Google Teacher Newsletter - National Teacher's Day Edition 2009
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Julio C Rodriguez
May 7, 2009, 6:33:48 PM5/7/09
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I'm passing this message from Cristin along in case anyone is
interested in participating in the Google Teacher Academy.
Julio
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Hello Teachers,
Happy National Teacher's Day, two days late. Here at Google, we'd
like to take this time to salute all teachers, for all you do every
day (not just May 5th), and we'd like to mention an accomplishment of
one of our favorite teachers, Jerome Burg. Jerome, a Google Certified
Teacher, was recognized for his work on Google Lit Trips by the
Goldman Sachs foundation for Excellence in International Education in
Media and Technology . Google Lit Trips uses the technologies of
Google Earth and social networking to bring literature to life through
virtual mapping. By placing markers on Google Earth tracking the
journeys of characters from literature and populating those placemarks
with a wide variety of supplemental resources, students can “ride
along as virtual passengers” on the same journey the characters are
taking. The site gives teachers access to previously constructed
Google Lit Trips as well as the ability to interact and post new trips
online.
Check out Jerome's award at: http://asiasociety.org/education/prizes/home.htm
And be sure to stop by Google Lit Trips at: http://www.googlelittrips.org/
In celebration of National Teacher's Day, we are happy to announce
that applications are now open for our next Google Teacher Academy,
which will take place in our Boulder, Colorado office on August 5th,
2009. For those unfamiliar with it, the Google Teacher Academy is a
FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12
educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is
an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience
with Google's free products and other technologies, learn about
innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with
colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate
environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google
Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other K-12 educators
in their local region. The GTA is open to teachers all over the
world, but participants must pay for their own travel and lodging, if
necessary.
For more information on the GTA, please go to: http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
Please check out the application and apply by MIDNIGHT, July 3rd,
2009: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cmNxOEpoMi1pM1hiWnl2ZW52cWNERnc6MA..
As a tool for teachers, Google is excited to share news about a
comprehensive new digital media education program from one of our
partners, Common Sense Media, a leading non-partisan, non-profit
resource that helps families and educators teach kids how to be safe
and smart in today’s media driven world. Their new program, Common
Sense Schools, provides materials to engage parents and teachers in an
interactive dialogue about the media kids consume and create. The
program takes a balanced approach by addressing both the opportunities
and challenges of new media for parents and kids. It’s available for
free online and is designed to give you the flexibility to target the
media-related issues, like social networking or cyberbullying, that
matter most to your community. For free access to videos and
downloadable presentations, tip sheets, and discussion materials that
will give you all the tools your school needs to build a school-
community partnership around media and technology issues, check out:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/schools
Alright teachers, I think we've taken up a fair amount of your time
for now. Please expect another newsletter around the National
Education Computing Conference (NECC) at the end of June, where we'll
be sharing exciting information about how you can get involved in
using Google Apps Education Edition at your school.
If you'd like to get a jump on that, check out: http://www.google.com/a/edu
Warm Regards,
Cristin Frodella
Google K-12 Education Outreach
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators
interested in participating in the Google Teacher Academy.
Julio
------------
Hello Teachers,
Happy National Teacher's Day, two days late. Here at Google, we'd
like to take this time to salute all teachers, for all you do every
day (not just May 5th), and we'd like to mention an accomplishment of
one of our favorite teachers, Jerome Burg. Jerome, a Google Certified
Teacher, was recognized for his work on Google Lit Trips by the
Goldman Sachs foundation for Excellence in International Education in
Media and Technology . Google Lit Trips uses the technologies of
Google Earth and social networking to bring literature to life through
virtual mapping. By placing markers on Google Earth tracking the
journeys of characters from literature and populating those placemarks
with a wide variety of supplemental resources, students can “ride
along as virtual passengers” on the same journey the characters are
taking. The site gives teachers access to previously constructed
Google Lit Trips as well as the ability to interact and post new trips
online.
Check out Jerome's award at: http://asiasociety.org/education/prizes/home.htm
And be sure to stop by Google Lit Trips at: http://www.googlelittrips.org/
In celebration of National Teacher's Day, we are happy to announce
that applications are now open for our next Google Teacher Academy,
which will take place in our Boulder, Colorado office on August 5th,
2009. For those unfamiliar with it, the Google Teacher Academy is a
FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12
educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is
an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience
with Google's free products and other technologies, learn about
innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with
colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate
environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google
Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other K-12 educators
in their local region. The GTA is open to teachers all over the
world, but participants must pay for their own travel and lodging, if
necessary.
For more information on the GTA, please go to: http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
Please check out the application and apply by MIDNIGHT, July 3rd,
2009: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cmNxOEpoMi1pM1hiWnl2ZW52cWNERnc6MA..
As a tool for teachers, Google is excited to share news about a
comprehensive new digital media education program from one of our
partners, Common Sense Media, a leading non-partisan, non-profit
resource that helps families and educators teach kids how to be safe
and smart in today’s media driven world. Their new program, Common
Sense Schools, provides materials to engage parents and teachers in an
interactive dialogue about the media kids consume and create. The
program takes a balanced approach by addressing both the opportunities
and challenges of new media for parents and kids. It’s available for
free online and is designed to give you the flexibility to target the
media-related issues, like social networking or cyberbullying, that
matter most to your community. For free access to videos and
downloadable presentations, tip sheets, and discussion materials that
will give you all the tools your school needs to build a school-
community partnership around media and technology issues, check out:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/schools
Alright teachers, I think we've taken up a fair amount of your time
for now. Please expect another newsletter around the National
Education Computing Conference (NECC) at the end of June, where we'll
be sharing exciting information about how you can get involved in
using Google Apps Education Edition at your school.
If you'd like to get a jump on that, check out: http://www.google.com/a/edu
Warm Regards,
Cristin Frodella
Google K-12 Education Outreach
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators
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