Changes to Knocking in Google Meet

Two changes have been made to “knocking” (requesting to join a meeting) in Google Meet to reduce disruptions in education meetings.

First, if a meeting moderator rejects a knock twice from the same participant, the participant will be blocked from knocking again. This means the moderator won’t see any additional knocks from that user for the duration of the existing meeting.

Second, if the moderator ejects a participant, that participant will be unable to:

• Rejoin the existing meeting (even if they are in-domain or on the calendar invite).
• Knock to request rejoining the existing meeting.

Use Applied Digital Skills with Google Classroom

New update - The lessons included in the Applied Digital Skills curriculum can be shared with your Google Classroom account. If you haven’t tried this it’s worth taking a look at.

GEG On Air #23

The 23rd GEG On Air went live on August 12. André Gomes (GEG Olinda Leader and Google Certified Educator 1 and 2), Arthur Felipe (GEG Recife Leader), Dani Veronezi (GEG Brasília Leader and Google Innovator) and Verônica Melendez (GEG Santo André Leader) presented their projects, suggestions and tips to work on Active Learning with students including strategies using Google Tools, gamification and frameworks to support educators on engaging practices. You can watch the GEG On Air on demand here.

Auderlânia Dias (GEG Lavras de Mangabeira), Gisele Aquino Mendes (GEG Jacareí), Adriana Chagas (GEG Natal), Rejane Cassiano Meneses (GEG Contagem), Thiago Nunes (GEG Feira Nova), Camila Schwarzer (GEG Porto União), Vânia Flores (GEG Varginha) kindly consolidated the main information and links here.

Next GEG On Air will go live in August 26, 6pm (GMT-3) and will be focused on Learning Trails.

Thanks to everyone involved!

Global GEGs Got Talent

On Sat August 15 @GlobalGEG hosted Global GEG's Got Talent. This was designed as a bit of fun and a break from the norm of training and coaching and was an opportunity for Global members to see their favourite Global leaders out of their comfort zones for a change. Host Daren White asked Leaders to sign up and record their talent to be scrutinised by guest judges, Stephanie Rothstein, Stephanie Howell, Luis Pertuz and Abid Patel. With the contestants putting themselves out there, some judges were encouraging while others were expectedly harsh. We were expecting it from Abid Patel, but no-one expected Stephanie Howell to transform into Stephanie Cowell quite so easily! Contributors included Frederick Ballew, Amber Trout, Bonnie Chelette, Andy Lumley showcasing their musical talents as well as cooking abilities and kickboxing. The real standout though was 10 year old Silver Rothstein (daughter of Stephanie) performing and playing guitar for her original song. The event was a lot of fun and the winner was young superstar AJ Howell who stole the show and voters hearts at just 9 months old with his own original song. The event recording can be watched on demand here https://youtu.be/JeTV94A44sI

Super busy GEG Gyeonggi

GEG Gyeonggi had contributed to virtually training 5,000 teachers in the Gyeonggi district, South Korea helping the district administrators with 13 training sessions live with YouTube live streaming from July 22 to August 7. This has been the very first trial for the Gyeonggi Office of Education to run official and mandatory teacher training sessions only online and the GEG Gyeonggi leaders and captains dedicated their time to running training sessions, technical support like setting up streaming, checking attendance for all 13 sessions and answering questions from the participants.

13 speakers including the superintendent of the Gyeonggi Office of Education covered the topics from AI to Student autonomy activities. The leader of the GEG Gyeonggi Judy Kim presented about Z Generation’s global competence with Media Literacy and Digital Literacy and introduced GSuite for Education in her session. 400 teachers signed up and 1,200 viewers have watched her session so far.

Here’s the link for the playlist of the training sessions https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMHrniMaR4pZaHnOEAroKWOfUPYFkKCY

GEG Montana

Montana now has a Google Education Group - GEG Montana! The GEG Montana leadership team is focusing on supporting educators, students, and families through professional development, collaboration, and sharing Google Educational tools. If you would like to join please send a request to https://groups.google.com/g/gegmontana and you may follow GEG Montana on Twitter @MontanaGeg. GEG Montana is preparing for their launch later this Fall so be sure to follow all the excitement!

Google’s The Anywhere School 2020 Pre and Post Event Party UK

As part of the global August Anywhere School event GEG UK hosted a pre and after party for the event in Google Meet. Around 30 educators joined for an opportunity to network as well as some fun and games. The 3 minute tech scavenger hunt had everyone hunting to find the oldest piece of tech in their house - World War 2 relics were the last thing we expected but a few brick phones turned up! There was also a virtual selfie booth as you can see below. After the show, the members met again to reflect and also shared ideas on a collaborative jamboard in response to the question, “What could you do with 5 people and £500 that would really make a difference in your school?”

Welcome to the new GEGs

These new GEGs would welcome some followers so please help them out where you can:

• @GegSwitzerland
• @GEGNorthernVA
• @GEGAlaska
• @geg_nara

Welcome to our new GEG Mentors!

We are excited to share the news that the first 6 GEG mentors have been announced. I’m sure some are familiar faces and you would like to congratulate them on the recognition for their dedication to the GEG program!

GEG Mentors are GEG leaders, with at least 2 years experience (up to each regional Google POC’s discretion, who specialize in specific areas of the GEG Program and lead and support GEG leaders and new GEGs regionally. Mentors offer support and coordination, a single point of contact, and coaching. They also have experience in organizing a variety of events and supporting their GEG members.

Google’s The Anywhere School 2020 and the Pre and Post Event Parties

Just a reminder that Google's Back to School event The Anywhere School 2020 begins on August 11 and we are so excited!

To make it easier and more fun for you to connect with other educators who will also be tuning in, the leaders in the Global GEG group have created a global Twitter Chat for every session. Here is the summary doc but please also see the full details below!

