Pinoy Google Champions share stories and reflections from the recently-conluded Singapore Champion Symposium.

Rocket trainers had another opportunity to attend the Google Champions Symposium in Singapore from August 6-8, 2025. The symposium was event-filled and truly inspiring! It was fun reconnecting with fellow champions from the APAC region and connecting with new ones. Looking forward to the next!

Google for Education PH partnered with GEG Mandaluyong and Jose Rizal University for this Gemini Academy run implemented by iCore Education and Consultancy and Rocket Innovations PH. The administrators, educators, and pre-service teachers had fun learning about Gemini and how it can be a valuable partner at work.

The Department of Education in the Philippines purchased Google Workspace for Education Plus licenses for all DepEd employees. This ONLINE session is meant to inform them of the premium features they will get to enjoy with their accounts.

Administrators and educators from selected private schools and universities in Metro Manila were invited to this exclusive Gemini Academy run for Acer Academy schools. 

DepEd teachers from across the Philippines gathered in Baguio for a focused NEAP Training, learning to maximize Google Workspace tools with the Education Plus license for the positive use of ICT, supporting the Phase 2 integration of the MaTaTag Curriculum.

Following a successful first session, our second AppSheet training with DepEd Central's ICTS employees saw even greater engagement, resulting in more featured and sophisticated basic applications created through a collaborative and hands-on learning experience.

At the Google for Education Partner Day 2025, Team Rocket connected with other partners in the Philippines, signaling our strengthened focus and readiness in AI for educational solutions.

Our first AppSheet training with DepEd Central employees empowered non-technical participants to create basic applications through a collaborative and engaging hands-on activity, where they also learned about EduPlus features.

This Gemini Academy v2 session in 2025 was a journey of discovery, where participants collaboratively explored the newest features through engaging activities.

The closing event for Gemini Academy was held at the Google office via HYFLEX setup. It was a day full of learning and collaboration.

To celebrate International Youth Day, SDO Makati sent some student leaders to the Google office to undergo a Design Thinking workshop. The students experienced first-hand the 5 stages of Design Thinking and had a blast!

An onsite Gemini Academy was attended by grade school and high school teachers from SDO Makati. Everyone was in high spirits and enjoyed the training.

Rocket Innovations PH was invited by SNNHS to conduce a refresher course for their teachers who will be renewing their Level 1 certification.

The last purely online run of Gemini Academy was held on this day. Attendance for this session was high and the participants were extremely participative and appreciative of the learning.

This is the second year that RIS sought the services of Rocket Innovations PH to train their new teachers to be Google Certified Educators. 

Rocket Innovations PH was tapped by QSR to give a GCE Level 1 training to teachers from Region 5.

Teachers from several campuses of De La Salle Zobel were treated to an online Gemini Academy training.

Administrators and ICT heads from SDO Makati were treated to a Google Day where speakers talked about Chromebooks, Read Along, Gemini Academy, and other fun stuff!

As a Google Partner, Team Rocket was invited to Google for Education's Partner Day. It was fun getting to know more like-minded individuals!

QSR tapped Team Rocket to conduct a Be Internet Awesome training for teachers of SDO Muntinlupa.

This was Team Rocket's first Partner Forum held at the Google office in Singapore. It was inspiring to meet Google Partners from all over the APAC region!

The Google for Education team in the Philippines, together with iCORE E&C, Co., Ltd., sought the services of Rocket Innovations PH to re-echo GfE's Earth Day webinar.

All of Team Rocket's trainers are Google for Education Champions. Here they are with other Champions from all over the Philippines.

Rocket Innovations PH was fortunate to visit Bacolod City, together with iCore E&C and Google for Education, to hold two sessions of Gemini Academy. It was a day to remember, with the participants going home with their own "rubber ducky" which symbolizes facing something uncomfortable head on!

This was the very first online session for Gemini Academy (formerly AI in Education with Gemini). 

This was the opening event for AI in Education with Gemini at the Google office. Two simultaneous sessions were held here. This was the first appearance of the "rubber ducky."