Over the summer I ran three webinar courses about Google Apps. The Midwest Teachers Institute saw the courses and asked to partner with me to offer the course again this fall with a graduate credit option. I’m happy to announce that in October I will again be offering Getting Ready for GAFE. This time it is offered with a graduate credit option through Midwest Teachers Institute and Calumet College of St. Joseph.

Has your school recently transitioned to Google Apps for Education? If so, this course offers everything you need to know to take advantage of the great things that GAFE offers to teachers and students. This October I’m offering a Practical Ed Tech webinar designed for teachers and administrators who are new to using Google Apps for Education. Getting Ready for GAFE is a five week course covering everything you need to know to to integrate Google Drive, Google Classroom, Google Calendar, and Google Sites into your practice in the new school year.

Getting Ready for GAFE costs $147. (Register by September 20th with the discount code “PETGAFE” to save $15). Three graduate credits are available for the course through my partnership Midwest Teachers Institute and Calumet College of St. Joseph. Graduate credits require an additional fee and completion of weekly assignments. To register for the graduate credit option you must first register for the course here then click here to register for the graduate credit.

Click here to register for the October course.

Course highlights:

• Get to know Google Drive.
• What makes Google Docs better than your old word processor.
• Tips & tricks for getting the most out of Google Docs
• The ins and outs of Google Slides.
• Customizations you didn’t know about.
• Using Google Drive to store and share all of your digital creations (even those old files you made years ago in Word).
• Take control of your schedule with Google Calendar.
• Using calendars to keep your students, their parents, and your colleagues informed about happenings in your classroom.
• Using Google Calendar as a reservation system for parent-teacher conferences.
• Google Sites As Your Online Hub
• Create a website that students and their parents will want to visit.
• Using Google Sites as a blog.
• Designing and developing digital portfolios in Google Sites.
• Using Google Sites for wiki projects.
• Google Classroom to Streamline Your Workflow.
• Organizing assignments for distribution.
• Managing multiple classrooms from one place.
• Giving feedback through Google Classroom.

What’s included? What does it cost?

Registration is $147. Click here to register.

The graduate credit option costs an additional $450. Click here to register for graduate credit. Note: you must also register for the course here.

All live sessions are recorded. The recordings are made available to all participants to stream and or download.

Participants will receive digital handouts with directions for everything demonstrated in the webinars.

Participants have access to a dedicated discussion forum to use throughout the course.

When is it?

The live meetings are held at 7pm Eastern Time on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5.

This sounds great! How do I register? What will I need to participate?

The easiest and cheapest way to register is by completing the registration online with a credit card or PayPal.

Click here to register.

To register for graduate credit, first complete the form here then complete the MTI form here.

Purchase Orders and school checks will only be accepted if five or more people from the same district register together.

The courses will be hosted through GoToTraining. To participate in the course you will need a laptop or desktop computer with an updated browser (Chrome or FireFox is ideal).