Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sign Up for the Geo Teachers Institute

[Cross-posted from the Google Lat Long Blog]

For years, Google's geo products have been identified as a powerful learning toolkit that can help students conceptualize, visualize, share, and communicate information about the world around them.


This fall, we will host two Google Geo Teachers Institutes: September 23 and 24, 2011 in Washington DC at National Geographic Headquarters and September 26 and 27, 2011 at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College in Lewiston, Maine.

This event is a free professional development experience designed to help educators get the most from Google's geo products and technologies. The Geo Teachers Institute is an intensive, two-day event where participants get hands-on experience using Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google SketchUp, including a focus on features like Ocean, Mars, Moon and Sky in Google Earth.

Attendees will learn about innovative instructional strategies and receive resources to share with colleagues. The Google Geo Education team hopes this event will empower educators to bring the world's geographic information to students in a compelling, fresh, and fun way.

If you are interested, please complete this application. You will be notified if you are selected by August 15, 2011. Even if you can’t make it to this event, we have many online resources available for Google Earth and SketchUp and encourage you to check them out.

Posted by Tina Ornduff, Geo Education Program Manager

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4 comments:

  1. zamreMay 20, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    Go for huge...
    Zamre Bin Ab. Wahab

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  2. mayflyMay 23, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    This workshop sounds awesome. I'm an educator from Singapore (in South-East Asia) and would not be able to travel to the USA for this event. Would Google consider putting this online like as a Webinar? It would be most beneficial to to a worldwide audience.

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  3. Oscar MendozaJune 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    por mi parte seria grandioso asisitir yo soy un educador en el salvador pero no puedo realizar el viaje seria bueno considerar la promulgacion de esta capasitacion en liea

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  4. Corinne OkadaSeptember 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    This sounds really wonderful! I know the application date has passed, but I will certainly try to apply for next year.
    I look forward to reading more about the event as it happens this year.

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