The Google Teacher Academy in New York #1: What does Google New York look like?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHmwohsNGryrgQCS5gUOVI-Ap-mNA_6xfj6TP4Q8sas7LxI699SWohJkkrNxWXF4JZFGHzAwwQGsC_Mq3JoFDA_hcM72hQYhIpWg4QR6dvxsrK4AomErbvjSkt36fkZ02vBoRMV7gJ00/s1600/NewYork-LindaY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHmwohsNGryrgQCS5gUOVI-Ap-mNA_6xfj6TP4Q8sas7LxI699SWohJkkrNxWXF4JZFGHzAwwQGsC_Mq3JoFDA_hcM72hQYhIpWg4QR6dvxsrK4AomErbvjSkt36fkZ02vBoRMV7gJ00/s320/NewYork-LindaY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;">In a few days time (on the 3rd and 4th October) 50+ excited educators from the United States, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic and South Africa (that’s me) will be descending on New York to attend the Google Teacher Academy New York 2012. These educators have been selected from the hundreds of applications from around the world, so undoubtedly many interested folk will be following the #GTANY Twitter hashtag to get a glimpse of the proceedings.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">I love the way Linda Yollis one of the successful applicants from Los Angeles,  has involved her Grades 2&3 class in getting ready for the Google Teacher Academy. Take a look at her blogpost:<br /> </span><a href="http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-google-teacher-academy-in-nyc.html">http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-google-teacher-academy-in-nyc.html</a><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">We have been told by Google, “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>We are working hard to prepare everything to create an inspiring couple of days for you next week in New York, and we can't wait to meet all of you. Your heads are gonna spin with all the great experiences we have in store for you. Get ready!</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">We have also been told, ‘</span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>We are finalizing a bunch of great activities with a completely revamped agenda from previous academies, and we are so excited to share it all with you next week!</i>’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you wonder that we are excited!<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What does Google New York look like?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 12.65pt;">On hearing of my selection for the Academy, m</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 12.65pt;">y first question was (after I had got over all the excitement at being selected) – '<i>Whereabouts is Google in New York, and what does it look like</i>?' In my Internet search to answer these questions</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 12.65pt;">  </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 12.65pt;">I came across two videos, one posted in February 2012 and one posted in 2009 when Google first opened its new New York offices. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Here is the 2009 video entitled '</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Inside Google's New York Office'.  </span></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-zUPTxMEw"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-zUPTxMEw</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5F-zUPTxMEw" width="420"></iframe> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the latest video published by The Wall Street Journal, entitled '<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 12.65pt;">An Inside look at Google’s New York Offices'. </span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm_LIyMtMY"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpm_LIyMtMY</span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bpm_LIyMtMY" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep watching this space and we will bring you more news of the Academy.</span></div>

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