I teach I think.

Thank you, Google and York School #gtauk

Last week I found out that I had been accepted to this summer's Google Teacher Academy in London. I guess the video I submitted was sufficient. Yes, I live within an hour of Google's Mountain View Campus, and I decided to apply for the one held eight timezones away, but who doesn't appreciate a good excuse to travel to Europe and earn a few extra passport stamps?

Anyway, I'll report back on my experience here, but I just want to express my gratitude to Google for supporting educators, and I thank those who support York School and its inspiring commitment to the professional development of teachers.

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Video: Motivation and Learning for the Google Teacher Academy [updated]

I produced this one minute video as a part of my Google Teacher Academy application. The academy will be held in London this year and their application suggests that they're particularly interested in international teachers, so who knows. All applicants are to submit a one minute video on Motivation and Learning or Innovation in the Classroom. I chose the former.

You can tell that I was inspired by RSA Animate, the folks who created the video we spoke about in episode #10 of TWiST. No, I'm not as good as those guys, but I did it all on my own with inspiration by RSA and Daniel Pink. So there.

[update] I was checking out Daniel Pink's Blog, and I noticed that RSA also did a piece on one of Daniel Pink's talks. Now I feel a little silly.