Adventures in Education

  The initial shock of getting into the Google Innovator Academy faded as the information started to flow.  We are the first cohort to have work leading up to our arrival, come in under the Innovator badge, and continue our work over a year.    The #MTV16 cohort quickly began to form relationships.  We really started working together when we got a special package in the mail. Everyone was on #boxwatch as word leaked of special arrivals. We were given the pieces to play a breakoutedu game. This started a flurry of documents and spreadsheets to find our partners and figure out the clues.  This was a great team building exercise before we even met. The special package from Google     We had weekly missions, hangouts, chats , and Voxes all going at the same time.  There were times it could get overwhelming, but we all knew we were in for a once in a lifetime experience.  My card twin and I got our very own breakoutedu game ready to play for when we got to Mountain View.  While I had

     It has been a whirlwind since January 18. I decided in December that I was going to apply to the Google Innovator Academy which I had applied to once before when it was the Teacher Academy. The revamped program requires you to have the Google Educator Level 2 certification. I met my goal of passing both Level 1 and Level 2 tests over Christmas break.     The application had some great questions and things to think about. Somehow, this one felt like it was meant for me since I had the pieces I needed to put everything together. The part where I struggle is always the video. I overthink what I want to say. This time, my concept came to me, and I used my phone to tape the first part then used an editor to record the rest. It is always tricky to get it down to one minute, but I managed that without losing my message. I submitted everything with just half a day to spare.     The day that notifications were going out was a tough one. For the first time ever, we were required to work o