Google For Education
iCON Gemini Masterclass Series 2026
Google For Education
iCON Gemini Masterclass Series 2026
Teach More. Manage Less.
Are you looking for ways to streamline your lesson prep, design more inclusive materials, and reclaim your time?
Welcome to iCON Gemini Masterclass Series 2026—an exclusive, 8-part professional development series designed specifically for MOE educators. Over the next 8 months, we are diving deep into the powerful AI tools already available to you on the iCON platform: Gemini, NotebookLM, and Gemini in Google Workspace (NEW FEATURES!).
This isn't just another tech overview. This series is built entirely around practical workflow improvement. Whether you are a tech novice or an early adopter, you will leave every 60-minute session with actionable strategies to transform how you plan and teach.
All sessions will be recorded for your convenience, ensuring you can revisit key insights and continue your learning journey at your own pace. Get ready to transform your teaching with the power of Google!
Why You Should Join:
⏱️ Reclaim Your Time: Learn specific, proven workflows to drastically cut down on administrative tasks and lesson planning.
🎯 Master Anti-Hallucination Tools: Discover how to use NotebookLM to securely query your own trusted MOE syllabi, school policies, and textbook chapters.
🤝 Enhance Inclusivity (UDL): Turn AI into your pedagogical assistant to effortlessly adjust reading levels, translate materials, and support diverse learners.
🔗 Seamless iCON Integration: Everything we cover is tailored for your secure iCON ecosystem, culminating in a showcase of how AI works seamlessly inside Docs, Slides, and Gmail.
The Learning Journey: Join us every 4 to 6 weeks for a highly focused, 60-minute deep dive.
27 Apr 2026 | Session 1: Mastering the Conversation with AI: Move beyond basic questions and master the PARTS prompting framework to get highly specific, classroom-ready results on your very first try.
18 May 2026 | Session 2: Meet Your Research Assistant (Intro to NotebookLM): Turn your MoE syllabi and school documents into a trusted, personalized AI research assistant grounded entirely in your own verified sources.
13 July 2026 | Session 3: Seeing, Hearing, and Creating: Explore Gemini's multimodal magic to analyze diagrams, generate custom visuals, compose educational songs with Lyria, and create instructional Google Vids.
27 July 2026 | Session 4: Personalize Gemini with Custom Gems: Stop repeating yourself and build a team of tailor-made AI assistants that permanently remember your exact preferences, rubrics, and teaching style.
24 Aug 2026 | Session 5: The Pedagogical Assistant: Leverage AI through the lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to instantly differentiate reading levels, translate materials, and design inclusive assessments.
21 Sept 2026 | Session 6: Unlocking Gemini in Google Workspace: Bring the power of AI directly into your daily workflow natively inside Google Docs, Slides, Forms, Sheets, Gmail, and Vids—no copy-pasting required.
12 Oct 2026 | Session 7: Advanced NotebookLM - Mastering Visual Design & The Gemini Connection: Dive into advanced visual prompting to generate custom infographics and slide decks from your documents, and seamlessly connect your trusted NotebookLM directly to Gemini.
11 Nov 2026 | Session 8: The Educator Showcase & Redesigning Your Workflow: Celebrate peer success stories, audit your weekly administrative bottlenecks, and redesign your core workflows to make AI your ultimate, seamless partner.