Acer and AppsEvents present the ‘Online Summit’ – sharing how teachers and schools have adapted to online lessons with a strong focus on Google for Education.
Summit reminder: Don’t forget to complete the Acer Survey and Tweet your Summit photo or ’aha’ thought using #GooglePD, @AppsEvents, #AppsEvents and #AcerforEducation!
Dan Taylor is from the UK and the Director of AppsEvents. After studying Systems Engineering at University he worked as a management consultant where he developed a passion for EdTech projects. He has been involved in the Google Education community since the launch of Google Apps... Read More →
Imagine if you could save 30 hours of planning per year with one small tool? Imagine if you could help your colleagues to really understand the challenges that EAL & SEN students face? In this presentation you will learn about word frequency, how to quickly find the words that need pre-teaching, how reading ages really work and how tools can not only highlight low frequency words, but also help you make vocabulary tables automatically. This is the presentation for every teacher who teaches English, has students with special educational needs (SEN) or students whose first language is not English. (EAL, EFL)
Attendees will be able to take a document and analyse it for SEN & EAL needs using Reading Power Tools. "After this session you will be able to: * Analyse text for its suitability for SEN & EAL students * Simplify text for students with EAL & SEN needs * Know which words are likely to need to be pre-taught" https://sites.google.com/view/rdpt/
I have been working in IT since 1998, firstly in the industry and now as a Computing teacher in Malaysia. Along the way I have published a number of books, journal articles and written for Linux User. I have spoken at numerous events including the Raspberryjam at Cambridge University... Read More →
Everything looks different this year. On top of changing how we teach content, we're also needing to rethink many common practices and routines. In this session, we'll look at how you can use Forms + Sheets to re-create these experiences, whether you're teaching in person, online, or a combination.
Grade 3 Classroom Teacher, Stamford American International School Hong Kong
Kristen is a Grade 3 classroom teacher and Google Certified Trainer currently working in Hong Kong. She has previously worked in both Brazil and in the US, and in all 3 countries has been inspired by all the different ways that technology can be used meaningfully to enhance student... Read More →
Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard tool built into GSuite. In seconds you can have students collaborating, brainstorming, sharing ideas or explaining ideas. It is also great for gathering quick formative assessment data. Jamboard is also now part of Google Meet making it even easier to use right in a virtual class as well. Come along and learn more about the tool and walk away with plenty of examples to inspire you to use it with your students.
Kim was the Educational Technology Coach at the Bavarian Internatiional School in Munich, Germany for the past 15 years. She has just moved back into the classorom again this year and is teaching Grade 5. She is passionate about integrating technololgy to movitvate and engage students... Read More →
Whether you are teaching in person or virtually you are probably using Google Slides to present lessons at some point during the day. Peardeck is a fantastic tool that takes a presentation to the next level by letting students interact with the slides on their own devices. Peardeck is an easy way to embed activities, solicit answers, collect data, and guide a digital lesson no matter where your students are. Let's learn how Peardeck works and how you can use it in your classroom.
EdTech Trainer & Consultant, Google for Education Certified Trainer
Katie is a Google Certified Trainer and education technology consultant. She has been helping teachers learn and integrate technology tools for over 10 years as a teacher and education technology coordinator in the U.S. and abroad. She currently works with schools and other organizations... Read More →
Nearpod is a student engagement platform that can be used to amazing effect in the classroom. The concept is simple. A teacher can create presentations that can contain Quiz’s, Polls, Videos, Images, Drawing-Boards, Web Content and so on. The children can access a teacher’s presentation through a code. The teacher can move the class through the presentation and let them interact with the media as they go. They can also opt for student-paced, where the student controls the flow of the lesson which is fantastic for supporting hybrid / in class teaching.
