Google give free access to premium features for GSuite users to help distance learning due to Covid-19

As more employees, staff, and students work remotely, in response to the spread of COVID-19, Google wants to do our part to help them stay connected and productive.

All GSuite customers can use Hangouts Meet today for easy to join video calls, and we'll soon enable free access to more advanced features for all GSuite Additions.

All the details can be found here:
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2020/03/enabling-hangouts-meet-premium-features.html

Webinar: Enabling Distance Learning with G Suite and Chrome

Join Jennie Magiera, Global Head of Education Impact, as we outline common challenges, and offer quick tips for implementing distance learning through technology. Please register here.





As illness and other factors prevent students from attending school in-person, how might educators leverage powerful tools to extend learning to home environments? Join Jennie Magiera, Global Head of Education Impact, as we outline common challenges, and offer quick tips for implementing distance learning through technology.

1pm PST / 4pm EST / 10pm CET / 4am ICT / 5am SGT (Asian times are Friday)

The broadcast will be recorded so if you cannot make the live broadcast, please stay tuned for the recording.

https://educationonair.withgoogle.com/events/distancelearning

APAC GEG Live - Coming Soon!

APAC GEGs are currently planning another GEG Weekend Live event for April 17-19, 2020. Now is your opportunity to get involved. If you would like to propose a session you would like to host please see details and signup here.

GEG Outreach

Schools in the region have been forced to suspend/delay the start of school due to the coronavirus outbreak. We are doing outreach work in Asia (and globally!) to teach educators how to use Google tools for distance learning. Thank you for volunteering time to help teach educators how to use online tools for distance learning. （新型コロナウィルスの影響により多くの学校が休校措置になり始めました。私たちはGoogleツールを遠隔授業で使用したいアジア太平洋地域の先生方を支援するために活動を開始しました。遠隔授業をするためのオンラインツールを勉強したい先生方のためにお手伝いいただける方々を募集いたします。ご支援ありがとうございます。）

Please contribute your webinar or video here. Videos will be featured based upon their language of instruction and how recent the recording was made (preference is given to content <6 months old).

Shoutout for the revived GEG in SouthTX

It is really important to know that all of us here at Google recognize the work that the amazing Trainer and Innovator communities do, and even though we may not always have a chance to say thank you personally, everything is noticed and very much appreciated. We promise.

Carlos Carza ("Mr. G.") got a great thank you this week for the superb work he has done for Google recently.

“I've worked with Carlos Carza "Mr. G." twice this year. He hosted two sessions at two different events.

Second, he completely revived the GEG in SouthTX. He hosts the meetups and started a podcast for those in the group who live too far to drive can listen in; the SouthTX GEG covers the whole Rio Grande Valley (RGV for short) which covers a large area and a lot of districts.”
THANK YOU SO MUCH CARLOS! Way to go!

GEG Andalucía: Educators Using GSuite Cloud Technologies

March 20 and 21, 2020

GEG Andalucía is a meeting of educators aiming to create an open space for reflection and focused on pedagogical practice with support of learning technologies and knowledge in the cloud.

It is aimed at educators and educational leaders (ICT / TAC coordinators, managers, department heads, educational managers) who routinely use the possibilities provided by G Suite for Education. It aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences, tools and proposals that today are a reality in the classroom.

An unprecedented opportunity for teachers to enjoy an educators event for educators, never before held in Andalusia. Workshop that seek to transform learning and with great impact in the field of technology adapted to education, papers that seek reflection and experiences that will motivate and provide skills to transform learning.

The meeting has a day and a half format. We will have the participation of two hundred and fifty educators who will share, in different formats, their classroom experiences with the objective of educational improvement and teacher professional development.

The fundamental objectives of this event are educational improvement and teacher professional development.

Digital Citizenship

As we have just had Safer Internet Day it’s a good time to remember the great resource that is Be Internet Awesome.
The idea behind Be Internet Awesome is to make sure the most important people in young people’s lives—their parents and teachers—have the resources to teach online safety and citizenship.

Since launching in 2017, Be Internet Awesome is now available in over 26 countries, 12 languages, and millions of people around the world have used the program. But we aren’t there yet. A new Google survey found that 2 out of 3 parents believe conversations about online safety should happen both in the home and in the classroom, but only 4 in 10 parents feel confident enough to talk to their families about online safety.

Along with these partnerships, we’re expanding Be Internet Awesome to the Netherlands, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. We’re also teaming up with DonorsChoose.org to encourage teachers in over 3,500 classrooms to teach kids about online safety with the Be Internet Awesome Classrooms Rewards Program. And we’re partnering with Scholastic to provide 2 million families with Be Internet Awesome tips and resources for teachers and parents.

So if you have never checked this out, make sure you find the time https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

Explore Originality Reports with EDU in 90 seconds

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