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Join Anne Nash and Mike Patterson from the Google for Education team as they share Google's new Applied Digital Skills, a free, online curriculum designed to give students an immersive experience within the 4 C's. The curriculum teaches project-based digital skills relevant to real-life situations like event planning, research projects, budgeting, resume building, creating a guide to an area, finding a job and more. The curriculum can be facilitated by an instructor, or taken independently as supplemental learning activities. Make sure you stop in for this can't-miss session as you'll hear from Google about the curriculum and best practices on how to use it to meet your district's digital literacy initiatives and learning goals.

Interested in the latest updates about Google for Education?

Anne Nash and Mike Patterson, Program Managers at Google for Education will lead ​this session provid​ing​ key updates and insights on G Suite for Education, Chromebooks, Google Expeditions and more.

​They​ will walk you through some of the newest features and answer any questions you might have.

Anne Nash & Mike Patterson from Google's Education Team will be sharing "Be Internet Awesome" which is a new digital citizenship program from Google designed to help teach kids how to be safe, confident explorers of the online world. The program includes resources for parents (like our Internet Awesome Family Pledge), a robust curriculum for educators, and Interland, an adventure-packed online game for students. Be Internet Awesome is free for all; no Google Account or sign-in required. The program has also been granted the Seal of Alignment by ISTE. Learn more at https://g.co/BeInternetAwesome

This session discusses concrete ways of helping students look at situations through the eyes of those who are different from us, a critical skill for global relations and success in today's world. The session addresses:
What is empathy and is it important?
7 myths about empathy
What activities purposely build empathy?

Support materials including link to slides

Theories on political ideology, social relationships, norming, and activism can be used to update our strategies for building community and political support for our ideas and issues. Key ideas covered include Jonathon Haidt's moral foundation theory, the ladder of engagement as presented by Patrick Sweeny, and aligning language with supporter values. You will have an opportunity to experiment with these ideas using provided examples to test out how these ideas might work for you.