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What’s New in Google for Education? AI Literacy Is Becoming Essential Professional Learning
What’s New in Google for Education? AI Literacy Is Becoming Essential Professional Learning As AI becomes embedded in Classroom, Docs, Slides, Forms and other familiar tools, professional learning must extend beyond showing educators where to click. ...
Building the Story Together: You Can't Build Board Trust in a Crisis
Building Trust Before the Crisis: A Leadership Imperative In AASA's article, Building the Story Together: You Can't Build Board Trust in a Crisis, Superintendent Dr. Verletta White reminds us that strong relationships between district leaders and sch...
What’s New in Google Workspace? Skills Are Coming—and Gems Are Beginning to Transition
What’s New in Google Workspace? Skills Are Coming—and Gems Are Beginning to Transition Google is introducing reusable AI “skills” that provide Gemini with customized instructions for specific tasks. For example, an educator might combine: • A lesson-...
What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Canvas Meets Google Classroom
What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Canvas Meets Google Classroom Educators and students can now share Gemini Canvas creations directly to Google Classroom. Canvas can be used to develop interactive: • Websites• Quizzes• Learning games• Infogr...
What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Is Becoming a Teaching Partner
What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Is Becoming a Teaching Partner Gemini in Google Classroom is giving educators new ways to support planning and instruction. Teachers can use Gemini to: • Outline lesson plans• Generate quizzes and questions•...
**What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Is Expanding for K–12 Learners**
What’s New in Google for Education? Gemini Is Expanding for K–12 Learners Gemini in Google Classroom is becoming available to K–12 students of all ages—when access is enabled by their school district. Students can use their class materials to create:...
Closing the Parent Feedback Loop: New Google Sheets & Gemini Workflows
The Friction Point: K-12 districts generate massive amounts of parent feedback through forms, emails, and surveys. Yet, analyzing thousands of qualitative responses—especially in multilingual districts—is a manual time drain. How can we efficiently ...
Strategic District Leadership: Ensuring Student Safety, Budget Efficiency, and Governance Alignment
Aligning Community Trust, Data Security, and Fiscal Stewardship District system leaders must maintain community confidence through rigorous student safety while optimizing technology expenditures to direct resources where they matter most: classroom...
ELP Circle Guide: Structuring a 90-Minute Active Design Lab for Differentiated School PD
ELP Circle Guide: Structuring a 90-Minute Active Design Lab for Differentiated School PD Are you ready to align your ELP Circle meetings with what your leaders actually need? You do not need a half-day retreat to drive meaningful change. Learn ...
ELP Circle Guide: Structuring a 45-Minute Design Sprint to Meet Member Needs
ELP Circle Guide: Structuring a 45-Minute Design Sprint to Match Member Needs Are you ready to align your ELP Circle meetings with what your leaders actually need? You do not need a half-day retreat to drive meaningful change. Learn how to ho...
ELP Circle Guide: Running a 20-Minute Micro-Session to Tackle Teacher Workload Systems
ELP Circle Guide: Running a 20-Minute Micro-Session to Tackle Teacher Workload Systems Are you ready to lead your first K-12 ELP Circle event for fellow administrators? You do not need a half-day retreat to drive meaningful change. Learn how ...
Make sure you give it a try - Gemini for Education -🤖Google AI Educator Series🎉
After spending time learning about Google's latest education announcements, one message continues to resonate with me: AI should amplify human potential—not replace it. That philosophy is evident throughout Google's approach to education. Click h...
Have you tried....Gemini for Education -🤖Google AI Educator Series🎉
Professional learning is evolving—and so are the skills educators need. Google's Gemini Certified Educator certification is more than another digital badge. Click here to sign up: https://educertifications.google/google-ai-educator-series It dem...
Even More.....🥳Gemini for Education🤖 Google AI Educator Series
One of the biggest misconceptions about AI in education is that it's simply a productivity tool. Yes, Gemini for Education can help draft emails, summarize research, build lesson plans, create rubrics, and brainstorm instructional ideas. But its rea...
