South Texas covers three educational service regions. In the times of Google Plus, our Google Educator Group was a strong community that stemmed from the Texas GEG. However, with the fall of G+, our GEG took a hit that sent us to hibernation. But we never stopped. Our former leader, Efren Rodriguez, kept it alive despite adversity. However, his duties as a teacher in a new school district were keeping him from continuing leadership. In his wisdom, he saw it necessary to pass the leadership to an educator who was also a Google Enthusiast.
After watching the emergence of @GEGProgram Twitter account, Carlos Garza started conversations with Mr. Rodriguez on how to bring our GEG back from slumber.
It has been an exciting time for GEG-SOUTX. Especially because it is the only active one in Texas (and some surrounding states). We are taking members from all over the world. Thus, our mission is now to share ideas to meet the needs of students through technology, both in the classroom and beyond, to grow in the global economy. We are still small and humble, but we are growing and proud.
With three regions to manage and a growing GEG, better leadership was required. That’s when Mr.G started recruiting Captains. Since he needed a Co-Leader, he seeked an Empower Captain that was already a leader in the Ed Tech community. That is when Maggie Ojeda came into the picture. As Empower Captain, she will have two roles, Co-Leader and Regional Captain. Next was seeking the other two Regional Captains. However, an amazing member of the GEG was suitable for Share Captain. Mr.G put on hold the search for the other Regional Captains and brought aboard Alfonso Mendoza Jr. as the Share Captain of GEG-SOUTX.
We hold monthly virtual meetings using Hangouts. However we had our first HIRL when Fonz, our Share Captain, was to be trained as captain. GEG-SOUTX is one of the few original GEGs in existence. That is why our name is different from others and uses the term HIRL. That term comes from the days of G+ communities where people would use Hangouts on Air. Once in a while, they would meetup in person, or Hangout In Real Life (or HIRL).
We are excited to see what the future holds for GEG-SOUTX! Learn more at GEG.SOUTX.us
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