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#GoogleEDU
#EdTech
Wow! Humbled, delighted & honoured to have been announced as the
@EduFuturists
Network Manager of the Year 2020! Thank you to everyone who voted for me & to the judges for selecting me! All on the day of the
#LON19
Anniversary too! I'll post a full blog post soon!
#ESA20
🥳🥰
Delighted to announce that I've been appointed the new leader of
@GEG_UK
! Really excited to work with
@GEGProgram
to bring the community back together & showcase the great work that is going on with
@GoogleForEdu
in schools & colleges around the UK
#GEGUK
#EdTech
#GoogleEDU
😊👍
⭐ Finally! After years of feedback & wishlisting... Annotating is coming to
#GoogleSlides
in presentation mode! 🥳
📝 With the new pen tool, you can circle, underline, draw connections or make quick notes directly on your presentation!
😃 Coming to ALL versions of Google
Thank you so much to everyone for their well wishes. I'm delighted to say that Khadijah has been discharged from hospital & is now home, healthy, safe & sound. It's been a rough few days, but I'm immensely grateful to all of my
#PLN
for such amazing support!
#ThankYou
🥰
Happy 1st Birthday
@GlobalGEG
! What an amazing year it has been! I have been truly inspired by this group of amazing individuals who have become some of my closest friends. And a HUGE thank you to my wonderful fellow founding team. Together we've created something extra special!
Google have released another very handy .new shortcut today! You can now start a new Google Meet using !
Really useful for those of us using Meet regularly! (That's all of us at the moment right?!) 😂
Sorry
@ISTE
, I won't be paying to present at a virtual conference. So, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to cancel my People's Choice winning session. However, everyone can watch it for FREE on the
@GlobalGEG
YouTube channel! 😎
🎬
#GlobalGEG
#NotAtISTE
#ISTE20
Humbled & quite shocked to be recognised amongst some truly amazing people in the
#EdTech50
Ones to Note! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me to get here!
#EdTech
#EduTwitter
#GoogleEI
#PLN
😊
Lovely long weekend at the beach, but it's back to work today. Shout out to the unsung heroes of schools that keep things going all year round. IT Team, Cleaners, Site Team, Office Staff. We don't get a "well deserved break" even though the "All Staff" emails tell us to
#HalfTerm
Well, 4 years after winning People's Choice, but not getting to go to ISTE due to covid, I'm delighted to announce that I've been selected to present at ISTE! 🥳
The A, B, I and the D's World Tour heads to the USA! 😎🇺🇸
I'll be talking about
#CyberSecurity
in Education at ISTE
I had no idea that
@TheBakeNinja
& my girls were making this cake to celebrate my
@EduFuturists
Network Manager of the Year award & the launch of
#ITjustworks
! What a wonderful surprise! How awesome is that cake! (And yes, it tastes awesome too!) ❤️🥰😋
@theapplehub
Thinner bezels matter, yes. But does the difference in the bezel size between the 14 Pro Max and 15 Pro Max matter? Not at all!
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is a great phone. But if you have the 12, 13 or 14 Pro Max, I wouldn't bother upgrading. The new features are minimal and simply
⭐Great new update for
@GoogleDocs
coming to ALL Google accounts!
You can now position an image in front of or behind text in Google Docs. This formatting will also be preserved when importing or exporting documents from Microsoft Word! 🥳
#GoogleEDU
#GoogleET
#GlobalGEG
#GEGUK
On this my 41st birthday, I celebrate a huge loss. That loss being 10kg! 🥳
Those who know me will know that I’ve struggled with my weight for quite some time. Lots of factors just meant controlling what I was eating was a daily struggle! Especially turning to food for comfort.
How to sum up 3 days at the
#GoogleChampions
Symposium in Dublin?! Wow! Just wow! 🤯
I was very fortunate to make so many wonderful connections over the pandemic, especially when we founded
@GlobalGEG
. Over the last 3 days, some of those previously online only connections became
I've struggled with my weight since the age of 16. As ridiculous and as false as it may sound, I used to hate taking pictures of myself. Yes, the
#SelfieKing
hated selfies! 😣
However, a few months of hard work and trying to keep within in a calorie deficit has really help
So, today's the day. My 19th Bett Show! Folks regularly ask me why I keep coming back and why the show means so much to me. I always say, I am here today, living all the opportunities I have, because of two things:
1) The will of the Allah, the almighty.
2) The connections I
This thread is really disheartening. Tech is not an evil in schools. We live in an ever growing digital world. We owe it to our children to prepare them for a rich digital present, let alone future.
I see the reasons why tech is so hated is schools. It nearly always is due to
So let’s say that you applied for a job at my school.
And when you came for your interview, you learned that we didn’t have any electronic whiteboards.
Every class had a big dry wipe and every teacher was an expert at using it.
Would you accept a job offer?
Tomorrow is
#SaferInternetDay
! 👍
👉 It's important to remember that both
#OnlineSafety
&
#CyberSecurity
work together hand in hand! 
📝 Here's an infographic (I made in
@Canva
) with some
#TopTips
to help ensure that you're staying as safe as possible online! 
