COGAFE: Full Schedule

Monarch High SchoolBoulder, COAugust 13 & 14, 2013

We invite you to join us for the second annual Google in Education Rocky Mountain Summit to be held at Monarch High School in the Boulder Valley School District on August 13 & 14, 2013. This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education (and other Google Tools) to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education.

The program features Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, practicing administrators, solution providers, Google engineers, and representatives from the Google education teams.

Register now to send teachers, administrators, tech directors, library media specialists, tech support staff, CTOs, and anyone who is interested in finding out more about leveraging Google Apps for Education to support student learning.

10:00am PDT

Google Apps planning and deployment best practices

In this quick fire session we will cover 30 tips and tricks to implement Google Apps in meaningful ways across your school to increase efficiency, collaboration and engagement while ensuring best practices are in place for security and compliance. We will discuss everything from service settings, Org units, authentication, e-mail settings to 3rd party integration tools and reporting.

Speakers

Tim Lee

Chief Technology Officer / Founder, Amplified IT

Tuesday August 13, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
A - Auditorium

Featured Speaker

Strands #beginner, #goodforadministrators, #intermediate, #technical

1:30pm PDT

Chromebook Challenge: Make it your ONE Machine

Have you taken the chromebook challenge; to make it your one machine you use? Come learn and share some some simple, yet powerful ways that allow you to use your chromebook as your ONE machine. I took the challenge and walked away converted and empowered with photo editing, video editing, web development, torrent streaming, and more all within this simple and powerful device!

Speakers

Michael Wacker

I am a former elementary teacher, currently with EdTechTeam as the Chief Learning Officer; working with a highly talented team supporting world class learning opportunities for children and adults all around the globe. Our team is consulted around ideas of strategic design and innovation... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2013 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
A - Auditorium

Featured Speaker

Strands #beginner, #goodforadministrators, #highereducation, #intermediate, #ninja, #technical

1:30pm PDT

Securly - Integrate cloud based web filtering into GAFE

Securly is the first web filter that has been designed from the ground up for schools. If you have 1to1 Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets or a BYOD environment learn how Securly can make the EDU environment safer for students and easier for administrators. Being completely cloud based and with GAFE integration, it takes five minutes to set up per district and costs a fraction of the enterprise solutions that schools are forced to pay for today.
Securly protects students on computers throughout the school and at home while giving them safe access to 21st century learning tools like YouTube, Google and Wikipedia. No hardware. No software.

Speakers

Tim Lee

Chief Technology Officer / Founder, Amplified IT

Bharath Madhusudan

Co-founder/CTO, Securly

Bharath is co-founder and CTO of Securly. Prior to Securly, he held architect/research roles at various network security companies - Huawei Symantec, McAfee and Qualys. He holds a Masters in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelors in CS from the University... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2013 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
E - Room a212a

Sponsor

Strands #goodforadministrators, #technical

10:00am PDT

Re-design your school technology around the Cloud

Gone Google or thinking about going? That’s just the first step! See how your school could reduce costs while streamlining your technology infrastructure and run effectively in the cloud. We will explore how GAFE can be used to tie into essential cloud managed services such as wifi/networking, web filtering, mobile device management, printing and even cloud based digital signage.

Speakers

Tim Lee

Chief Technology Officer / Founder, Amplified IT

Wednesday August 14, 2013 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
C - Room a216 & a220

Featured Speaker

Strands #beginner, #intermediate, #technical, #goodforadministrators

11:30am PDT

Roadmap for successful ChromeBook Adoption

Learn how to plan, prep and deploy ChromeBooks with ease in your school. After a general overview of the device selection, we will discuss best practices and lessons learnt for piloting ChromeBooks. We will explore how your ChromeBook rollout will enhance both teaching practices and streamline technology at you school while delivering significant cost savings.

Speakers

Tim Lee

Chief Technology Officer / Founder, Amplified IT

Wednesday August 14, 2013 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
C - Room a216 & a220

Featured Speaker

Strands #beginner, #intermediate, #technical, #goodforadministrators

1:30pm PDT

Launching today - top secret Google product

Shhh.... I can’t reveal the details, but there’s an exciting new opportunity for educators worldwide to share their expertise and make money in a new way. Join us for this session and be one of the first participants for an exciting new project.

Speakers

Daniel Arnold

Education Lead - New Products, Google

Daniel Arnold is the education lead for a new Google product. One of the first team members, Daniel is excited about the opportunity this presents for educators and students. Daniel has a background in new ventures at Google, he spent the previously two years launching new mobile... Read More →

Wednesday August 14, 2013 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
A - Auditorium

Featured Speaker

Strands #beginner, #goodforadministrators, #highereducation, #intermediate, #ninja, #technical, #technicalstrand