Thursday, February 19, 2015

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.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

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!

Monday, February 16, 2015

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.

Friday, February 13, 2015

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.