Events

Discover how enhancing digital skills with Google for Education can impact professional learning, teaching and learning in your school. Join our informative session on how to become a Google Certified Educator. Ideal for Ireland's primary and secondary teachers, this talk looks at the many different reasons to become a Google Certified Educator and the different methods to reach that goal.

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Visit the Google Teaching Theatre at BETT London 2024.  Danielle will be joining a panel discussion on “AI Ready: Elevating Educators in Today's Tech Landscape”.  Looking to attend? Learn how you can attend other planned #GoogleEdu sessions: goo.gle/Bett2024

The Google for Education Team spent the day at The Foundry in Dublin's Google office for a day of learning and sharing best practice. Educators shared how they're using Chromebooks and Google Workspace to support teaching and learning in their schools.  

The GEG NI team speaking at the conference were:

• Chynel McCrink (Fostering student agency through leadership and mentoring)

• Rachel McCarragher (3 top ways to maximise student engagement with Google)

• Danielle McKernan  (AI Literacy - demystifying AI for students)
  
  

We had three fantastic stories of impact recently shared in a webinar by three inspirational school leaders.  Check out the video replay and slides below. 

Post-Primary:
Dessie Tennyson (St. Joseph’s Grammar Donaghmore)

Primary:
Rachel McCarragher (Rowandale IPS)

&

Chynel McCrink (St Peter's Primary School and Nursery)

[Video replay] [ Download Slides ]

7th June 2023  -  EA/C2k Device Working Party

Congratulations to Dessie Tennyson, Chynel McCrink and Rachel McCarragher who were invited to Google, Dublin to share their inspirational stories of impact using Google for Education tools.  The event was hosted by UK/Ireland Google for Education Lead Dean Stokes and UK/Ireland Adoption Program Lead, Jess Tyerman-Marsh. 

They will kindly share their presentations with us in a webinar on 19th June, 2023.  

St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon hosted their inaugural #GoogleReferenceSchool Event on 5th June, 2023.  This event wouldn't have been possible without the generous support of leaders from Google For Education; Jess Tyerman-Marsh and Zaitoon Bukhari. In addition, we are also grateful for the contributions from Texthelp, Edpuzzle, C2K, Education Authority (Northern Ireland) and the teachers from every corner of Northern Ireland who engaged with such enthusiasm.

During the event, Digital Lead, Danielle McKernan had the opportunity to present the school's digital vision, showcase their students' digital skills, discuss their exploration of AI, and share the school’s improvement plans using Naace SRF. The event proved a fantastic platform for Northern Ireland teachers to exchange inspiring digital practices and build stronger connections.

Sincere thanks to Edpuzzle's UK/Ireland lead, David Weston, for his captivating demonstration of video learning and formative assessments.

TextHelp’s Niamh McCollum and Richard Michael provided an engaging tour of OrbitNote, highlighting its feature-rich capabilities.

Jessica and Zaitoon thrilled us with new feature reveals and empowered us to consider sustainability by repurposing devices with ChromeOS Flex.

Chromebook Queen Rachel McCarragher shared her insights on the transformation of primary schools with Chromebooks.

The event was a testament to the power of communities, learning, and collaboration. An enriching experience and look forward to the next one! #GoogleOnTour

[ Download slides of all sessions ] [ Click to view Agenda  ]

2nd May 2023 @  3.45pm

Join Danielle McKernan online for a C2k webinar exploring the potential for self-paced learning using Google for Education tools.

Registration link bit.ly/c2kmaywebinar

Unlock the potential of self-paced learning to:
👉 Engage pupils with their learning & track progress towards mastery
👉 Enable pupils to develop their digital skills using self-paced Google Applied Digital Skills projects.
👉 Empower teachers & support staff to develop their digital skills using self-paced, interactive workspace skills

18th April 2023 @  7.00pm

Danielle McKernan and guests; Learning Me's Nicole O'Connor and Bernard Noble recapped their highlights of BETT 2023 and shared tips for future attendees.

[Video replay]

4th April 2023 - GEG UK

Congratulations to the GEG UK Team on an amazing Tight Budget Summit.  Fantastic sessions, sharing advice on how to continue EdTech improvement during times of reduced budgets.  Thank you for making the slides available to GEG NI Members. 

29th March 2023

Will you be at BETT London? Connect with with Danielle at the event and discuss the fantastic things you’ve seen, heard and done at the Show.  Check out all the opportunities to connect with the Google for Education community goo.gle/communities23

• Wednesday 8th February, 2023  

• Led by Danielle McKernan @ St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
  Workspace skills are interactive, self-paced google tutorials which aid the professional development and learning of google tools in a flexible, personalised environment. All N.Ireland schools have access to the full package of workspace skills. By installing the chrome extension, the school digital lead can view engagement analytics as colleagues progress through the google tutorials. This hands-on session assisted N. Ireland teachers with the implementation of this platform for their school. Google for Education Trainer, Danielle McKernan also showcased how her school, St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon have implemented the platform.  

• Slides from the Session