Presentation for the 2013 Google Teacher Academy in Chicago

1. Life as a GCT

2. 2006

7. Innovation Iteration AAA
Ingenuity Interconnections
InformationImagination

8. Advisor
Content
Developer
Curator
TrainerTeacher
Connector

10. Googley FUN!

11. You may think that it
is a glamorous life ....

13. mingling with
brainiacs...

15. attending parties...

23. working Google
conference events...

26. and collecting
schwag,

27. but...

28. it is so much more!

29. When you join a highly engaged
community of practice,
serendipity happens.
Your professional life will be
impacted IF you participate.

30. Practical Pearls of Wisdom
from
Your New GCT Colleagues
http://goo.gl/BiI2j

31. ‣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.

32. ‣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

33. Infuse Googliness
into your
professional life.

34. Consider
incorporating 20%
time into your
classroom.

35. Be open to
opportunities and
challenges.

36. Advocate for
student-centered
innovation.

37. Realize that not all
educators are as
excited as we are.

38. Practice
professional
generosity.

40. We are highly
connected
educators.

41. Lucy Gray
@elemenous