There are multiple platforms and tools that you can use to navigate the educational landscape. Google is a huge player in the educational technology field. They offer so many tools that can be leverage to increase productivity, achievement, and engagement. Google offers two levels of "Google Certified Educator." This certification comes from Google and shows your proficiency in using Google tools in the classroom. The certification is focused on classroom usage, but all skills are applicable in a typical office environment as well.

This session is designed to review the skills needed for the level 2 certification as well as an opportunity to take the exam. This is a two day session, and the participant will need to attend both days for credit. The first day will consist of tutorials of classroom tasks using G Suite for Education beyond the basic skills. The first half of the second day will pick up where day one left off. After lunch, participants will have any opportunity to start their Google Certification Level 2 Exam. It is online, and will cost an additional fee of 25 dollars. This fee will be paid online to the digital exam company, Kryterion, that Google has contracted for the service.

This is a great opportunity to dive deeper into Google if you already use basic functions. Even if you don't receive you certification from Google, you will still receive 12 hours of credit from ESC Region 12 along with a whole new skill set that you can take back to your classroom or office. We hope that you will be able to join us and join the ranks of a Google Certified Educator.