West Orange High School to Host Google for Education Global Summit

West Orange High School has been selected as the host site for the Google for Education Global Summit in New Jersey, school officials said.

The two-day summit will take place on March 14-15 and will focus on “deploying, integrating and using Google Apps for Education (and other Google tools) to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education,” according to the West Orange Public School district.

The event will feature workshops and numerous speakers. According to the school district, speakers at the two-day summit will include Rushton Hurley, founder and executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning and Global Project Lead for the Krause Center for Innovation; Monica Martinez, Director of Professional Development in Latin America and Southern US for the EdTech Team; and Lisa Thumann, Google Certified Teacher and an authorized Google Education Trainer.

For more information and to register for the Google for Education Global Summit, visit the West Orange Public Schools website.