Google Gemini: Work Smarter in Schools
Discover how Google Gemini can help teachers and school staff save time, reduce everyday administration and develop more effective teaching resources. Across three short, practical episodes, Mark Ashton introduces ways to use Gemini for drafting emails, organising meeting notes, creating reusable prompts and improving lesson ideas. Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or looking to get more out of the tools already available to you, this Learning Trunk offers a useful starting point for bringing Gemini into everyday school life.
18 mins
Created by Mark Ashton
What you’ll take away
- Identify practical ways Google Gemini can support everyday school tasks.
- Explain how Gemini can assist with drafting emails and organising meeting notes.
- Recognise the benefits of creating reusable prompts for recurring teaching activities.
- Apply clearer prompting techniques to generate more useful lesson ideas.
- Identify opportunities to reduce repetitive administration using AI.
- Recognise the need to review AI-generated content before using it in a school setting.
Learning outline
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Better Prompts, Better Lesson Ideas
The quality of an AI-generated response often depends on the instructions you give it. This episode focuses on improving the way teachers communicate with Google Gemini to develop more useful lesson ideas. Explore how clearer prompts can help shape more relevant responses and support creative approaches to lesson preparation.
Video episode
Created by Mark
Build One Prompt, Reuse It for Every Lesson
Creating useful AI prompts doesn't have to mean starting from scratch every time. This episode explores the idea of building a reusable Gemini prompt that can be adapted for different lessons. Discover how a more consistent approach to prompting could simplify planning, reduce repeated work and support everyday teaching preparation.
Video episode
Created by Mark
Make Emails and Meeting Notes Easier
Explore how Google Gemini can help school staff manage two common administrative tasks: writing emails and working with meeting notes. This episode introduces practical opportunities to reduce time spent drafting communications and organising information, giving teachers and other colleagues more time to focus on their core responsibilities.
Video episode
Created by Mark
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