If you’ve ever felt like your relationship with Google has gotten a little stale, Crystal Nolen has a fresh reason to fall back in love.
In this session, the instructional technology facilitator for grades 5-8 walks through a set of Google and Gemini tools that have quietly gotten a lot more useful, and shows you exactly how to put them to work in your classroom.
From using Gemini to generate intentionally wrong images that spark critical thinking, to pulling text out of locked PDFs with Google Lens, to building fully interactive review activities inside a Google Site without touching a single blocked game website, Crystal keeps everything inside the Google ecosystem your school already supports.
If you think you know Google, this session will show you a few things you’ve been missing.
New Ways to Love Google
Description: If you feel like your relationship with Google has gotten a little complicated, Crystal Nolen is here to help. In this session, the instructional technology facilitator walks through a fresh set of Google and Gemini tools that are actually useful in the classroom, from AI image generation with intentional inaccuracies to Google Lens for translating and extracting text, to Gemini Canvas for building interactive review activities, guided notes, and slideshows without leaving Google’s ecosystem.
You’ll see how to:
- 💻 Use Google Gemini to generate images with inaccuracies for bell work, exit tickets, and critical thinking across any subject
- 💻 Use Google Lens to copy, translate, and extract text from PDFs and embedded documents
- 💻 Build bingo cards in Google Sheets using the Bingo by Alice Keeler extension
- 💻 Use Gemini Canvas to create slideshows, guided notes, quizzes, flashcards, and embed codes for interactive Google Sites activities
- 💻 Use NotebookLM to create a searchable resource hub from your own uploaded documents
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