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Dr. Vishal Varia, Leader of GEG Ahmedabad along with Co-Leaders Ms. Deepti Vyas and Payal Rachhadia and Ms. Ritika Tyagi, Co-Leader of GEG Pune hosted the session. Ms. Deepti and Ms. Payal, started the session with very interesting activity where they asked the audience to identify certain cartoon characters. The audience was overjoyed to get involved in the activity and we could see young kids in form or educators attending such session.

This was a joint activity of GEG Ahmedabad and GEG Pune, who work in conjunction to provide such valuable professional development session to the members of their communities.

We are thankful to Tejal Chhaya for sparing her time and expertise for the community and to all the vibrant educators around the world who spared their time to learn and upgrade.

The session can be viewed with the below link on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/live/DD2pyJrW_Oo 

For the first time ever GEG Sweden has its own stand (D44) at Sweden's biggest edtech fair*. All 6 Captains will be there. One session every hour. 1 Captain per day is content manager.

GEG Sweden started February 1st, 2014 and has adopted most of what Google has contributed, in regards of empowering the community.

The sessions will vary from hands-on demo slams to interviews. There will be swag, coffee, competitions with prices, pamphlets and more.

Success metrics we strive for are:

- Not one person saying that we're comparing Google Workspace for Education with other similar systems.

- Not one person saying that we tried to sell them anything.

- 100 more members

- 1 school leader that wants to know - more about what a Google Certified Coach can do for them.

We are as well co-hosting an event on day 1 at Google HQ in the evening.

Of course we will cover the latest trends such as ChatGPT and national standard testing done digitally.

Here are our Captains:

Anders Wockatz - Leader

Martina Soomro - Co-leader and Empower Captain

Kim Nilsson - Share Captain

Rakel Cedersjö - Learn Captain

Martin Björklund - Inspire Captain

Anna-Lena Slott Persson - Inclusivity Captain

(* https://www.settdagarna.se/sv/ ) 

Google Educator Group (GEG) is the one of the community by Google, In association with GEG Ghaziabad and GEG Surat and GEG Japan Educator Group jointly organized the all the GEG Community across the ASIA Google Educator Groups Asia-Pacific Connect GEG APAC Weekend ‘Staying Connected 7.0’ Online Live January 14 and 15, 2023 conducted in multiple Languages.

Crowdsource event presented in English Language titled as “Google Crowdsource for Languages” and via YouTube Live. As per the schedule mentioned APAC English Language event hosted by Panna Gandhi, Leader GEG Surat, Google for Education Certified Trainer. Mukta Sablok, Leader GEG Ghaziabad, Google for Education Certified Trainer and Dr. Sumedha Sodhi, Co- Leader GEG Ghaziabad, Google for Education Certified Level 1, Level 2.

Influencer R.Vinothkumar explained about Google’s missions, Crowdsource community, applications, uses and contributions and future updates. how to useful for billion users of internet future products by Google Lens, Google Translator, Google Maps using voice recognition in Multi-languages introduction in Google, Explained about contribution to crowd source app, web, features, benefits, levels. Additionally Machine learning, by the crowd source videos. How to train the public datasets models by using crowdsource contribution to the Internet world.

Crowdsource for Languages

This session focused on the following topics

1. Google Announcement about 1000 Language Communities, Learning Communities, Explore ML and Influencer Academy

2. How Google Crowdsource has helped to improved AI/ML System for Natural Languages in Multi Languages in India (Tamil, English, Malayalam, Telugu, Oriya etc)

3. Natural Languages Research by Google, about Google APIs., etc

4. Google for India, Google Crowdsource campaign, swag and global summit etc.,

5. Crowdsource language communities, Crowdsource learning communities

Influencer Academy and Campaigns (OCR, Share your script, Vocalize, AIforSky etc,)

Spotlight on GEG Buenos Aires Leader

Marian Rossi

How did you initially get involved in your local GEG?

We were going through the lockdown due to the covid 19 pandemic in 2020. I got involved in training provided by google, and preparing to take level 1 of the certification, I found out about the GEG program. This is how I located GEG Buenos Aires, which at that time was led by my personal friend and educational mentor, Belén Carreira. I started working as a team with her and after a few months, I was leading the GEG with her. 

What is your favourite thing about being a GEG leader? 

What I like most about leading it´s that I have the freedom to give it its own defined identity, different from the other GEGs, together with the wonderful team of captains that accompanies me: Leticia Lombardi, Patricia Ugo, Cecilia Gil Rodríguez, Silvana Mizerak

and Matías Sander. (I love you guys!)

The GEG program has the flexibility to allow you to work on it, depending on the place and people that make it up. 

What do you feel you have personally gained from your involvement? 

I feel very lucky to participate in the GEG program. Personally, I managed to have a network of contacts at an educational level, both locally and internationally, with whom I maintain a close relationship and we work on educational projects together. This exponentially enriched my teaching career.  

What is one skill/site/resource that you have learned about recently that teachers might be interested in?

One resource I'd like to share that I recently learned about is the use of CHAT GPT and de AI as an educational tool. A few weeks ago we held a webinar on the matter at the GEG Buenos Aires. 

Tell us about an event that you have coming up that excites you. 

I am very excited about an International project between GEG Buenos Aires and a group of educators from Kazakhstan to use Google Workspace tools to implement it in Education. 

What is your most memorable GEG moment online or in person? 

One of the most memorable moments so far was bringing the first face-to-face event. Being able to get out of virtuality and contact real people, giving training on project-based learning and celebrating the two years of our GEG. It was epic. 

Do you have any advice for anyone thinking of becoming a GEG leader? 

Being a leader is an arduous task, which requires time and willingness to help other colleagues grow. My advice would be for the future leader to take the time to assess whether it is possible to be fully involved, so as not to feel overwhelmed and not be able to move forward with the program. 

What quote would like to include in this article to inspire NEW/Existing GEG leaders or members? 

Educational transformation is possible. Join the GEG program to make it happen! 

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Refreshed interface for Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides

What’s changing 

In the coming weeks, you’ll notice a new look and feel for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the web. Following the release of Google Material Design 3, the refreshed user interface is purposefully designed to streamline core collaboration journeys across our products. 

In Docs, Sheets, and Slides, you’ll see improvements such as: 

• A simplified user interface at the top of your docs, sheets, and slides, helping you find frequently used actions faster 

• Additional user experience improvements in commenting, background, rulers, and gridlines. 

• Note that while there are no changes in functionality, some features have been relocated to reduce clutter within the new interface. Notably, you can find the latest status info for the doc, such as last edit and version history, via a single entry point: the clock icon in the top right corner.