A few months ago I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend a GAFE Summit in Southern California and I jumped at the chance. I gotta tell ya', it was awesome! If the opportunity should present itself, don't miss it!
The GAFE Summit worked for me on two levels. It not only provided me with a wealth of information about Google Apps for Education, but it also reinvigorated my teaching. I was excited to try out many of the new things I had learned at the summit so, believe it or not, I couldn't wait to see my students again!
For those of you who've attended a summit, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Those of you who haven't been to a summit but are been curious about them, let me tell you, a GAFE Summit will do two things for you. It will provide you with an excellent set of tools to take back to your classroom and, it will re-energize your teaching.
After an entertaining and informative keynote, you are presented with different breakout sessions at which you can attend. Want to brush up on using Google Forms? There's a session for that! Want to explore creative ways to use Google Slides in the classroom? There's a session for that too! The point being that you attend the session that most suits your interest. Everything from learning how to use Google Classroom to using Google Photos, there's something for everyone and at every skill level.
As I said before, attending a Google Summit worked for me on two levels. I spoke about the first, but the second is even more important. While at the summit you find yourself surrounded by educators that want to learn how they can refine and improve their craft. It's exciting to be surrounded by other professionals who want to improve their teaching through the use of GAFE tools and who are excited to use them in their classrooms and present them to their schools.
At the conclusion of the summit, I found myself like many other teachers in attendance, you can't wait for the next school day so you can try out many of the new ideas that you've learned! You really do feel a sense of being invigorated and ready to share what you've learned.
Again, a GAFE Summit will not only give you a slew of new skills, but it will re-energize you teaching! If you have the opportunity, you gotta' go!
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