BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events Calendar//iCal4j 1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T231828Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago X-PROLEPTIC-TZNAME:LMT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-055036 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:18831118T120924 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19180331T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19190330T080000Z;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19181027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19211030T070000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19200613T020000 RDATE:19210327T020000 RDATE:19740106T020000 RDATE:19750223T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19220430T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19350428T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19220924T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19350929T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19360301T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19361115T020000 RDATE:19450930T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19370425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410427T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19370926T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410928T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CWT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19420209T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CPT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19450814T180000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19460428T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19730429T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19460929T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19540926T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19551030T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20061029T070000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19760425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19860427T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20060402T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T040110Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260727T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260727T160000 SUMMARY:Global GEG Event: Foundations of the Future-Mastering Digital Liter acy and Student Agency LAST-MODIFIED:20260712T040110Z LOCATION: TZID:America/Chicago UID:message-169 DESCRIPTION:Click the link below to go to the event page:\nhttps://www.goog leforeducommunity.com/t5/Events/Global-GEG-Event-Foundations-of-the-Future -Mastering-Digital/ec-p/256664#M169\n\nEvent Overview Join the Global GEG for "Foundations of the Future: Mastering Digital Literacy and Student Age ncy\," a session dedicated to bridging the gap between core technical skil ls and real-world readiness. Featuring guest Tara Poolson\, we will examin e the pedagogical mindset required to prepare students for an unpredictabl e workforce. Tara will share how they utilize the versatility of Google to ols to move students away from rote execution and toward confident\, indep endent digital habits. Discover how to transform your classroom into a dyn amic environment where students learn to synthesize digital resources\, co mmunicate professionally across boundaries\, and navigate evolving interfa ce demands with ease. This session provides the essential\, future-ready f ramework you need to turn digital instruction into lasting student empower ment. Guests   Tara Poolson Tara serves as a Technology Integration Specia list for the Pearl River County School District\, where she helps educator s make sense of technology and use it with purpose. A graduate of the ISTE +ASCD Google AI Educator Series\, Tara specializes in translating complex AI tools into practical\, standards-aligned classroom strategies. She is a MECA Board Member\, the Technology and Communications Chair for DKG Zeta State\, and Treasurer for the DKG Sigma Chapter. Tara also serves as the W omen’s Ministry Director for the Pearl River Baptist Association. Whether she’s supporting teachers\, serving in ministry\, or solving problems behi nd the scenes\, Tara is passionate about helping people work smarter\, com municate better\, and build meaningful community—and believes most problem s can be solved with clarity\, collaboration\, and occasionally a spreadsh eet. Ashton Treadaway Ashton works as an English Language Arts teacher at Pearl River Central High School. He teaches classes ranging from World Li terature to Creative Writing. He is a Google level 1 certified educator\, and he uses technology in the classroom to promote creativity\, organizati on\, and collaborative problem solving. He is also a self published author who harnesses technology and Google tools to increase his own productivit y and performance. He believes that technology is a powerful tool to be us ed inside and outside of the classroom to help improve lives and learning. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join the Global GEG for "Foundations of the Future: Master ing Digital Literacy and Student Agency\," a session dedicated to bridging the gap between core technical skills and real-world readiness. Featuring guest Tara Poolson\, we will examine the pedagogical mindset required to prepare students for an unpredictable workforce. Tara will share how they utilize the versatility of Google tools to move students away from rote ex ecution and toward confident\, independent digital habits. Discover how to transform your classroom into a dynamic environment where students learn to synthesize digital resources\, communicate professionally across bounda ries\, and navigate evolving interface demands with ease. This session pro vides the essential\, future-ready framework you need to turn digital inst ruction into lasting student empowerment.

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Guests

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Tara Poolson

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Tara serves as a Technol ogy Integration Specialist for the Pearl River County School District\, wh ere she helps educators make sense of technology and use it with purpose. A graduate of the ISTE+ASCD Google AI Educator Series\, Tara specializes i n translating complex AI tools into practical\, standards-aligned classroo m strategies.
She is a MECA Board Member\, the Technology and Communi cations Chair for DKG Zeta State\, and Treasurer for the DKG Sigma Chapter . Tara also serves as the Women’s Ministry Director for the Pearl River Ba ptist Association.
Whether she’s supporting teachers\, serving in min istry\, or solving problems behind the scenes\, Tara is passionate about h elping people work smarter\, communicate better\, and build meaningful com munity—and believes most problems can be solved with clarity\, collaborati on\, and occasionally a spreadsheet.

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Ashton Treadaway

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Ashton works as an English Language Arts teacher at Pearl River Central High School. He teaches clas ses ranging from World Literature to Creative Writing. \; He is a Google level 1 certified educator\, and he uses technology in the classroom to promote creativity\, organization\, and collaborative problem solving. He is also a self published author who harnesses technology and Google tools to increase his own productivity and performance. \;He believes that technology is a powerful tool to be used inside a nd outside of the classroom to help improve lives and learning.

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