John Sowash teaches online like no other. He's cracked it and is forever improving, sharing best practice and getting others through the basic hoops. Once up and running we can all teach online.
Here's his latest podcast : https://smarterqueue.com/video/18935767
These have taken time to gain. It has been a real struggle for me - like learning French! It has required a little and often then some tightly structured learning with a lead educator, homework, support and repeated testing my skills. I even had a check list. Most tasks I had wanted to have done FIVE times before I sat the two 3 hour exams.
These are intensive and against the clock with the webcam open to check you say you say you are.
26 multiple choice questions followed by some 12 scenarios to complete, most with 2 to 3 parts, some more, some less.
My natural goal is to gain Certified Trainer in the next few months and pick up and retain Google Innovator in 2021.
Thank you John Sowash for getting me there!
I'm a few days into working through my first couple of assignments from John Sowash. My goal is to get my off the starting block with Google Certified Educator 1 and Educator 2 so that I can more ambitiously pick up Trainer and Innovator recognition.
I far, far prefer John Sowash's approach than the formal Google Certified Educator online training. John is my teacher, my guide and even inspiration to get this done.
This very uninspired header for my Class is because we're studying Ecology. I had wanted to add a bitmoji of me waving encouragingly at my students. Somehow I could not get the Apps to talk to eachother.
This is what I was after:
I did a day with John Sowash who was live from his home in Brighton, Michigan. By chance, as the conferences he usually runs are done around the US. Because of lockdown he put it online.
It has taken me a week before I could take some time out to go through my notes. There is so much to pick up on, every day practicalities of using Google Suite for Education with short cuts and cool tips.
It may be aimed at primary and secondary school students, but there is no reason not to have fun with FE and HE students and colleagues too.
As well as mastering Google Classroom I need to make more use of things like Peardeck, Screencastify and Jamboard.
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