Gemini for Education -🤖Google AI Educator Series🎉
AI literacy is quickly becoming as important as digital literacy. That's why I'm excited about Google's new AI Educator Series. Instead of asking educators to become AI experts overnight, the series offers short, practical learning experiences ...
Webinar Resources for Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance
During the webinar, we explore how K-12 systems are moving to create guidance that keeps learning and cognition at the center. Relevant Resources 2023 "AI and the Future of Teaching & Learning" report from the U.S. Department of Education (which use...
ISTE 2026 Reflections!!!!! - Can't wait to hear your thoughts....
As a Google Community Leader, one of my favorite parts of #ISTE2026 was spending time with the Google for Education team and seeing how their vision continues to evolve around one central idea: AI should empower educators and expand opportunities ...
Beyond Screen Time: Are We Asking the Right Questions About Technology in Schools?
To read the full article around this Blog Post - Please click here As conversations about student technology use continue across the country, I found this article from Full Scale Learning particularly thought-provoking: "The Need to Move Beyond Dev...
🎉AI and Learning: Keeping Humanity at the Center of Innovation
One statement from Ben Gomes, Google's Chief Technologist for Learning & Sustainability, stood out to me: "The fundamental reason we learn is not because of technology. It's because of human beings." To read more, click here As educational leade...
Innovative Accessibility Tools! Google continues to transform classroom Instruction!
To learn more about this innovative approach, click here This is a powerful reminder that technology innovation is at its best when it increases access and opportunity for all learners. Google's new Face Control feature for Chromebooks allows user...
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop
Benchmarking AI Readiness: Global Policy & Guidance Workshop In an era of rapid technological change, institutional leaders are moving beyond reactive rules and toward a strategic roadmap that firmly prioritizes learning and cognition. Discover how t...
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CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE! Whether it is becoming a Google Certified Educator, exploring Gemini and AI in education, or strengthening your digital leadership skills, these certifications help us build capacity, increase efficiency, and better suppo...
Multi-grade Classrooms: A Solution for Small School Districts
Click here to access the post Small school districts often face a familiar challenge: fluctuating enrollment that makes traditional single-grade staffing difficult to sustain. The AASA blog highlights how multi-grade classrooms can offer a practica...
Public Schools, Public Trust: The Power of Transparency
Read the entire blog post here The AASA blog emphasizes that transparency is more than a communication strategy; it is a core responsibility of public education. Schools operate in the public eye, and openness about decisions, resources, and studen...
Redefining Readiness: How One Rural District Is Building Tomorrow’s Leaders
Click here to read the entire blog post The AASA blog highlights how one rural district moved beyond traditional, test-driven measures to focus on developing students as leaders — learners who are adaptable, innovative, and prepared for life beyond ...
AI Literacy
There is a plethora of resources provided on the site to learn how AI is shaping our world: https://www.ailiteracyday.org/ We encourage students, parents, educators, and all community members nationwide to explore AI, the technology transforming our...
Breaking Free from a Broken Report Card System
Redesigning School Reporting: From Confusing Scores to Meaningful Connection Traditional report cards have served as the backbone of student assessment for generations—but increasingly, they no longer reflect the realities of how students learn, gro...
Leading at the Edge of Change: What Problems of Practice Should AI Actually Solve?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept—it’s here, evolving fast, and reshaping nearly every facet of education. The AASA article “Leading at the Edge of Change: AI” reminds us that as leaders, our response to AI must be intentio...
Leadership with the Lights On: Inviting Feedback That Fuels Growth
One of the most powerful levers for growth—both personally and organizationally—is feedback. Not just receivingfeedback, but inviting it openly, consistently, and with genuine curiosity. As educational leaders navigating rapidly changing landscapes,...
Child Digital Safety Law
As an IT leader, I witness firsthand how quickly students adopt new technologies, especially generative AI, to solve tasks. With the UAE recently issuing Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 Regarding Child Digital Safety, the landscape of digital educa...
