Going live with HOA

Once my Hangout On Air (HOA) is scheduled (I explain how I do that here) and have embedded it in my Google Site (I explain how to do that here), I am ready to go live! Having everything ready to go before the morning is the key to success. My mornings are very busy. I usually have a meeting at 8 a.m., receive students at 8:45 a.m., start the morning show by 9 a.m. and then off to my next meeting! Here's the process for how we "go live" with HOA:

How our audience views the Morning Show

At Evendale we use a YouTube link that is posted on a Google Site to view the show. Each morning when teachers arrive, they turn on their laptops and projectors. The show is projected onto the SMARTBoard in each classroom. Teachers go to the same Google Site each day and they have been encouraged to put a shortcut on their desktop to make it even easier.

How we set up a Google Hangout On Air

In this post, I will give you step by step directions with screenshots and provide a video that demonstrates the process of setting up a Google Hangout On Air (HOA). Each "broadcast" requires a separate HOA to be set up. Once you get the hang of it, it's quite simple. So let's begin!

Why we use Google Hangouts On Air

As I mentioned in the welcome post, finding an alternative to the previous Morning Show broadcasted through a cable channel was no longer an option at the start of the 2014-15 school year. We had five classrooms that were not able to watch on the previously used method of broadcasting though a cable channel. In addition, we had fifteen new teachers, many of which were in their first year. I needed something that was simple to access and play.

Welcome!

OnAirEd was created to share our school's process for using Google Hangouts On Air (HOA) to broadcast our morning announcements. My name is Elizabeth Mistretta. This is my first year as Evendale Elementary's principal. Before I became a principal, I was the assistant principal at Evendale for three years and a fourth grade teacher for six. I have always enjoyed discovering ways to make learning more engaging and my work more efficient using technology.