SchoolNet SA is very pleased to be joining with Dainfern College in hosting the second annual EdTechTeam South Africa Summit featuring Google in Education at Dainfern College in Johannesburg on July 3 & 4, 2014. This Summit will not be the same as last time since Google is ever on the move! Visit the Summit website http://za.gafesummit.com/ to see what is on offer.
A new exciting offer from the EdTech team to still get the early bird rate
If you haven’t yet registered and you still want to attend, take a look at this image and follow the instructions! This is a LIMITED special so you need to act soon!
There are now five international speakers
There are now five international speakers, three of them new to South Africa. They each bring their own flavour of working with Google. The latest addition to the International presenter team is not up on the website yet but his name is Jay Atwood from Singapore. If you attended the first Google Summit in Cape Town last year you’ll agree that our featured speakers are some of the world’s best!
Pre-Conference workshops
You’ll notice on the website that a new workshop has been added – The Google Educator Workshop. The pre-conference workshops have their own pricing.
An unbeatable programme is on offer
If you go to http://za.gafesummit.com/ you’ll see the exciting programme. There is SO much to choose from
Jim Sill – Featured Speaker
Reckless Creativity
Maps Engine Lite for the Classroom
Google Views – Taking It To The Streets
Playlists – Curating Youtube
Molly Schroeder – Featured Speaker
Anytime, Anywhere Learning with YouTube and Forms
Google Scripts and Add Ons – FormEmailer, Autocrat, Doctopus and Goobric
Personalize Chrome and Google Drive to Maximize Learning
Best Practices in a Paperless Classroom
Wendy Gorton– Featured Speaker
Your Safe Space: 60 Minutes w/ Beginner Google Drive
Level Up! Google Certified Teacher and Education Trainer Best Practices Panel
Stamp Your Google Passport: Maps, Tours, Cultural Institute, and More!
Read, Write, Doc! Enhancing the Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop with Google Docs, Presentations, Forms, and Spreadsheets
Jay Atwood – Featured Speaker
Automagical Differentiation and Adaptive Instruction
Google Classroom Playground
Get Geeky with Formative Assessment & Personalized Feedback
Closing keynote
Tim Lee – Featured Speaker
What is on your GAFE Admin Toolbelt?
Google Apps Admin Console Best Practices for Schools
Karen Walstra – Googler
Google in the classroom
Using Games to inspire learning
YouTube for school
Using Google’s Moonshot thinking to inspire your teaching and learning!
Julius Olubodun
The Guide to Going Google- Deploying Google Apps at your School
• Gearing Up with Google Spreadsheets Tips and Tricks
Gaye Pieterse
Google forms & Flubaroo
Maggie Verster
Michele Botha
Sizzling Statistics
Gear up with Google
Forms Frills and Flubaroo
Sean Hampton-Cole
Using Google to Make Kids Smarter
Glenn Jones
Going Paperless – Multiple Choice quizzes with Flubaroo ScriptGoing Paperless – Using Mobile Devices and Google Apps Scripts – Part 1
Tal Slome
Google Apps for Education on the iPad
Siobhan Thatcher
Chromebooks: liberating or limiting?
Arthur Preston
Personal, Professional, Powerful
Time-Saving Tips and Tricks
Appy Days – Using Chrome Apps In Your Classroom
Tiaan Lotter
Augmented Reality and other apps to make your lessons interactive
Fiona Beal
Digital storytelling in the classroom – the Google way
Tracy Tschohl
Getting Going with Google Search: Research in Grades 1-7
Helen Robertson
So hurry, hurry and register for the EdTechTeam’s Summit featuring Google in Education.
