Yellowknife, NWT

Google Geo Workshop

Thank you for your interest in the 2017 EdTechTeam Yellowknife Geo Workshop Powered by Google Earth Education, in partnership with Yellowknife Education District #1 (YK1), Yellowknife Catholic Schools (YKS), The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Beck's Kennels and Aurora Wonderland Tours.

Please read through the following information and then complete the form below if you're interested in applying to attend.

Event Details:

EdTechTeam would like to invite you to apply to join members of Google Earth Education's Trainer Network (GETN) and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for an exclusive, one-day workshop where you will work closely with experts to learn how to incorporate Geo tools across the curriculum and develop in-class activities for your students to use.

Morning Location: École Sir John Franklin High School

Afternoon Location: Somewhere really cool, via dogsled

Date: Sunday, December 3rd

Deadline: Applications must be submitted by the end of the day on November 20th, 2017. All applications submitted by this date will receive equal consideration. Applications after that date will be processed if space remains available.

Workshop Brief: Attendees will learn how to create high quality Street View images for Google Maps and Earth, and then publish those images to the web. We'll then put those skills to into practice, via dogsled, as we capture and publish Street View imagery of our ride in the afternoon and early evening. More specific details can be found below.

Time: 8:30-12:30 (Workshop) 2:00-Evening (Mapping & Capturing Street View imagery via dogsled tour)

Note: This event is in coordination with the EdTechTeam Summit in Yellowknife. edtech.team/YellowknifeSummit2017

Workshop Info:

While at this particular Google Geo workshop in Yellowknife, you'll be given the opportunity to...

Create and publish Street View imagery with your own smartphone and a (provided) 360 degree camera to Google Earth and Maps.
Take a deep dive into some advanced features of the new Google Earth
Learn the basics of coding files for Google Earth (KML/KMZ)
Work closely with the experts on the Google Geo Education Trainer network to develop in-class activities and models for your students to use.
Thanks in part to our partners, Beck's Kennels and Aurora Wonderland Tours, you’ll be given the opportunity to travel on a dogsled to capture and publish Street View imagery of your experience to Google Maps and Earth. Please note that while the training and dogsled experience is free to all participants, attendees are responsible for their own travel costs.
Full itinerary of the day's activities will be published here as we get closer to the event.

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