British Isles Summit: Full Schedule

8:30am BST

Registration

Friday May 19, 2017 8:30am - 9:00am BST
Digital Greenhouse Guernsey

9:00am BST

Google Certified Educator L1 Workshop

Friday May 19, 2017 9:00am - 10:30am BST
The Shed

Educator Certification Level 1 Bootcamp

9:00am BST

Google Certified Educator L2 Workshop

Link to the presentation

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Bogdan is passionate about Science, gamification and EdTech. Working smarter is the way to go – this is his motto! He is a big fan of self-directed learning and hands-on activities.As a Google for Education and ISTE Trainer, he has worked with over 1500 teachers across all continents... Read More →

Friday May 19, 2017 9:00am - 10:30am BST
Event Space

Educator Certification Level 2 Bootcamp

10:30am BST

Coffee Break

Friday May 19, 2017 10:30am - 10:45am BST

10:45am BST

L1 Workshop continues...

Friday May 19, 2017 10:45am - 12:15pm BST
The Shed

Educator Certification Level 1 Bootcamp

10:45am BST

L2 Workshop continues...

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Friday May 19, 2017 10:45am - 12:15pm BST
Event Space

Educator Certification Level 2 Bootcamp

12:15pm BST

Lunch

Friday May 19, 2017 12:15pm - 1:10pm BST

1:00pm BST

Level 1 Workshop continues

Friday May 19, 2017 1:00pm - 2:30pm BST
The Shed

Educator Certification Level 1 Bootcamp

1:00pm BST

Level 2 Workshop continues

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Friday May 19, 2017 1:00pm - 2:30pm BST
Event Space

Educator Certification Level 2 Bootcamp

2:30pm BST

Coffee Break & Acer Chromebook Raffle (Event Space)

Friday May 19, 2017 2:30pm - 2:45pm BST
TBA

2:45pm BST

Closing: Google Certified Educator Level 1

Friday May 19, 2017 2:45pm - 3:30pm BST
The Shed

Educator Certification Level 1 Bootcamp

2:45pm BST

Closing: Google Certified Educator Level 2

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Friday May 19, 2017 2:45pm - 3:30pm BST
Event Space

Educator Certification Level 2 Bootcamp

8:00am BST

Registration

Saturday May 20, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am BST
Les Beaucamps High School

9:00am BST

Welcome Message from Lucy Witham, Education Development Officer for Learning Technology

Saturday May 20, 2017 9:00am - 9:15am BST
The Hall

9:10am BST

Keynote ~ Ed Before Tech

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Jon is a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer with an MSc in IT. Having been in education since 2007 as teacher, governor and now in an exciting new role as Digital Learning Leader at Halcyon London International School; he is pioneering EdTech change in his own school and beyond. Believing Google is an absolute game changer for all in education, Jon is passionate about the power of G Suite for Education and effective implementation of all its facets. Driven by this and his experience, Jon thorou... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 9:10am - 9:45am BST
The Hall

Keynote

10:00am BST

Forms 101

Create a quiz, survey or exit ticket quickly and easily in this hands-on beginners session to learn about every teacher's favourite GSuite tool, Google Forms. Great session that you can take into your teaching the next day. Self marking quiz sound good for anyone?

Saturday May 20, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am BST
Room 4

101-Beginner/New Topic

10:00am BST

Extend Learning with Chrome Apps & Extensions

Level: Intermediate/Advanced.

Beyond the core applications in Google Drive, there are literally hundreds of Chrome Apps, Drive Add Ons, and Chrome Extensions that can enhance the learning experience. We will be looking at some examples - starting with add-ons for Google Docs that can enhance writing/research projects/grading, to tools that can be used to curate content (Diigo - social bookmarking app, Flipboard - create your own magazines and share them with your students), and visual communication tools (Piktochart - make your own infographics, Lucidchart - make lots of different diagrams) - to name just a few. We will cover a wide range of tools and 3rd party apps. We will also have hands-on activities like creating our own online magazine for out students, making our infographics and diagrams.

Presentation here.

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Saturday May 20, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am BST
Room 2

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

10:00am BST

Film 4 Learning

Using research recently undertaken in Guernsey schools, this session shows how student film making can improve learning outcomes as well as developing vital 21st century skills. Setting film in the classroom in its wider historical, social and cultural context, the session gives plenty of practical guidance to how to exploit film in your own classroom.

