Are you getting Hung Up on Google Hangouts?
Have you skipped out on Skype?
Try using a Zoom Room! <- Click to find out more!
This is a free, quick and EASY way to set up a video conference. Use it in your classroom, do some professional networking, or visit with your crazy Aunt Mary.
A Zoom Room is like a telephone number. Just set up an account - you could conveniently use your Google or Facebook account, grab a room number, invite your guests - up to 50 of them, and keep it under 40 minutes - for the free account.
Zoom makes inviting your guests quick and easy.
| Share your screen,Share yourself,
Or
View the whole party.
Open the Chat
for a sidebar comment as needed.
Invite the entire neighborhood for free,
that is, if your neighborhood has fewer that 50 people.
You have options..
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Chat Window
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You will need to have a computer with a webcam - Windows or Mac - OR a big BONUS - you can even use your Android or iOS device (cell phone or tablet)
I have used this as a delivery means for several graduate classes, collaborated with educators from all over the state, and even visited with family. It is quick to start up and something the not-so-techy person can use without a lot of direction.
If you can:
It is best-practice if you can use a headset, or at least a set of headphones. It gets pretty rough when your microphone picks up your speaker audio.... unless you like echo echo echo.
Also, in a large group, please mute your microphone when you are not talking - 
Then they won't hear you munching on those chips or the other extra noises from around the room.
Then they won't hear you munching on those chips or the other extra noises from around the room.
Try it out. Invite me along. Let's Zoom together!
My Zoom Room is -> tinyurl.com/gruzoom
