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A recent study of Google+ showed that it is more popular with parents than students, which could be a favorable indicator of how popular it is for those educators of the same generation.
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One example of how teachers are using Google+ Pages to run their classrooms, is that of Mr. McDowell who teaches World History at West Hills High School. Mr. McDowell has made great use of Google’s tools to give students access to documents, schedules, presentations, videos and password protected areas like attendance and grade records.
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access to Google+ tools and pages from any computer promotes interactivity on the site and is a big hit with educators
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Facebook doesn’t offer a platform that supports real-time interactions and information sharing like Google+.
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Google+ Pages provides control for sharing information by allowing you to sort your contacts into “circles”.
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create custom “hangouts” which brings people from within your circles that you select, to interact in a virtual room together.