Speakers

Victor Lane

IT advisory teacher, Guernsey Education dept.

Victor has years of experience as IT advisory teacher for Guernsey and has been interested in film for over 40 years. He is undertaking an MA in digital media, culture and education at UCL, having just completed a post graduate study in innovation in learning and teaching. Above... Read More →

Google talk2share pptx

Saturday May 20, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am BST
Room 3

General Audience - All Levels

Tags Parents, School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent, Students, Teachers

10:00am BST

Moving your school to the cloud

Link to the presentation

I will describe the journey Beaulieu School (Jersey) has undertaken to transform the way ICT is taught, by using Flipped models and individualised learning pathways. Since my TEDx talk, I will show how Google Apps for Education (GAFE) & Google Classroom has made this process even easier. This session will help teachers to see how learning using GAFE can occur anywhere anytime and include a live demo of my Google Classroom.

Speakers

Rory Steel

CTO & Assistant Head - Curriculum, Beaulieu Convent School

We started using Google Apps For Education 10 years ago and use it to manage our entire curriculum. I am a Certified Google Trainer and know how to transform teaching through online learning. We will be launching our 1:1 BYOD project this year. Feel free to ask me anything Google... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am BST
Room 1

General Audience - All Levels

Tags General Audience ~ All Levels, Leadership (Focused on those who are leading change), School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent, Teachers

11:00am BST

Coffee Break

Saturday May 20, 2017 11:00am - 11:15am BST

11:15am BST

Right Clicks and the Dollar Sign -Creating a technology movement in your school

Link to the presentation

The journey of an assistant head to implement educational technology so it has a real impact on learning. This session includes long term development planning ideas along with quick wins to get the ball rolling!

Speakers

Matt Haydon

Assistant Headteacher, Greet Primary School

Saturday May 20, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm BST
Room 2

101-Beginner/New Topic

Tags Beginners - Getting Started, ICT Leads, Leadership (Focused on those who are leading change), New to Google, Teachers

11:15am BST

Accessibility Options in G Suite and More!

Not only does G Suite offer spectacular tools for transforming the way that you, your colleagues and your students work; it also provides an incredible range of adaptive and assistive technology!

Join this session to discover how G Suite promote greater independence by empowering students to perform tasks that they would previously struggle to accomplish, by providing enhancements to their experience of interacting with the tools!

This workshop will give all in attendance the opportunity to try out two spectacular tools by texthelp to transform how they deliver literacy skills for everyone!

Read&Write lets everyone read, write and express themselves more confidently.

Fluency Tutor for Google makes reading aloud more fun and satisfying for students who need some extra support. It’s a big help for struggling and reluctant readers, as well as students learning English as a second language.

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Saturday May 20, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm BST
Room 3

General Audience - All Levels

11:15am BST

The Power of Collaboration: Establishing Digital Change - Guernsey Case Study

Aspire2Be and Guernsey have collaborated over the past two years in order to transform the way in which technology is accessed and strategically deployed in schools across the island. This session provides an overview, in the form of a case study, as to how G Suite can be deployed to impact teaching & learning in classrooms, across schools, clusters & local authorities. Join us to learn about the Guernsey story and how G Suite is shaping teaching & learning practice.

We use real examples of delivery to illustrate how a consistent and robust vision for use of technology can be created that will provide direction and relevance to staff regardless of school setting.

Learning Outcomes

Discover how our collaboration with the states of Guernsey has transformed pedagogy in schools.
Learn about the strategic vision of Guernsey and the formation of the Guernsey Digital Roadmap.
Understand how clear and relevant training can be accessible for staff with a mixed range of technical ability.
Explore various G Suite tools and how they can redefine current practice.
See real examples of impact and statistics that demonstrate the impact of our approach.

If you are looking to deploy G Suite in your institution or across a cluster/local authority, this session will provide you with tried and tested methods that can serve as a starting point to realising your vision.

Speakers

Matt Smith

Programme Manager, Aspire 2BE

Matt is Education Programme Director at Aspire 2Be and joined the company after excelling as a teacher and Computing Co-ordinator at Meadowbrook Primary School, just outside Bristol. As an advocate of the power that mobile technology can have on learning and teaching, Matt has successfully... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm BST
Room 1

General Audience - All Levels

11:15am BST

Vision and Innovation - Design Thinking for School Leaders

Throwing technology into schools without a suitable vision or strategy can undermine the impact of a significant investment of time and money. Making technology embed in learning and productivity in your organisation is more likely if you target it around an understanding of the people in your school, how they currently work and how they would like to work. In the session we discuss design thinking, a process and set of tools for uncovering real problems worth solving, which can unlock the innovative abilties of everyone you work with. Post-it notes provided.

