Being a GSA

"Being a Google Student Ambassador, I am very lucky to enjoy a part of my life with Google!".

- Pranshu Srivastava

At The Leela, Goa

July 2013,I got a mail, the time was around  morning 10 am when I opened it.., when I was at my home and was enjoying my holidays just after my semester exams...I was just woke up and was checking my mail box in a regular way......I saw a mail written “CONGRATULATIONS!!” in  subject...i thought it’s one from the regular advertisements mails who says : “Congrats you  are our weekly winner!!!.. You’ll get 10% discount on the shopping of Rs 9999/-”... (Come-on if I have 10,000 bucks, there will be no need of 10% humbleness)...But unfortunately my luck was not so much lucky.  :P

Coming back to that “Congratulations” Mail...when I opened it...in a very colorful way what was written you know???....it was : “Congratulations Pranshoo Srivastava, You are selected as a Google Student Ambassador for year 2013”...Those red,blue,Green,Yellow colour CONGRATULATION made me mad in happiness... just one word from Google and it was my  first Gift from Google..Then I started reading it with lot of excitement ....again one more gift...Training in Goa....Google you made my Vacations!!!!...that day I was very much happy..This news made me imagine those beeches and sunset whom I was missing from lots of years to experience them for the first time...Google made my dream come true...life’s first Flight (with 2 take-off and 2 Landings, From New Delhi to Goa via Mumbai) with Google team of all GSAs to a destination which was not less than a dream for me.

Everything started Back to back and the Credits Goes to Google and the way everything was going those days.

When we landed Goa (1^st Aug 2013) and reached our final destination... “THE LEELA”, wonderful welcome with Google Goodies... Gmail Bag + T-Shirt + Google Pen+ back to back Swags, fun.... 5 Star hotel was expected but  with a Private beech!!! They made our time ...you can’t talk about anything that was not available for us from Google.......all the GSAs was welcomed with flowers and love...Now the main part started – (GICS)Google India Community Summit-2013 (Googlers ,EX-GSAs , GDG, GBG and  275 GSAs from the length and Breadth of India under a single Roof)....it was just marvelous and Awesome when we listened them with their experiences and ethics they served us an opportunity to be a GSA in a right way...at that time any person with attached ‘ Google’  was a source of a Question that, who is going to click our Picture with them(it was a bit childish excitement, but yes I was a small child those 4 days)...but that Summit made me learn many ethics and helped me to explore myself with the help of  lots activities and with such a sweet , humble and helping Program Manager- Mr. Deepak Sridhar and a cute and loving GSA Community .....New friends..., feeling was somewhat like a 1^st Class Student but confidence was of a College Student...a professional...a trend maker.....we meet... We all enjoyed together with a Cultural night which was full of fun,dance,and full madness....morning starts with a breakfast like a king... day goes in training and fun activities...evening ends with mind blowing, yummy Lunch and tea Breaks...night comes and we was never tired...there was so much to enjoy..So much to live...really every night of mine was gone inside the  salty water .even the tides was also excited to see us enthusiastic so they was also high and everybody was enjoying...once it rained heavily but we are also not salt made..... the level of excitement was on the top most level...

Clicks..Clicks...Dance....Dance....Shouting...Enjoying....playing......again we was inside water as it stopped raining....morning sunrise...evening sunset....afternoon training...evening planning.... those 4 days gone and it was un-noticed....

Last Day of our Summit(5^th August 2013): I was not on the training sessions(mentally), as soon as it get over we went to the beach all Friends....and we all was watching to the sea and tides....they was unchanged... and I was thanking Google...God.......my Parents...for everything in just 4 days and 3 nights....

Those 4 days was not an ordinary days for me...It was a part of my dream which was in front of me standing and saying ....Pranshoo....wake up!!!....I am real.....you are in Goa only...and now you have to go back...but have to come back soon.....with a Colorful GSA Community and with lots of new friends...Every time we work, party and celebrated each moment with Google..

Cultural Night

GSA Community-2013

Once Again Thanks a lot Google for each and every moment...

