The International School of Tanganyika in cooperation with AppsEvents is proud to be hosting the 2016 East Africa Google for Education Summit on February 6 - 7, 2016 (Saturday and Sunday) with the Google EDU certification preparation bootcamp being offered as a whole day pre-summit course on Friday.
The summit is a fantastic learning event to support classroom teachers, school leaders and school IT staff on leveraging Google Apps for Education tools to enhance and support 21st century learning.
Check out some of the exciting things you can look forward to during the 2-day summit.Customize your summit experience according to your experience or job role!
All AppsEvents summits have some specific learning pathways that goes beyond Google Apps for attendees who want to take deeper dives into specific subjects or job roles. Remember though that all sessions are ‘open access’ so attendees can choose individual sessions depending on their areas of interest and many choose last minute depending on the conversations they have on the day.
Beginner
Do you feel that you need more time to explore specific tools? Start your day on the right foot with our focused beginner/intermediate sessions. We have sessions on the core Google Apps Sheets, Slides, formS, Sites, and Drawings as well as an introductory course on managing your class on Google Classroom.
Advanced
Ready to level up? Learn how you can bring the outside worldwide to your classroom and take your students to a virtual field trip with Google or check out how to run a paperless classroom using Google Drive!LeadershipFor school managers and anyone in a leadership position, we are delighted to be offering AppsEvents Google for School Leaders strand with introduction on 'Future Ready Schools' to be spearheaded by AppsEvents Team Director, Dan Taylor. Learn moreGoogle Apps AdministrationWe are also bringing AppsEvents Certified Admin (ACA) Level 1 as a regular summit session. This entry level certification is focused on getting educators with basic or no admin experience to ‘level up’ and be able to administer a live Google Apps Domain.
For a more comprehensive list of the various sessions, please visit http://eastafrica2015.sched.org/.
Chromebook Management and the Google Apps Classroom
We are also delighted to offer the Chromebook Management Course designed to help you get started on using the device in an educational set-up.
The course will run as a seven part series spread throughout the 2-day summit and will be headed by Google Certified Trainer, Copil Bogdan. In this customized learning pathway, we will cover the key functionalities of the Chrome OS so you can maximize the full potential of the Google Apps for Education suite of tools in your Chromebook device and then take a closer look at specific tools/apps/extensions and the best practices on using them to enhance student learning and teacher productivity. Learn moreWin a brand new Android tablet from Samsung and other cool prizes!
At the end of Day 2, participants may be entered into a drawing and one lucky attendee will get to bring home a brand new Android tablet courtesy of AppsEvents Global Devices partner Samsung!Some of the winners of our Samsung Tablet raffle.
We will also have a Demo Slam session where attendees are encouraged to showcase a tip or trick that others will be able to use in 2 minutes or less. Slams can be pre-planned and expected to have been rehearsed/prepared. Learn more or submit your slam ideas here!
If you have not registered yet for the summit, please secure your seat at http://eastafrica.appsevents.com/. Early bird promo pricing available until January 15, 2016.
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