Saturday May 20, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm BST
Room 4

General Audience - All Levels

12:15pm BST

Lunch

Saturday May 20, 2017 12:15pm - 1:15pm BST

1:15pm BST

Google Classroom

Link to the presentation

Learn about Google Classroom, Google's classroom management tool that manages sharing, assignments and differentiated tasks for teachers and their classes. Hands-on session allowing delegates to get the full student experience before setting up and testing their own Classroom. Suitable for beginners and should be some tips and tricks for more experienced users to take away too.

Saturday May 20, 2017 1:15pm - 2:15pm BST
Room 4

101-Beginner/New Topic

1:15pm BST

How To Be Formnomenal with Google Forms

During this session participants will go on a journey to becoming formnomenal with Google Forms. Mastery of these skills has the potential to forever change your practice by enabling to automate the mundane and repetitive administrative aspects of your practice like never before. During the session Adam will show you how you can use google forms in a PE environment as an assessment tool, to collect data, for communication with parents and much more. Though Adam is an ex PE teacher, the skills can be transferred to any subject. Don’t miss out on a session that will change the way you work.

You will be required to bring along a laptop or chromebook for this hands-on workshop

N.B. A basic knowledge of google forms will be beneficial and the session will be fast-paced

Resource for the session can be found here: http://bit.ly/beform17

Speakers

Adam Llevo

Edgehill University, Ormskirk

Adam is a physical educator originally from England, but has taught in the UK, China and Saudi Arabia across all age groups. He has presented at a number of conferences around the world sharing his love of physical education and meaningful technology to educators from all subjects... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 1:15pm - 2:15pm BST
Room 1

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

Tags Admin Panel ~ Getting geeky, Intermediate / Advanced, Leadership (Focused on those who are leading change), School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent

1:15pm BST

Literacy & Assistive Tools with Advanced Google Docs

Intermediate/Advanced

Besides being a versatile text editor that everybody loves, Google Docs can be improved with some easy to use add-ons. In this workshop, we will be looking at some of the advanced functions of Google Docs (Voice typing, Research tool, Document outline) and Add-ons for student work and teacher feedback (EasyBib Bibliography Tool, Read & Write extension, Texthelp study skills, Kaizena Voice Comments, Draftback Extension).

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Saturday May 20, 2017 1:15pm - 2:15pm BST
Room 2

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

1:15pm BST

New Google Sites

Never has making a beautiful website been easier!

Delegates at this session will experience the intuitive nature of Google Sites and are guaranteed to have created their own website by the end of the session! Jon will be sharing examples in this session of how Sites have been used to transform workflow at his own school.

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Saturday May 20, 2017 1:15pm - 2:15pm BST
Room 3

General Audience - All Levels

2:15pm BST

Coffee Break

Saturday May 20, 2017 2:15pm - 2:30pm BST

2:30pm BST

Mystery hangout and its impact on student engagement.

This session is ideal for teachers who are new to using Google hangouts. It will be especially useful to those teachers who would like to open the doors of their classroom and try something new. Angela Etheredge and I will talk about our experience of running mystery hangouts in the classroom and we will demonstrate the impact it had on student engagement. During our session we will 'hangout' with Stony Evans, Library Media Specialist at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas in order to show how easy it is to connect with others across the world. He will talk about our collaboration through Google Hangout and the impact that it has had on his students.

Speakers

Angela Etheredge

St Anne’s School, Alderney

As an experienced teacher my career path has enabled me to teach students from EYFS, KS1,2,3 and 4 as well as adults. My specialist subject area is geography. I am also a Royal Life Saving Society Trainer Assessor, training Bailiwick staff and students in swimming and lifesaving... Read More →

Elizabeth Hutchinson

Head of SLS, Schools' Library Service

I am a Chartered Librarian. School libraries are my main focus with special interests in raising the profile of school libraries and librarians through advocacy. Promoting the importance of information literacy within the curriculum and working alongside teachers using technology... Read More →

Google Hangouts within the curriculum pptx

Saturday May 20, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm BST
Room 1

101-Beginner/New Topic

Tags Beginners - Getting Started, General Audience ~ All Levels, New to Google, Parents, School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent, Students, Teachers

2:30pm BST

Portfolios with GAFE ~ A Suite Opportunity

Portfolios - A Suite Opportunity
Discover and discuss the options for developing student portfolios in GSuite. Discussion then hands-on as we model using GSuite to create your own learning portfolio for the event and review the pros and cons of different tools.

