GDG Ekiti State University

Hello All, + The two GDG community in Ekiti have partnered to bring you the very best this season. DevFest Ekiti 2014 tagged " Season Of Android" is designed to introduce tech enthusiast who have no previous knowledge of programming to Java programming language and train them to develop on the Android platform. Also, the experts will not be left out. They will be exposed to developing on Android wear. There will be showcase of Some Android Wears. I bet you don't wanna miss out!!! So much stuff to win... Register For the event Here or copy and paste the following URL in your browser https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N2zvm9m4D7S6lROvoIYhN1GTw1Pb5zqmcwolbAJ8pho Also RSVP the event on Google+ or copy and paste the following URL in your browser https://plus.google.com/b/110463793540880663642/events/c8q0dd7gblatsef75mdvqvvmkrk See you there!!!

The started on Wednesday with the training sessions on Google Mapmaker and Google Earth sessions and lasted for over 4 hours with every participants going home refreshed with new technologies learnt.... Some pictures is as below:

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The D-day is finally here!!! Please buckle up and get ready as we take to though the world of GOOGLE TECHNOLOGIES.... A warm welcome to you... Event Venue: EKSU Cyber Cafe, beside New LT engineering, Ekiti Sate University, Ado Ekiti Time: 10:00 am prompt (No African Time) This write-up contains some important information as regard the schedule of today's event. Also, attached to this write-up is a downloadable presentation/ PDF as regards today's training. Event Agenda (GMT) Day 1: 1. Opening Prayer .... 10:00 - 10:05 2. Organizer's address (About GDG Ekiti State University) ..... 10:05 - 10: 30 3. GIS and Google Technologies .... 10:00 - 11: 00 4. Google Mapmaker training ......... 11:00 - 12:00 5. Lunch Break / Practical Sessions ..... 12:00 - 12:30 6. Google Earth Training --- 12:30 - 13:30 7. Review of day's work and Activities .... 13:30 - 13:50 8. Close + Group Photograph Day 2: 1. Opening Prayer .... 10:00 - 10:05 2. Review of previous d...

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The Google Nigeria team is planning an event in the coming weeks that will focus on demoing the best of Google across devices, with an emphasis on mobile. The target audience consists of the media/journalists, mobile/telco partners, policy makers, content creators, SMB enablers, educators, social influencers and users.  The theme for this event is “ Educate & Inspire ”. As usual we would like to feature content from interested Nigerian developers at this event. This is a great opportunity to gain exposure from a key audience for your apps and solutions. We are looking for apps that meet the following criteria: Must be locally developed Must utilize Google devices,  APIs or platforms in a way that is central to the app and obvious to the user. Examples of APIs or platforms include: Android, Android Wear, Chrome Cast, Google TV, Google Cloud Platform, Chromebooks, Google glass, Google+, Drive, Maps etc Incorporates user interface and user experience best ...

 Join us for our first event as we show what you can with the combination of Google technologies and some 3D software as you become an expert... Tagged:    GIS and Google Technologies .  Event Description:  This is a training directed towards equipping the students of the department of Geography and planning science with skills necessary to stand toe-to-toe with other geographers in the world. Skills to be learnt include:  Google Earth and its applications Google mapmaker Sketch-ups (for 3-D modelling of buildings and structures) Programming in GIS/ Basic Introduction to programming (Python) To be part of this event click on "I'm going" on the  event page  or copy and paste the following URL on your browser: http://bit.ly/giseksu