Special Mention: GEG Taiwan and GEG HK

Whilst the ongoing global health crisis develops, initially the Covid19 infections were restricted to a small number of countries. Schools were closing and people were already being put in isolation. The early efforts of GEG Taiwan and GEG HK enabled teachers and students to continue their classes and brought a whole new group of teachers together through Google for Education. Sundar Pichai made special note of this in the recent blog post “COVID-19: How we’re continuing to help”.

Thank you to GEG Taiwan, GEG HK, and all the GEG leaders and members worldwide that have supported (and continue to support) schools, teachers and learners at this time.

How can GEGs help - GEG Outreach

GEG Program is curating Playlists of videos and webinars to support teachers worldwide. Check out these Playlists that have already brought together a lot of GEG created specifically to cater to teachers now teaching remotely.

We are eager to hear how you and your community are using Google tools to create powerful distance learning experiences so that we can highlight and share these best practices.

Please visit this Form to submit any videos or webinars for featuring in a GEG Playlist thanks!

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