Saturday May 20, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm BST
Room 4

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

2:30pm BST

New Life with Google Slides

Not only is Google Slides a superb presentation tool; it has so many other uses for the classroom and beyond! Delegates at this workshop will develop skills to transform traditional lecture style slide decks into interactive masterpieces for learning! The session will also cover newsletter creation; auto-playing daily bulletins; student created revision resources and much more.

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Saturday May 20, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm BST
Room 3

General Audience - All Levels

2:30pm BST

Productivity, Learning & Management Tips/Tricks with GSuite

Advanced/Intermediate (Beginners Welcome!)

We will explore a variety of add-ons and extensions for Chrome and Google Drive that can greatly improve our productivity. Do you find yourself in the need of sending mass personalized emails? Do you or your students often get distracted while you use your computers? Are you trying to reach the elusive Inbox 0 stage? Do you find your computer running too slow because of having too many tabs opened at the same time? Do you work with groups of tabs on regular basis and would like to quickly open all of them at the same time? These are just some of the questions for which I will come with simple to use solutions. Some of them can help us as teachers or admin, while some others could even be presented to the students.

Presentation here.

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Saturday May 20, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm BST
Room 2

General Audience - All Levels

3:30pm BST

Closing Session followed by Demo Slams from James Massey

Speakers

James Massey

Educational Consultant, Discovery Education

As an excitable teacher, global educational speaker, change instigator and hopeless optimist, James has a Masters degree in Educational Studies, and a passion for research based, modern-day learning that works. James has 17 years’ experience working closely with schools on a 1:1... Read More →

Saturday May 20, 2017 3:30pm - 4:00pm BST
The Hall

4:00pm BST

Join us for Networking Activities (an array of optional activities to explore St Peter Port)

Continue to network and learn at our networking event, on Saturday evening at the Digital Greenhouse. Use "GIESummit" to Register and join!

Kindly sponsored by WizKids, this event will be based at the Digital Greenhouse with an array of optional activities to explore St Peter Port.

Choose from a interactive walk around the town, clear your head with a mindfulness session or take a fast speed rib voyage round one of smaller islands. Got time in between?.. join us to network at the Digital Greenhouse with other educators and talk further with our sponsors and edtech providers.

To attend the following sessions please book a ticket as there are limited spaces available!

Saturday May 20, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm BST
Digital Greenhouse Guernsey

7:30pm BST

Join us for After Party

Saturday May 20, 2017 7:30pm - 9:30pm BST
Lion's Den, the private upstairs room of the Golden Lion Pub

9:00am BST

Keynote

Change... the only constant?

Sunday May 21, 2017 9:00am - 9:30am BST
The Hall

Keynote

9:40am BST

Engaging Learning Reflection & Assessment with Google Forms

All Levels

Google forms are great for surveys but excellent for supporting an engaging learning environment. Learn how to create and use a form from scratch with specific classroom examples. We will make use of the new self-grading quiz function and compare it with using Flubaroo for selfțgrading quizzes and feedback.

Good for beginners because creating and using a form is introduced.
Good for all levels because it introduced Flubaroo which is an Add On that form users may not know about.

Presentation here.

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Sunday May 21, 2017 9:40am - 10:40am BST
Room 2

101-Beginner/New Topic

9:40am BST

Chrome Extensions

A phenomenal way to pack some extra power into your utilisation of Chrome. Delegates at this session will try out a variety of extensions to enhance what should be every educator's browser of choice! This session will be fast paced and one everyone will be able to take something away from to try out straight away!

