{"id":905,"date":"2016-10-29T22:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T02:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsgeekchic.com\/staging\/5215\/?p=905"},"modified":"2016-10-29T22:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T02:36:42","slug":"tor16-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrsgeekchic.com\/staging\/5215\/tor16-takeaways\/","title":{"rendered":"My Takeaways from #TOR16 – Google Certified Innovator Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most of you know I was lucky to be able to take part in the latest Google Certified Innovator Academy. After the 3 days that the 34 of us spent together there were quite a few discussions with my fellow #TOR16 Innovators around “how do we explain our experiences at the Innovator Academy to others when we get back to work?” and “It’s so hard to put it all into words…” So, I decided to try to tell the story of my experience through drawings, images and photos. My recent obsession with Sketchnoting (thanks to Sylvia Duckworth<\/a> and Marie-Andr\u00e9e Ouimet<\/a>) inspired me to “draw” my takeaways from #TOR16 instead of writing them out. As a visual learner, I thought I’d do a blog post that contained limited writing and more images and drawings to help tell the story of the 3 amazing days I spent with like-minded Educators here in Toronto at the Google Offices! The sketchnote\u00a0I drew is packed very full, similar to what my brain felt like after the Academy! GCI Academy was honestly the best professional development I’ve had in my 12 years as an Educator!
\nHere’s my attempt at a sketechnote:
\n(It was so hard to fit everything in!!)<\/em>
\n\"Larissa's<\/a>I’ve started a Flickr Feed where I’m posting my sketchnotes. You can find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos from the GCI Academy:<\/p>\n\n\t\t