Google arrives in Montreal to meet teachers

The second annual Google Education Summit in Montreal will take place at high school Lakeside Academy in Lachine, on December 6 and 7.

This two-day meeting of great intensity aims to deploy, integrate and use Google applications for education to promote the learning of students from kindergarten to 5^e secondary and post-secondary education. The program du Sommet features Google Certified Educators, Google App Trainers, Practitioner Managers, Solution Providers, Google Engineers, and representatives of the Google Apps for Education team.

Secondary school Lakeside Academy, host of the event again this year, has itself set up a 1: 1 Chromebook rollout (one device per student) for all 1: 1 students^time secondary.

The “EdTechTeam Montreal Summit Featuring Google for Education” is a bilingual event since some conferences will be held in French. The majority of them will however be in English.

On December 5th, a special pre-summit day (not included in registration) will offer special training opportunities. For example, one group could focus on the iPad, another on issues specific to technical administration, another dedicated to leadership related to Google solutions, and another will consist of a “bootcamp” prior to certification. "Google Educator Trainer" (GET).

To register for the General Summit, consult the home page of the event site. For the pre-summit day, it's this way.