Saturday, December 19, 2009

Google Teacher Academy for Administrators

Since there's been a great deal of discussion around Google Apps on this
list, I thought I'd point out that the next Google Teacher Academy has been
announced. It's for administrators exclusively. Here's the blurb from the
Google Education newsletter.

"We know you're probably busy marking your final papers and getting your
classrooms in order before the holiday break, but we wanted to sneak in one
last message to you before you check out for the season.

We're very excited to announce our first ever Google Teacher Academy for
Administrators. Since many of you have been asking for a GTA for Admins for
a while, we've decided to host the first one immediately preceding the ASCD
conference, on Friday, March 5th in San Antonio, Texas. As you might know,
the Google Teacher Academy for Administrators is a FREE professional
development experience designed to help K-12 educational leaders 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 learn how to apply examples
from our innovative corporate environment. Potential applicants include
educational leaders or decision makers including (but not limited to) school
principals, assistant principals, state, county or district superintendents,
technology directors or coordinators, and CTOs who actively serve K-12
teachers and students. For more information, please check out:
http://www.google.com/educators/gtaforadmins.html
OR
Apply before midnight, January 25th here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE1lYmFfTU4zN1RQWDBpX20wb3BsWXc6MA
"

I've served as a Lead Learner for previous Google Teacher Academies, so I
have some experience with the program. Please let me know if you have any
questions!

Lucy Gray
Education Technology Specialist
Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education
University of Chicago
http://cemse.uchicago.edu
773-834-5214 (Office)
682-233-5829 (Google Voice)

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