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The Google Certified Educator Level 1 course provides application-based training to help educators transform lessons through technology integration. The curriculum focuses on increasing classroom efficiency, fostering student creativity, and preparing participants to pass the Level 1 Certification Exam. Participants will dialogue about meaningful use of instructional technology in teaching and learning, and practice using the core Google Workspace tools including Classroom, Drive, Docs, Forms, Slides, and Sheets to design authentic collaborative learning experiences.

Candidates examine research-based principles, concepts, and educational practices supporting human learning and development in school contexts. This examination includes opportunities to apply concepts to teaching and learning scenarios in P-12 classrooms by analyzing case examples or video segments representing learning principles or core practices that promote student learning and healthy, productive classroom communities. Topics include cognitive and metacognitive learning, social-emotional learning, role of context and culture in the learning process, effective classroom environments, assessment, and teacher professional learning. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 quarter hours