⬇️ Download
Happy Birthday
@GlobalGEG
! 🥳
Three years ago, the Google Certified Innovator community brought together 6 educators from around the world (5 of whom had never met in person).
We came together at the very start of the
#Pandemic
to support teachers around the world as schools
Tonight marks the start of the holy month of
#Ramadan
Muslims around the world will observe 1 month of fasting & partake in increased religious activity. At the end of the month the festival of Eid is celebrated
#RamadanMubarak
to all of my friends, family &
#PLN
! 🥰
It's presentation day today at
#Bett2022
! So, as the northerners would say, I got my big coat!
That's how it works right?! 🤪
3pm! See you there for a chance to win a visualiser! 🥳
#EdTech
#EduTwitter
#CyberSecurity
And so we're here, another summer holidays. Which means all systems go for IT professionals, site staff, finance teams and admin teams in schools around the country! 💪
Common misconceptions:
🟢 Schools are NOT closed!
👎 No, we don't get a summer break
🚫 No, we don't have it
Awesome! That sums up my 19th Bett Show in 1 word 🥳
Just trying to catch up with socials following my busiest Bett Show ever! I suspected as much, that I wouldn’t get to see much of the show and that is exactly what transpired. So what made it awesome? 🤔
The people. Bett has
I think this t-shirt is the most appropriate for today! The same t-shirt from where it all started
#OneYearAgo
! Today is a culmination of a year's worth of professional growth & a journey where I have learned so much & met some amazing people. Today, I bring you
#ITjustworks
! 😊
Yes! I'm in! Thank you so much to my PLN & to the entire
#GoogleEI
community! Congratulations to everyone who was successful! Cannot wait to see you all at
#LON19
! Sooooo excited! July seems sooooo far away now! 😅
🗓️ Ten years ago, on the 22nd April 2014,
@SelwynE13
became the first primary school in
@NewhamLondon
to employ their own member of staff responsible for IT. Enter Abid Patel.
I'd come in with 10 years experience, having worked in a local secondary school, but this was new. For
Humbled to reach 3000 followers on Twitter yesterday! Hard to believe that at the start of 2019, I only had about 200! Honoured to be able to reach so many great educators around the world & try to inspire others to do wonderful things with
#EdTech
!
#ITjustworks
#GlobalGEG
#AWE20
My last "Google Selfie" with the awesome
@deanstokes
who leaves
@GoogleForEdu
today 💔
I first met Dean back in 2016/17 at an RM Seminar when he was still working for
@MaltingsAcademy
, where he introduced us to this new platform called "Google Apps for Education".
After that,
What an absolutely wonderful & amazing evening! Travel nightmares may have shortened
#AbidDoesLuton
, but Abid certainly did
#REND
! 🥳
I met some wonderful new people & connected with old friends! Once again I really felt the love from my Luton family! 🥰
Thank you especially to
Everyone please welcome Daren as the 1st new co-leader for
@GEG_UK
! I want to thank him for the awesome work he's been doing to help build the
#GEGUK
community over the last few months! We're growing our team & hope to have lots more leaders announced around the UK very soon! 👍
Here's a trip down memory lane that always brings a chuckle!
Remember this delightful burgundy folder? Our teachers told us that every prospective employer would demand to see it & without it, we'd never get a job!
#DamnLies
😂
#NRA
#NationalRecordofAchievement
#EduTwitter
Moving home for the first time in over 12 years today. Clearing out, so it's time for a trip down memory lane. I'm looking for a new job, so for any employers out there, I dug out my National Record of Achievement that I was told no one will employ me without!
#DamnLies
😂
⭐️ The DfE has just updated the advice on "Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges"
The updates include new guidance for the following:
➡️ Digital leadership and governance standards
➡️ Laptop, desktop and tablet standards
You can read the updated
@deputygrocott
No, we didn't call it an inset day. We actually gave our staff the day off. Because you know what, in this year, we deserve it! No need to book in some last minute training that exhausted hard workers aren't gonna benefit from. You've got the day off, to do what you need to! ❤️👍
Attended a webinar with
@educationgovuk
hosted by
@TheANME
yesterday about the Digital & Tech & Cyber Security standards:
The webinar raised far more questions than answers & seriously lacked an understanding of what is happening front line. A thread...
Seeing as all the
#VIA20
folks are celebrating receiving their swag, I figured I'd join in with the fun & games! It just feels like that kinda day!
#GoogleEI
#EidMubarak
🥳
Delighted to announce that I am now a Chrome OS IT Administrator! Thank you to every1 who supported me in making this happen, especially
@Mr_BRouse
&
@AppsEvents1
! And thank you so much
@olivertrussell
for letting me crash so many of your training sessions!
@gsuite
@googlecloud
Here we go! The A, B, I and the D's
#WorldTour
starts now! That's right, I'm going where no A, B, I and the D has gone before... Down south, way down to the south of the planet, to South Africa! ✈️🌍🇿🇦🥳
I'll be visiting the sites of Cape Town for a few days, before heading to
Yay! Just passed my Google Certified Trainer Skills Assessment! Now for the application and video and hopefully soon be fully accredited as a Google Certified Trainer!
