Global GEG Staffroom: Mental Health Matters

GEG UK, GEG Ohio, GEG Mid North Coast and GEG California are hosting a series of Google Hangouts aimed at supporting teachers to navigate the current global crisis caused by the COVID19 pandemic. Through discussion with many teachers, the GEGs have discovered that many of us are struggling with a feeling of overwhelment, stress and a heavy burden being placed on us and so we want to offer you the chance to have a chat with a bunch of likeminded teachers and ask those burning EdTech questions about how you can best support your school and students. We can't promise it, but we hope that having a chance to chat, laugh and talk with us might help you to feel a bit less overwhelmed (just don't talk to Abid about Vegemite!)

Please use this form to sign up for the hangouts - you won't be expected to speak unless you want to (although it would be great if you could at least introduce yourself). Remember, a problem shared is a problem halved so don't be shy about getting involved.

GEG UK relaunch with Data Studio Webinar

GEG UK relaunched on March 9th 2020 with its first webinar on Data Studio, expertly delivered by Chris Smith. It’s great to see the GEG UK being revived with a new leader, Abid Patel, who will certainly get networking and bring guest speakers in to chat.

AI for Everyone to Make the World Better

GEG Gyeonggi co-leaders, Judy Kim and Hyungwook Kim together with GEG Busan leader Boonyeo Lee, developed ‘AI for Everyone to make the World Better’. The captains of both South Korean GEGs and their students used Google Colaboratory (Colab) and the data they collected during school projects to run cross-curricular tutorials for teachers to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their schools.

The tutorials covered mapping, analyzing and visualizing collected data using Colab and Google Earth Engine including AI literacy and were designed to support K12 teachers to design digital curriculum and content across all school subjects. They are looking forward to seeing the impact of the GEG Gyeonggi and GEG Busan collaboration projects in schools in 2020.

GEG Nagoya’s YouTube live episode 3

GEG Nagoya’s episode 3, is all about productivity and collaboration with Google Docs. With a new episode each month there is bound to be something that interests your members.

Find each recorded episode and future announcements here.

Enabling Distance Learning with G Suite & Chromebooks

As illness and other factors prevent students from attending school in-person, how might educators leverage powerful tools to extend learning to home environments? Jennie Magiera, Global Head of Education Impact hosts an hour webinar to share how.

https://youtu.be/gslpx7Q8mhc?t=218

Volunteer students preparing for #GEGAndalucía

On March 20 and 21 Seville will host the #GEGAndalucía event in @ColePortaceli. Over 300 teachers will meet and share ideas to improve education but this would not be possible without the great help of the students who collaborate as volunteers.

The volunteers have decorated the school and placed all the signage. During the event, they are in charge of the schedule running to plan, everything being organised and ensuring the participants feel comfortable.

In short, volunteer students are indispensable in an event like this. For their selfless help, THANK YOU.

Collaborative efforts against COVID-19 impact on Education Community

GEG Leaders, Google Innovators and Google for Education Partners are working hard to support the education community in Brazil during this tough moment with the spread of Coronavirus. Best practices and materials are being shared:

• A Google Classroom was created to share tips, tools and ideas from educators to educators on distance learning (classroom.google.com / code: 42syyuc). We already reached the full capacity of the first room and opened the 2nd: xr6zmqv. A @gmail.com account needs to be used to get access.
• Collaborative Document with Strategies and Resources for Online Education:
• Google Innovators in Brazil are opening 30 minutes slots in their agendas for 1:1 Hangouts for mentoring colleagues across the country.
• A Live on the GEG Brazil channel on March 18th, 7pm (BRT) with the participation of GEG leaders and Innovators.
• For teachers and educators who wish to contribute with any material or resource, we have opened a form to collect contributions - the more the better!
• Our amazing partners mobilized and developed content, structured lives, online support and many other ways to support not only their customers but also extended these resources to unlimited access. Their contents are also available in the GEG Brasil Classroom (code: xr6zmqv).

A big thanks for everyone who is contributing!