FUN DAY on 31st October 2013

FUN DAY on 31st October 2013

“FUN DAY” is an interactive initiative proposed by IGSC (IEC Google Student Community) for the students of IEC-College of Engineering and Technology to help them being more interactive with GOOGLE APPS (Google Maps). Our main purpose behind is to strengthens the idea of an “INTERNET in EDUCATION as well as in DAILY LIFE” in our college. Students from all the branches and courses are invited to participate in this FUN DAY (31^st Oct 2013).

LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 29th October 2013

WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED WITH GOOGLE SWAGS

EVENTS:

Ø  Google-O-Doodle –

•   Doodles based on Google and GSA (Google Student Ambassador) logo would be competed.
•  The best Doodle shall be shared to all our social-media links, GSA Groups and Communities on Google+.

       DOODLE THEME: GOOGLE and GSA logo

     For Registrations fill Form:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g_8JHK_IvImEtDEyRRD_QVRHbNuDK-59DP4Ti4phe2U/viewform  

Ø  Map-O-Hunt – 

•     This is an alloyed online and offline treasure hunt competition. 
•     Clues would be provided as codes and participants after decoding the codes will be exploring the places using Google Maps to find next place. 
•     Only limited seats are available,maximum 50.
•     Participants will be acknowledged on the basis of “first come first serve” condition. Invitations will be sent to the participants for the Hunt through mails.
•     Area from ISHAN INSTITUTE to KAILASH HOSPITAL will be covered. 

For Registrations fill Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UqFLO4cWzeN2iop-YfUpGG74QDufUV2PH7x45vUkBnI/viewform   

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Ø  FACE MASK UP – 

•    Face paintings involving Google apps (Logos) would be entertained. 
•    The selected painting shall be rewarded and will be shared on Google+ communities (GSA Communities).

       THEME : LOGOS OF GOOGLE APPS.

For Registrations fill Form:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dwJ4fRbwiPkXrtl1Id7n4tx9oJ0QLKfK12W21VS0G8U/viewform

RULES FOR EVENTS:

1.    GOOGLE-O-DOODLE:

•    Doodle should be based on the given theme.
•    Candidates can use any type of colour.
•    Bring your own colours. Only drawing paper will be provided.

    2.    MAP-O-HUNT:

•    Only first 50 candidates will be selected.
•    Selected candidates will be invited through emails.
•    Selected students are requested to bring their own internet connection.No internet connection will be provided from our side.

   3.    FACE MASK-UP:

•    Candidates are requested to come with your model or partner.
•    Bring your own colours.

REGISTER YOUR SELF FOR THE EVENTS AND EXPERIENCE 3 AWESOME EVENTS ON 31st OCTOBER 2013 . ADVENTURE, FUN , HAPPINESS,Googly DAY on the WAY..

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For any query mail us on: iecgsa13@gmail.com

International Google Workshop with 19 nationals and 3 Indian GSAs

International Google Workshop with 19 nationals and 3 Indian GSA(s)

Agenda :

The overall theme of the event was about how efficiently and collaboratively we can be in our daily our jobs using Google Apps.30 civil servants from 19 different countries were trained on specific Google Apps (Drive, Docs, Google+ , Google Hangouts ) that serves these purposes.

Target Audience:

30 international civil servants from 19 countries:

 Nigeria, Tanzania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tajikistan, Libya, Mongolia, Bhutan, Uganda, Cuba, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Uzbekistan

Venue: CDAC-Noida

Date: October 15^th ,2013

About the Event:

It was a very interactive session with such a nice audience . we GSAs started the session with a Introduction part of the event given by Ashery Mbilinyi (Ex-GSA, Dar es Salaam Insitute of Technology-TANZANIA) , then Manoj Bingi(GSA-IIT Delhi) started the session with a brief Discussion on Google Docs and various Apps like G mail  Talk, Google+ and then ended with a Hand-on Session (Demonstration) .

The Hand-On session was the best part as all the people there done many activities practically on their Systems and learned a lot.

Then we moved to our next topic of Google Drive handled by Pranshoo Srivastava (Google Student Ambassador-IEC College of Engineering and Technology) with a brief discussion. an awesome and Interactive hands-on session started from layman terms to Technical Terms  followed by some videos of Google Apps and Google Glass which make audience more active and happy till the end.

