Supercharge Your Teaching: A Workshop on Gemini, NotebookLM and Google Vids

Are you ready to elevate your lesson planning and classroom engagement? This hands-on workshop is designed to equip K-12 educators with the tools to harness the power of Google's latest AI innovations. We'll explore how free, accessible features of Gemini, NotebookLM, and Google Vids can save you time, personalize learning, and unlock new creative possibilities. What We'll Cover: Gemini for Education: Discover how Gemini for Education can be your personal “thought partner” when thinking about teaching and learning in your classroom. We'll focus on practical, actionable strategies for using Gemini throughout your day so that you walk away with content you can use right away! NotebookLM: Learn how to turn your existing course materials—like PDFs, Google Docs, and slides—into an interactive study partner. We'll demonstrate how NotebookLM can summarize complex texts, generate quizzes, and create podcast-style audio and video summaries from your sources, empowering you to create custom learning resources for your students. Google Vids: Say goodbye to complex video editing software! This section will show you how to use Google Vids to create engaging instructional videos for your classroom. We'll cover everything from generating video scripts with AI to using a teleprompter and adding royalty-free media, making it easy to produce high-quality content for flipped lessons or student projects.