Ed Tech

Glitter Gals Edu Presentations

👠Apps, Extensions, & Add-Ons, Oh My!🌪️

Join us on a magical journey down the Yellow Brick Road, where Google Certified Trainers will guide you through the enchanted world of Google apps, extensions, and add-ons. This workshop is designed to help educators become more productive and efficient both in and out of the classroom.

You'll explore the various capabilities of Google Chrome's apps, extensions, and add-ons. Our trainers will provide explanations and demonstrations of the most popular and helpful tools based on their experiences.

Participants will have the chance to obtain and use these powerful tools through hands-on participation on their own laptops or Chromebooks (tablets and iPads are not recommended). By the end of the session, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to harness these digital tools and make your teaching journey as smooth as a stroll through the Emerald City. Come ready to unlock the magic of Google and empower your classroom!

🖌🎨Oh, the Things you can Draw!

Oh, the places you’ll go with this hidden Google App,

Google Drawings is waiting, just follow the map!

Come learn with us now, don’t miss out on the fun,

Creating cool products, there’s something for everyone!

In your classroom, you’ll see, how the students will cheer,

As they visualize concepts, both far and near.

Across all subjects, in colors so bright,

Google Drawings makes learning a delightful sight!

Bring your own Chromebook or laptop, if you please,

Tablets and iPads, they just won’t appease.

So join us, dear friends, on this creative spree,

Where learning comes alive, just you wait and see!

With Google Drawings in hand, the fun will ensue,

Bringing knowledge to life, in a way that’s brand new!

🔥Incredible AI🔥

Just like the Incredibles, teachers have their own set of unique superpowers. In this action-packed session, we’ll explore how AI platforms can be your sidekick, handling the tasks so you can focus on your superhero mission—teaching with passion and creativity.

Imagine AI as your own personal assistant, designing tools that help with lesson planning, interventions, and school to home communication with incredible efficiency. By offloading these tasks to AI, you'll have more time to engage in heroic classroom interactions and inspire your students.

We'll dive into practical demonstrations and real-world examples, showcasing how AI tools can transform the business of teaching. Learn how to integrate these incredible technologies into your daily routine, boosting your productivity and enhancing student outcomes.

Join us and discover how to unleash the full potential of AI in education, empowering you to focus on what you do best. Embrace your superpowers and let AI handle the rest!

🎪The Greatest (Slides) Show🎩

This session will explore the immense versatility of Google Slides and how this app can provide opportunities for collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking with students. Google Slides is more than a presentation app. It can provide a versatile canvas for students to interact with content and demonstrate learning. Not only will you leave with new tools for Google Slides, but you will also have a new project to take back with you for each of the 4 C's.

☕️Google Tech Cafe

Do you have questions about how to use Google Apps for Education in your classroom? Come learn from Google Certified Trainers who will share tips and tutorials to help you get the most out of Google! Ask questions, learn new things, and determine your Googliness using our GAFE rubric!

Participants in this session will learn practical applications and specific uses for Google Tools for Education to take back to their sites and use with staff and students. These tools will enable administrators, educators, and students to use digital tools in order to become more effective users of technology. The information learned at this session will increase capacities and empower the users to use Google Tools in order to help with the 4C’s: Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking.

📘Tell your Story: Portfolios Using Google Sites

Create a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress and achievements using Google Sites. Teachers and students collaborate to communicate to the community the learning taking place within the classroom. Learn how to build a student- or classroom-based website for any subject or grade level.

💻Going Googly for Infographics and Digital Portfolios

This session, taught by Google Certified Trainers, will teach you how to use Google Tools to have your students create infographics and Digital Portfolios as innovative ideas to showcase and assess their learning. This workshop is designed for K-6 intermediate and advanced technology users who are very familiar with Google Drive, Google Slides, and Google Drawings. The workshop can be customized to fit specific district, site, or individual needs and technology comfort levels.