At the End of session when we asked “What is Google? Is it only a search Engine?” then we got such nice answers: “Google is everything”, “1..2…3…Google” , “Google is Everywhere” J

As we moved more closer to our last part of Google Hangout which was handled by Pranshoo Srivastava and Jas Singh Bhasin(GSA-Amity University) ,we've noticed that the audience shown more interest and happiness at the time of Demonstration Session of Hangout when at the same time all 4 of us done a Hangout in class with some Audience by inviting them also to have Experience the Hangout.

Many questions were asked by the audience and we also tried to give them best answers we have. It was a very healthy session with such a nice audience from different parts of the world. As we GSAs learned a lot from them and this experience boosted more confidence in each GSA.

Thanks:

With collaboration of

 Ashery Mbilinyi (Ex-GSA Dar es Salaam Insitute of Technology-TANZANIA) 

 Pranshu Srivastava(GSA-IEC College of Engineering and Technology);

 Manoj Bingi(Google Student Ambassador(GSA)-IIT Delhi);

Jas Singh Bhasin(GSA-Amity University);

we were successfully conducted workshop on Google Apps for 30 Government Employee from 19 Countries at CDAC- Noida on October 15^th , 2013

It was such a Great Experience for all of us.

Thank You

Online Photography Contest from 23rd August to 29th September 2013

Online Photography Contest from 23rd Aug to 9th Sep 2013

IGSC (IEC GOOGLE STUDENT COMMUNITY) is organizing an online photography competition. It is an initiative taken under GSA Program (GOOGLE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM) to help students to showcase their Photography talent. All the photos are to be posted on our official IEC GOOGLE+ Page . This is the first initiation taken under IGSC Program to make a common place to learn Google Technologies and to actively participate in the upcoming activities.

Overall objective of the event: 

By this event, we made our participants to upload their pictures on our college G+ page in which they have tagged their friends that actually showed how active they were. So this event led to active participation of students on G+ that had made them to learn Google Technology.

Highlights of success:

The G+ Photography Contest showed real popularity and excitement among the students. This popularity was, firstly, due to the ‘Google ‘tag in the event and secondly because of the passion of Photography in today’s Generation. We received 10 random clicks from our students amongst which some were really

awesome and one of those awesome ones was selected as ‘Winner’ on the basis of likes, tags, +1s on G+.

Winner of Online Photography Contest : Saumya Dwivedi (EEE- 3rd Year, IEC CET)

with maximum +1s and tags weighaege on her Photograph.

Winning Photograph of Online contest

Other best Photographs of participants:

The Wrong Turn ! by Kushagra Sawhney (CS-3rd Year)

By Kunal Bhasin (CS-2nd Year)

By Vijay Yadav

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Teacher's Summit by IGSC on September 28th,2013

TEACHER'S SUMMIT

The event ‘TEACHER’S SUMMIT’ was a well-planned meet including faculty members of our college and the IGSC (IEC Google Student Community) . Its main purpose was to introduce, enlighten & promote the use of GOOGLE APPS in technical education with both, the teachers and students. Relevant Google Apps (such as Google Docs,Google Forms , Google Spread sheets, Google Drive, etc.) which are highly beneficial from education point of view were mainly focused.

Poster of Teacher's Summit

Teachers in the Activity Session

HIGHLIGHTS OF SUCCESS:

‘Getting teachings from our teachers is good, but guiding teachers is all way too much better.’

We started in Google way with an Inauguration video for IGSC (IEC Google Student Community) .as we do Cool things, so made a cool video for Inauguration and Expectations from TEACHER SUMMIT and also our IGSC Photo Story .

Links provided below:

Inauguration Video of IGSC :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Ctj7y_R8o

Expectations video for the Teacher's Summit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZDYu6Sa5Ao&feature=youtu.be

IGSC CORE MANAGERS Photo Story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSFZC_tbwA



GSA taking Session on Google Drive Data security ,sharing

• To make the event in a Google way we preferred colors!! , as the team members was requested to wear colorful T-Shirts of Red, Blue,Green ,Yellows only ,which have an impact on every person present at summit. We have a very interactive and Entertaining sessions till the end .

