Recently I thought, "I'd like to learn how to use google hangout." And I thought "I'd like to share one of my stories with the students." Voila! An idea was born. We all got our google+ accounts up and running and scheduled a chat for this afternoon.
I read them one of my stories and gave them four questions:
-what did you like about the story?
-what would you change about the story?
-do you think I should make it longer, shorter, or was it just right?
-do you have any questions?
It was great to hear their feedback on my writing! I got some solid ideas for how to improve. Then I gave them some writing prompts and invited them to write another short story for next week.
I liked how the sharing and feedback was reciprocal. Hopefully, now that they have given me suggestions for improvement, they will apply the same principles to their own writing.
But I have some questions about google hangout...
If I want to start a hangout, do my google friends have to be online in order to accept the invitation? There were some students who I was friends with, but I couldn't figure out how to invite them to the chat. Any ideas what went wrong?
Thanks!
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