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
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