Making the Day Colourful -Google way 

Google making everybody Crazy 

Handmade Apps Icons 

I.D. Card Provided By College

Student (IGSC Core Manager) Giving presentation on Google Forms & Spreadsheets 

•    This fact is not just a mere statement, it’s an example that we observed that day. Acknowledging our teachers about the relevant Google apps and their uses in field of education was real fun and learning session for us (IGSC team) also. We were well accompanied by 102 teacher from their respective different departments ranging from B.Tech  to MBA including B.Pharma, MCA etc. We started the things smoothly, explaining Google Drive and ended with Google Calendar covering Docs, Spread sheets and Forms in between. Every session was followed by a Demonstration session ending with a query session which at some instances took longer time than the explaining session itself.
  

  

  Faculty Members Enjoying Session
  
  
  QUERY SESSION:
  
  
  ·         As we proceeded the Query session the interest of teachers increased to a certain level  that we was asked to make an attendance system using Google Forms for our department.
  ·         Teachers discussed about the use of apps in academics,like giving us our Assignments questions on Drive with the help of a Simple Link. ( just copy paste the link and share :) )
  ·         We also discussed to mark our sessional Exam dates , Semester Exam dates and Important Dates of the academic Year on Google Calendar and Share with each student through Email , so that each one will get a remainder every time and there will be no confusions regarding dates of submissions.
  ·         We also discussed the importance of Google Forms and spreadsheets in our academics, such that in library, at the time of registrations, especially in Training & Placement cell which will normalize long lines of students standing for registrations etc .
  If Google Apps are used then our time, energy and PAPERS will be saved.
  ·     We discussed about online notes Sharing to the students through drive (sharing a folder), and many more things to get implemented in academic level for student – teacher need.
  

  
  

  
  

  

  Query Solving session

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  APPFun:
  
  
  APPFun was an activity session for Teachers where we gave some practical activities.it consist of 3 rounds :
  ·         FAF (FORM-A-FORM)
  ·         QUIKKER-O-TASK
  ·         JO JEETA WAHI SIKANDAR.
  Initially we was having 12 teams, from which will be 1st in FAF and QUIKK-O-TASK will qualify for the last round.
  

  
  
  
  
  1.       FAF : The activity (making TEACHER SUMMIT FORM using Google forms and sharing it to a common Email) was given to faculty members along with Head Of Departments(HODs) in a particular time boundary and asked them to complete the activity respectively.
  
  
  2.       QUIKKER-O-TASK: The 2nd activity (filling TEACHER SUMMIT  REGISTRATION FORM individually  then move the Spreadsheet into a folder ,name it on your team name and then sharing it to a common Email with proper access of can view)was given to faculty members along with HODs in a particular time boundary and asked to complete the activity.
  
  
  3.       JO JEETA WAHI SIKANDAR: The best part of the Summit came in when we announced the Quiz Round ‘JO JEETA WAHI SIKANDAR’ .we made two teams (TEAM DROID & TEAM DRIVE), by the time we start the Quiz teams looked more enthusiastic than us to get the questions coming. They all enjoyed the session like  primary standard kids, they raised their hands higher than the opposition team to prove their respective points.
  
  Video links(Don't miss the best part now. do watch them) :
  
  
  Jo jeeta wahi sikandar-1

  Jo jeeta wahi sikandar-2
  Jo Jeeta wahi sikandar 3
  
  
  
  

  Handmade Google With clothes 

  
  

  
  

  
  
  At a moment, we thought the goodies we arranged for the faculties may fell short. But by due help from college management, we arranged to wrapped up the things well enough. In the end, we received a casual but highly anticipated gratitude and thanks from our faculties to which we responded the same way showing our pleasure in the service.
  
  
  
  KEY LEARNING:
  Getting interactive with our teachers is always beneficial and this time it was all in bulk. Beings a GSA, supported by my IGSC team, I thought we covered each and every place where Google Apps can easily replace the age old traditional ways of performing academic tasks in our sessions. But our Faculties seriously proved why are called ‘Faculties’. They, first of all, appreciated our attempt of putting up this event and then showed us the new fields where faculties could make students use Google apps. Many new points were appended to the lists of tasks performed by any discussed Google apps by our Faculties itself.
  At the end we wrapped up with a vote of thanks for all our teachers and to IGSC team from my side and with a distribution of Google Goodies provided by College funds.
  

  
  

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