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Sunday May 21, 2017 9:40am - 10:40am BST
Room 3

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

9:40am BST

Classroom + awesome

Link to the presentation

Adding formative assessment to Google Classroom with Doctopus and Goobric with Ben Rouse

Sunday May 21, 2017 9:40am - 10:40am BST
Room 4

General Audience - All Levels

9:40am BST

Moving your school to the cloud

Link to the presentation

Speakers

Rory Steel

CTO & Assistant Head - Curriculum, Beaulieu Convent School

Sunday May 21, 2017 9:40am - 10:40am BST
Room 1

General Audience - All Levels

Tags General Audience ~ All Levels, Leadership (Focused on those who are leading change), School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent, Teachers

10:40am BST

Coffee Break

Sunday May 21, 2017 10:40am - 10:50am BST

10:50am BST

How To Be Formnomenal with Google Forms

Speakers

Adam Llevo

Edgehill University, Ormskirk

Sunday May 21, 2017 10:50am - 11:50am BST
Room 1

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

Tags Admin Panel ~ Getting geeky, Intermediate / Advanced, Leadership (Focused on those who are leading change), School Administrator - Dean, School Administrator - Principal, School Administrator - Superintendent

10:50am BST

Making Your Own Videos ~ WeVideo, Screencasting, Google Drawings

Intermediate/Advanced:

Video projects help students plan, organise, collaborate, communicate, analyze. The creation process becomes even more meaningful when students can collaborate in real time. The GAFE platform allows this. Using WeVideo, Screencasting Chrome Apps and Google Draw, students can easily create videos. WeVideo is an intuitive cloud-based video editor. Screencasting apps can be used to screencast your desktop or record voice layovers. Using Google Drawings, you can create simple diagrams to be included in your videos.All of these products are seamlessly connected to Google Drive. The session is hands-on - we will go through some case studies, showcasing how videos can be used in the classroom and we will also create our own video during the session. Advanced/Intermediate

Link for the presentation here.

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Sunday May 21, 2017 10:50am - 11:50am BST
Room 2

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

10:50am BST

Assessment & Feedback in GAFE

Showcase of the options available to teachers to assess and feedback in GSuite. Try them out and take away the ones that fit best for your context. From simple comments in documents to self-marking quizzes and beyond.

Sunday May 21, 2017 10:50am - 11:50am BST
Room 4

General Audience - All Levels

10:50am BST

Flipped Classroom ~ Mystery Revealed

More than a buzzword in education, flipped learning has proven its power but... what does it mean and how can it be achieved?

Participants at this session will develop the skills to use Google Forms, EDpuzzle and Formative as tools to flip their classroom activities!

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Sunday May 21, 2017 10:50am - 11:50am BST
Room 3

General Audience - All Levels

11:50am BST

Break

Sunday May 21, 2017 11:50am - 12:00pm BST

12:00pm BST

Essential Learning Products with Core Apps

Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Google Drive offers us access to a range of tools that can be put to good use for Project Based Learning. Be it research projects, collecting and handling data, visual representations and drawing, mapping - you can do practically anything with the right combination of Drive apps. Furthermore, adding add-ons and extensions on top, you can further increase the functionalities. During this session, we will explore some ideas of how to use them for student projects. Hands-on activities will include collaborative research projects in Google Slides and creating diagrams (mind maps, Venn diagrams, timelines) in Google Drawings.
Presentation here.

Speakers

Bogdan Copil

Google Certified Trainer, AppsEvents Europe

Sunday May 21, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm BST
Room 2

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

12:00pm BST

Ninja Tips

Join Jon for this session that was delivered as part of Google's 2016 Education on Air. A workshop packed full of tips and tricks for experienced GSuite users: expect things to be FAST, FRESH and FUN!

Speakers

Jon Neale

Digital Learning Leader - Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Halcyon London International School

Sunday May 21, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm BST
Room 3

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

12:00pm BST

The Power of Web Apps

Speakers

Rory Steel

CTO & Assistant Head - Curriculum, Beaulieu Convent School

Sunday May 21, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm BST
Room 1

102 ~ Intermediate/Advanced Topic

12:00pm BST

Making A Dent with GAFE ~ Design Thinking with a Summit Review

Learn about design thinking and how you can use it as a teacher and a learner to find problems worth solving. Leave the session with ideas about your challenge from the rest of the group. The session is designed to give you time at the end of a busy summit to order your thoughts and have a focussed project to take away with you.

Sunday May 21, 2017 12:00pm - 11:30pm BST
Room 4

General Audience - All Levels

1:00pm BST

Closing & Acer Chromebook Raffle & Prizes & Departure

Sunday May 21, 2017 1:00pm - 1:15pm BST
The Hall