Google apps training in computer application for Lautech postgraduate students

Last Thursday to Saturday marked the start and end of a special event for Lautech Urban and Regional Planning (URP) Postgraduate students. The event was a 3-day training workshop on Google applications and Geo products in URP. It is an annual event and designed as a second semester course (URP 762) to postgraduate students. Sources confirmed that Professor Adeboyejo (URP dept) inculcated this as a part of his curriculum two years ago and it is handled by the Lautech Google Student Ambassadors (GSA). This event hosted the postgraduates (M.Tech) and M.Phil/Ph.D students, some lectures of the department, IT students and few selected undergraduates of URP department as instructed by Prof. Adeboyejo.

Sources confirmed that the applications learnt and practiced in these three dsys were Gmail, Google drive, Google docs, Google+, Google maps, Google earth and Map maker. The event took place at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences Conference room between 9am to 45m daily with 30minutes break seperating the morning session and afternoon session.