 & multiply by nines"


Who says social media and education don't mix very well?
Not I ...

Bravo, Ben!
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