Look out for Google for Education's Twitter about GEGs and retweet / share with your members!!

Global GEG's Twitter Chat details:

The Anywhere School 2020 Back to School Event begins August 11 and continues through August 12. This is a world wide event, please share it with your local communities.

There are many ways to participate and stay connected:

1. Plan or participate in a Pre Watch Party for your local GEG and help connect with your local community.

2. Participate in the Anywhere School 2020 Back To School Twitter Chat put on by GlobalGEG during the event.

3. Connect with your local GEG for an After Watch Party to discuss the biggest takeaways.

4. Share your pictures in this global album (bit.ly/AnywhereSchoolPhotos)!

During the Anywhere School 2020 Back To School Global GEG twitter chat, participants will reply and use the following hashtags #GoogleEDU #GlobalGEG + #YourLocalGEG. This will allow your local GEG to connect with more people in your region and expand on the conversation. The questions are here for you if it helps you plan or think about them for your Pre Watch Party or After Watch Party Events. This document also has ideas for planning a Pre Watch Party and/or Post Watch Party.

GEG On Air #21

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July 21, GEG On Air led by GEG Brazil, presented great options of free and ready-to-use content for educators from elementary to high school. Nat de Nadai (GEG Campinas Leader and Google Innovator), Ivys Urquiza (Google Innovator and YouTube Edu Ambassador), Mariana Ochs (Google Innovator) and Karla Priscilla (GEG São Paulo Leader and Google Innovator) shared tips of high quality content available for educators in Portuguese:


Khan Academy
YouTube Edu
EducaMídia
Simplifica

All tips and links are registered here: bit.ly/roteirogegonair21

Special thanks for the GEG Leaders and Innovators that joined and supported us!

Korean version of the Google Infused Classroom

Jungeun Judy Kim (Google Certified Trainer & Innovator #SEA19) leader of GEG Gyeonggi has been super busy this month on a book tour around Korea following the publication of her new book “The Google Infused Classroom”. It’s exciting to see the book out in three major internet bookstores in Korea and has ranked #31 bestseller in IT & Tech resource field! Congratulations Judy.

Find the book on sale here: http://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/91065484

Image credit: Jungeun Judy Kim

GEGs on Twitter

So many new GEG launches and many now using Twitter as a platform. This is really taking off now from when we tried to encourage GEGs to move across last year. Some GEGs are still in their early days and would benefit from some followers so please support each other by giving a follow and share their posts. We will add a few each newsletter.

@MontanaGEG

@GEGPennsylvania

@gegcuritaba

@GegObregon

@CampecheGeg

@GEGAlaska

@GEGwestBangkok

@GegZimbabwe

@GegItalia

@GegKenya

@GegLagos

@GEGDutse

@GEG_SanLuis

GEG South Florida - Blended Learning

GEG South Florida and Tanya Avrith on July 31 from 1-2pm EST held the “Blended learning strategies in a Google Infused Classroom” training. The session is designed to help teachers with tips, tricks, and strategies for the upcoming school year. This looks like an important one to get out to your members so they are ready.

Watch the recorded video here: bit.ly/GEGsoflaGoogleInfused

Teaching Online Feedback

GEG SoCal - Collaboration Mini Series

GEG SoCal Presents their first ever mini-series on Collaboration! The four 30 minute sessions are co-hosted by Karen Lagola @kklagola & Becky Colling @TechWithBecky from 7:00-7:30 PM PDT on August 3, 10, 17, and 24!

Meet Link: https://bit.ly/AugMiniSeries

How to Engage Students in STEM Virtually and in The Classroom

GEG Colorado and GEG Texas recently held a webinar on how to engage students in STEM virtually and in the classroom. Check out the recording here: https://youtu.be/_TluqeSgKSI

The (Google) Suite Life with Schoology

Join Tiffany LoSasso, a Digital Teacher Librarian, Google Certified Trainer, & Schoology Ambassador, to explore how Schoology & Google Suite work together to help students & teachers!

Watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/9odE02M5_Z4

Gamifying with Google for Education

The 22nd GEG On Air was broadcasted on July 29 with the theme gamifying with Google for Education. The GEG Leaders Alice Turibio (GEG São José dos Campos), Auderlânia Dias (GEG Lavras de Mangabeira), Vânia Flores (GEG Varginha) and Sue Cons (GEG Caxias do Sul) explained what gamification is and shared amazing examples of ready to use activities using Google Sheets, Drawings, Forms, Slides and many other tips and strategies you can use to engage and excite your students even more. You can watch it here or access the full list of previous recordings.

André Gomes (GEG Olinda), Gisele Aquino Mendes (GEG Jacareí), Adriana Chagas (GEG Natal), Rejane Meneses (GEG Contagem) and Thiago Nunes (GEG Feira Nova) kindly consolidated and main info and links in this shared document.

Comparing free plans on screen recorders

As some of the free upgrades are being removed in the first term of 2020/21, here’s a timely comparison of the features of three screen recorders and how they might be used.

GEG UK - Nice and Slow sessions

During the summer break Daren White, Ben Moore and Wendy Peskett from GEG UK will continue to deliver their nice and slow sessions to get people started with Google tools. Please let your members know that all are welcome to join.

Sessions are on Wednesdays at 4.30pm BST with the following programme:

Become a travel photographer without ever leaving home or using a camera

See how one artist uses Street View in Google Maps and Google Earth to capture the world around her. Then have your students try it out on their own: https://about.google/intl/en_us/stories/agoraphobic-traveller/

GEG Louisiana Webinars

This GEG has been very busy building a bank of webinars for their members. Please take a look at their past collection and check out regularly to see the future sessions on offer.

https://sites.google.com/view/geglouisiana/webinars?authuser=0