Policy
A two-day celebration of cutting-edge technology and smart learning and teaching at London’s 'Googleplex' marked the 10th Google Teacher Academy and the very first to take place in the UK. The result of two years of grassroots pressure led by UK teacher Tom Barrett, the international event saw 50 teachers, most of them from the UK, accredited as Google Certified Teachers.
"This has been a massively important day for us – for UK teachers as well as teachers outside of the US," said Tom Barrett, deputy head at John Davies primary school, Nottingham. "We now have a primed cohort of people who are Google Certified Teachers and who can go on and spread that message in their schools and in their districts. Also, I think we’ve seen Google show their support and encouragement to those teachers who are innovating, not just in the US but also in Europe and across the world.
