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Unit 2 - Expand your Access to Help and Learning

Get your questions answered 

  • How to participate in online help forums to both find answers AND help others
    •  as above
    • Q - Did you know Google Classroom is now available to each one of us?
      • A - It's true. 
    • Q - How did I learn this?
      • A - Google for Education Help Forums - this link

How to build your own (Professional) Learning Network (PLN)

  • How to create a network of peers who you can reach out to when you need help
    •  about connecting with others ONLINE
    • A - connect to a Google Educator Group (GEG)
      • example - UAE GEG 
        • The GEG United Arab Emirates Community brings together educators throughout the UAE who are using technology for a more personalized, interactive, creative and global learning experience for their students. This is a space for educators to inspire and empower each other to meet the needs of students through technology both in the classroom and beyond. We believe an effective community of enthusiastic educators can help revolutionize classroom learning across the UAE.


  • How to contribute to a network of other Google for Education users
  • How to join a Google Educator Group for networking, support, and fun
    • Q - Should we set up our own for Oman? There currently is not one. 
    • A - Don't know. Here's a link to direct us on how.  
  • What might I learn
    • A - Well for example, I just learned that we can already get started with Google Classroom. (see the video) .. and there's more (link)

How to find local Google for Education Experts

  • How to find local experts when you need that extra bit of support
    •  A - Use the Google for Education Directory 
      • to which I discovered there are no experts in the Oman region (12 within 500 miles of Muscat) 
      • NONE in Hungary

A look at
  • Google+
  • Google Groups 
  • Google Search 

References

[FEATURE LAUNCH] - Classroom now open to more users! - Google Product Forums. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-education/5HvT_FJM9Dw
GEG United Arab Emirates. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://plus.google.com/communities/116828486642610226836
Google. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://encrypted.google.com/
Google Educator Groups. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://www.google.com/landing/geg/
Google for Education. (n.d.). Setting Up Google Classroom. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDq20U1cXk
Google for Education Directory. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://edudirectory.withgoogle.com/en
Google for Education Training Center. (n.d.). Developing your PLN. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HufaW6ByrI
Google Help. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://support.google.com/?hl=en
Jay Atwood. (n.d.). Getting Going on Google+. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNw37mOz4E&feature=youtu.be
Lesson 1 - Explore Cultural Resourcess. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/first-day-of-classroom
Welcome to Google for Education Help Centers - Google for Education Help. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2017, from https://support.google.com/edu/?hl=en

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  1. UnknownOctober 11, 2017 at 11:46 PM

    Its interesting to note that here are no Google foe Education expeorts in Oman at present. Well, I think you are the expert among us.

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  2. UnknownOctober 11, 2017 at 11:47 PM

    Do we plan to set up a "Google Educator Group for networking, support, and fun"? I think it is a good idea.

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