This year, Google will host more Google Teacher Academies than ever before. This is a free professional development experience; however, participants must first be accepted to the highly competitive training opportunity, and then pay for any necessary travel and lodging expenses.
Google will release details on how to apply in the coming months, but in the meantime you may find out more at: http://www.google.com/edu/programs/google-teacher-academy/.
Here are the dates for the 2014 academies:
- June 24-25: Atlanta, Georgia
- July 30-31: Mountain View, California
- August 28-29: Manila, Philippines
- September 2-3: Mumbai, India
- September 30-October 1: Sydney, Australia
- October 15-16: Sao Paulo, Brazil (Portuguese language)
- October 21-22: Mexico City, Mexico (Spanish language)
- October 28-29: London, UK
- November 4-5: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- November 8-9: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malay language)
- December 2-3: Austin, Texas