With over 90 million users, Google+ is a relevant and growing social network. A strong argument for getting started on Google+ is how it affects search results. Google+ updates and the google +1 button now appear in the organic search results on google.com. If you have a +1 button on your site or are actively posting to Google+, you are improving your Google ranking. The connections you have on Google+ affect the search results when they search for a specific keyword.
Beyond improving SEO, how can your school use Google+? Consider how Loomis Chaffee is using Google+.
Potential projects for classroom use on Google+ include creating foreign language Hangouts, live multiuser video conversations using Google Translation to enable video conferencing among people speaking different languages. French students at Loomis may hold a hangout with English students in France - imagine! Teachers could promote group projects through Google+ by dividing a class into whatever sized group a teacher chooses. Using course streams in this platform, a teacher has the ability to monitor the group project and assist students in real time.
Science teacher and Director of the Kravis Center for Excellence in Learning, Scott MacClintic uses Google+ with his students:
At Loomis Chaffee Google + is used in several classrooms for homework help sessions by using Hangouts with my students to extend the time in which a teacher can interact with them. The ability to interact with students beyond the classroom and beyond email has been a definite plus.
Since day one of finalsite, we have been a technology company, building CMS solutions for schools BUT I believe our sustainabliity has come from the people behind finalsite and the vision to evolve in this ever-changing technological world we live in. From marketing to support to product development and everywhere in between, my colleagues at finalsite have found a place in their hearts and minds to truly understand our school partners.
In our niche environment of schools, you must truly understand it is about the experience, building efficiencies, ease-of-use, and planning for a sustainable process for the future, each at the highest level you can imagine.
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With over 90 million users, 
Since day one of finalsite, we have been a technology company, building CMS solutions for schools BUT I believe our sustainabliity has come from the 
n Their Words
