Google Rolls Out the Training Red Carpet

From Google:

Google for Education is launching a landmark initiative with ISTE+ASCD to provide free, comprehensive Gemini training to all 6 million K-12 and higher education faculty in the U.S.

These lessons will be divided into modules and promise to include :real-world examples." Teachers that complete these modules will receive a micro-credential (presumably similar to Google's certification program.

Most interestingly is Google's connection with ISTE+ASCD:

Materials will be designed using ISTE+ASCD’s profile of an AI Ready Graduate — a framework that equips students with the essential AI competencies for future success — while aligning with their latest standards for faculty and educators. Topics will include use cases such as:

• How educators can create personalized lessons for each student in their classroom based on their same-day assessment results

• How faculty can use Gemini to give each student in a crowded lecture hall their own individualized study coach

• How K12 teachers can adapt existing curricular materials to meet students’ diverse needs such as reading levels, primary languages, and visual learning needs

• How faculty can use NotebookLM to enable students to create customized study guides, infographics, or interactive podcasts so they can learn in a way that's most effective for them

All together a late, if good announcement that matches ChatGPT's efforts to capture the education field. I maintain that Gemini is the natural fit for schools; but the public still chooses GPT.