Google Teacher Academy Returns

The newest Google Teacher Academy is going to be held in Boudler, Colorado on August 5, 2009!  Applications are due by midnight on July 3rd.
The Google Teacher Academy is a wonderful, FREE, opportunity to meet and collaborate with educators from all over the country- and world! It is also an opportunity to learn about all [...]

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Google Teacher Academy- Chicago 2008

Many people have asked how I became a Google Certified Teacher, and the answer is that I applied and was accepted into the program.  Until today I could not answer the question that always followed my explanation- “When will there be another Google Teacher Academy?”
The answer is September 24, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois!  Applications are [...]

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Google Gab- Coming Soon

I started in July to discuss some of the Google tools I learned about at the Google Teacher Academy, since then I have stopped posting about it. Have I forgotten? Nope! After talking with a few people, I have decided to postpone this until Mid-August or the first of September. Why? [...]

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Even More

Today I will be giving a very general overview of my time in Mountain View, CA at the Google Teacher Academy. Each Monday for the next several weeks (probably waiting to start until July 7), I will address a new application. I will be providing screencasts or links to tutorials on how to use each [...]

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Google Day

It is finally Google Day!  I am so excited to be in Mountain View, California.  I flew in yesterday afternoon and met up with some of my fellow attendees last night for dinner.  Amazingly enough more than 20 of us “found” each other online prior to this week.  2 Wikis were created, blog posts were [...]

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Off to California!

This is probably my last post until late Wednesday or sometime on Thursday.  I am heading out tomorrow morning to fly to Mountainview, CA for the Google Teacher Academy.  I am super excited and hope to learn all that I can.  I will be sharing what information I can on my blog, so keep checking [...]

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GTA ‘08

If you are heading out to California for the June 25th 2008 Google Teacher Academy, please go to the following links. We are trying to “meet” as many of our fellow GTA participants as possible. It should be a great way to collaborate!
http://googleteachers.wetpaint.com/
http://brianmull.wikispaces.com/gta08

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I got in!!

I got my invitation for the Google Teacher Academy this morning! I am so excited!! I will definitely be sharing what I learn on this blog, so make sure to stay tuned! I will be heading to California to Googleplex (how cool does that sound?!) June 24th-26th. I can’t wait!

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Google Teacher Academy

I have spent much of the last week preparing my application for the Google Teacher Academy. I had a few of my students work on the project with me. I chose a couple of my tech team kids, then I also chose some kids who needed an extra push to finish off the [...]

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