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Google AI Educator Series: Free AI Lessons for Teachers

At this time last week I was at Google, enjoying a lovely meal on the patio of Charlie's cafe with educator colleagues from all over the country. We were there for a two day convening to learn more about the Google AI Educator Series , or GES as they call it. Full disclosure, Google paid for my travel to the event. Which is remarkable in that for the 15+ years I've been involved in Google events, the teacher academies, energizers, and champion summits, Google has never once paid for any of my travel expenses before. That alone told me this would be something different.  So what is GES? Quite simply, it is a collection of short lessons on AI literacy, focusing on Google Gemini of course, that teachers can do independently or as part of a professional learning event. Each lesson comes with a quiz and a badge for those who demonstrate their understanding of the teaching concepts in the lesson.  Someone once told me that the eloquence of an idea is reflected by the small numbe...

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