Molly J. Bestge 6 th Grade ELA Teacher and National Board Certified Teacher
Life as a Google Certified Teacher
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Life as a GCT
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Presentation for the 2013 Google Teacher Academy in Chicago
Transcript of Life as a Google Certified Teacher
Life as a GCT
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Innovation Iteration AdvisorAdvisorAdvisor
Ingenuity Interconnections
InformationImagination
AdvisorContent
Developer
Curator
TrainerTeacher
Connector
Googley FUN!
You may think that it
is a glamorous life ....
mingling with
brainiacs...
attending parties...
working Google
conference events...
and collecting
schwag,
but...
it is so much more!
When you join a highly engaged
community of practice,
serendipity happens.
Your professional life will be
impacted IF you participate.
Practical Pearls of Wisdom
from
Your New GCT Colleagues
http://goo.gl/BiI2j
‣Join the GCT group; read and respond to posts.
‣Search previous posts within the GCT group when you have a question.
‣Attend meet ups and reboots.
‣Present at Google App Summits.
‣Follow other GCTs on Twitter.
‣Become active in Google+ communities.
‣Google in Education Diigo Group
‣https://groups.diigo.com/group/google-in-education
‣Google+
‣Mystery Hangout community:
‣http://goo.gl/hhQVOZ
‣G+eduhangout community:
‣http://goo.gl/CgrHSp
‣Google in Education page:
‣http://goo.gl/CgrHSp
Infuse Googliness
into your
professional life.
Consider
incorporating 20%
time into your
classroom.
Be open to
opportunities and
challenges.
Advocate for
student-centered
innovation.
Realize that not all
educators are as
excited as we are.
Practice
professional
generosity.
We are highly
connected
educators.
Lucy Gray
@elemenous
