Meet online using Google Hangouts on Air with unlimited participants

Tue Nov 19 1500 GMT Vance Stevens at GlobalEd13

http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/how-a-community-of-educators-meets-online-using-google-hangout

When the stream starts, click here to listen

Warning, you must mute all other sound sources to avoid feedback echo

and please wear a headset :-)

Afterwards, this becomes the session recording

The YouTube link can also be accessed directly as stream or recording 

http://youtu.be/0Dck5stHkT0

Up to ten people can join you in the Hangout

https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7acpjcj2ssai39lqiekf7bq0p0?authuser=0&hl=en

When the Hangout fills you can interact with people in an embedded text chat using an embedded etherpad clone; e.g. http://etherpad.mit.edu/

Screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/zPMq8nY316P4

Ours has a direct link, http://etherpad.mit.edu/p/GlobalEd13HoA

and you can also embed it ... 

This is the embed code

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" width="950" src="http://etherpad.mit.edu/p/GlobalEd13HoA"></iframe>

Here are the links to screenshots showing steps in how to set up a Hangout on Air

1. Start with Google + http://screencast.com/t/qUBHNpnAs3sU 
2. Select Hangouts on Air http://screencast.com/t/cQH5judw1 
3. Start the HoA http://screencast.com/t/ijd9vvo5Hom 
4. Name and start your HoA http://screencast.com/t/FNPYUrfDeL6 
5. Here http://screencast.com/t/ypZh7fOHg you can
1. get the URL for your session
2. get the YouTube link of the stream
3. get the embed code in case you want to allow people to click on a PLAY button to hear the stream