#GoogleET
#GoogleEI
#LON19
😊
It's been a whirlwind epic 10 days! All praise to almighty Allah for all the opportunities and experiences!
#Alhamdulillah
! 🤲❤️
For now, it's back to the cupboard/office, where I continue to do what I do everyday... Try to inspire educators worldwide and also, try to take over
So awesome to have a full house for my talk on
#CyberSecurity
at
#Bett2022
! Of course, I had to get a stage selfie! 😎😂
Really enjoyed the talk & highlighting what schools can do to help keep their systems safe & secure!
Thank you
@Baggynorris
for the opportunity! 🥰
Are you new to G Suite for Education? If so, join us for the
@GlobalGEG
Beginner’s Guide to G Suite series! We’ll be taking a look at all of the core G Suite apps & how you can use them to boost your productivity!
🎬 Join us starting Sunday 28th December:
Here we go! That's right folks, it's time for Part 5 of
#AbidsWorldTour
! 😎✈️
This time round, the A, B, I and the D is making his long awaited return to Cape Town, South Africa for InnovateEDU 2024! ✈️🌍🇿🇦🥳
✅ I'll be bringing back my 2 workshops, updated for 2024:
1️⃣ AI in
2021 was probably my toughest year ever.
#LongCovid
had me out for several months & some symptoms live on. However, I did have 1 minor success. Managed to close my Watch rings 4 months in a row! Still struggling with my weight, but hoping 2022 is the year I win that battle 💪
The
@GoogleforEdu
team just launched the Tech Toolkit for Families & Guardians, with resources, tips, & tech answers to share with families that I was able to take part in!
🌍 Find the toolkit at and start sharing resources.
#GoogleEDU
#GlobalGEG
First day back at school today, albeit ghost town with hardly any staff & no pupils. Anyway, kicking off the lunch break with a white coffee. A tad bitter, but okay! Yes, it's instant, but I'm working with the tools I have! Looking forward to the big
#3CCs
reveal!
#GlobalGEG
😃☕️
So this happened a few days ago. 7k followers. Never imagined I'd be anywhere near these numbers all those years ago starting out of Twitter. Thank you everyone for your support and friendship! 🥰
This man played a pivotal role in making my 2019 as awesome as it was & helping me to start on a life changing journey as part of the
#GoogleEI
family. Always a pleasure to spend the day with the awesome
@MrCaffrey
!
#LON19
#MTV16
#GoogleET
#GoogleEDU
Prayer is an integral part of my life. I would be here doing what I do if it wasn't for the will of the almighty, Allah 🤲
I want to thank Team
@CanopyCIC
& Team
@GoogleForEdu
for very kindly providing us with a space to pray during the
#GoogleChampions
Symposium in Dublin 🥰
Day 0 at
#GoogleChampions
Symposium in Dublin! Zero because it doesn't start until tomorrow! But what an awesome day! 🥰
HUGE thank you to the absolutely wonderful
@AcademyDanielle
who very kindly picked me up from the airport & took me for a wonderful walking tour of Dublin!
Farewell South Africa! 🇿🇦
These words aren't really gonna do justice to how amazing this week has been. I didn't know what to expect coming out to South Africa. I'd never been to the African continent, I didn't really know many people here. I didn't know what the country, the
Day 4 of
#COVID19
&
#SelfIsolation
- Covid has kicked my ass for the last few days, so it's time to fight back! Trying to feel a bit more human today, had a shower, shaved & repping
#TeamCarnivals
. Still feeling utterly dreadful, but managed a
#CrazySelfie
anyway!
#StaySafe
😬💪
Delighted to announce that I'll be speaking at
#Bett2022
on "
#CyberSecurity
in Schools" & highlighting some of the key dangers & safeguards!
🗓Thur 24 March
🕒3pm
🏢Bett Academy Live South Theatre
📍ExCeL Hall South
I'd love to see you all there! 😊
#EdTech
#EduTwitter
#PLN
🥰
Looking back on 2023. Wow, what a year. I did not expect it to go the way it did. It's been a year of incredible highs and some lows, which is to be expected in life. But 2023 gave me some truly memorable moments that gave me a boost that I needed both personally and
We're in the penultimate, or possibly last day, depending on moon sighting, of Ramadan. Muslims around the world will be getting ready to celebrate the festival of
#Eid
. If you know any kids celebrating, greet them with
#EidMubarak
to give them a smile! 😊
#EduTwitter
#GlobalGEG
As we return
#BackToSchool
, please do check in with your IT teams. Whether school staff or managed service staff. It's a role that requires an insane amount of effort, can be a very lonely place & is hugely stressful! 😰
These days, without IT, most schools would cease to
A mini celebration for me. I completed 1 whole year of closed Watch rings 🥳
Certainly been a bumpy ride. Some days were tough, some were very tough, but we got there,
#LongCovid
& all!
Here's hoping I can finally hit more health goals this year ❤️
#BackToSchool
#EduTwitter