Over the past few weeks, I have been preparing for teaching webinars in Spanish on advanced Gemini features and other Google-related topics. Here is what I discovered.
Tom, as always, I appreciate your candid nature and acknowledgement of your inability to give first-hand reviews of the new features themselves due to not having access to Google Classroom. I appreciate the thoroughness and variety of sources you presented and why you are recommending each, based on the viewpoint set forth by the resources you cited and your own evaluation of them.
Google for Education is typically my initial go-to for learning about new features, and I agree that it should not be the only source consulted, so after I watch one of their videos (promotional, as you accurately put it), I then search for content from a teacher perspective so that I can learn more and hopefully gain an understanding of potential use cases as well as limitations.
I’ve had a positive experience thus far with Gemini being directly linked with my teacher account, especially Google Drive. My organization blocks linking my professional teaching account to multiple resources I use, which is extremely frustrating. The creation of formatted files directly from Gemini chat is a game-changer. It has shifted my previous sole reliance on ChatGPT, which necessitates downloading files from ChatGPT and uploading them to Google Drive, or copying and pasting content into new files in Drive and then formatting it. The ability to now create those formatted files directly from Gemini chat and add them to Drive pushes Google’s AI far beyond competitors, in this specific instance.
In terms of limitations, I’ve been (impatiently) waiting for the ability to
generate Google Forms as it is a component I use in each lesson I craft. The fact that after all this advancement in AI, I still have to manually copy and paste content into a Form and then format it, boggles me.
Again, thank you for providing a plethora of useful information.
Christine, thank you for your kind and thoughtful response!
I'm happy that you've had a positive experience with Gemini in your teacher account and I share your excitement over the ability to format files in different formats.
Tom, as always, I appreciate your candid nature and acknowledgement of your inability to give first-hand reviews of the new features themselves due to not having access to Google Classroom. I appreciate the thoroughness and variety of sources you presented and why you are recommending each, based on the viewpoint set forth by the resources you cited and your own evaluation of them.
Google for Education is typically my initial go-to for learning about new features, and I agree that it should not be the only source consulted, so after I watch one of their videos (promotional, as you accurately put it), I then search for content from a teacher perspective so that I can learn more and hopefully gain an understanding of potential use cases as well as limitations.
I’ve had a positive experience thus far with Gemini being directly linked with my teacher account, especially Google Drive. My organization blocks linking my professional teaching account to multiple resources I use, which is extremely frustrating. The creation of formatted files directly from Gemini chat is a game-changer. It has shifted my previous sole reliance on ChatGPT, which necessitates downloading files from ChatGPT and uploading them to Google Drive, or copying and pasting content into new files in Drive and then formatting it. The ability to now create those formatted files directly from Gemini chat and add them to Drive pushes Google’s AI far beyond competitors, in this specific instance.
In terms of limitations, I’ve been (impatiently) waiting for the ability to
generate Google Forms as it is a component I use in each lesson I craft. The fact that after all this advancement in AI, I still have to manually copy and paste content into a Form and then format it, boggles me.
Again, thank you for providing a plethora of useful information.
Christine, thank you for your kind and thoughtful response!
I'm happy that you've had a positive experience with Gemini in your teacher account and I share your excitement over the ability to format files in different formats.
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