Gemini for Educators: Saving Time with Integrated AI Tools

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and prompting strategies for using Gemini AI within Google Workspace for Education, based on the OTAN educator training transcript.

OTAN

Outreach and Technical Assistance Network, an organization providing professional development and technological support for adult education.

Gemini

A standalone AI assistant that offers features like generating text, brainstorming ideas, summarizing information, and creating images using multimodal inputs.

Role

The first part of prompting where you define the persona the AI should assume, such as an ESL instructor or a math teacher.

Task

The specific outcome you want the AI to accomplish, such as creating a lesson plan or generating a quiz using action verbs.

Context

The part of a prompt that includes essential details like location, audience, and language level to ensure specific output.

Tone

The specific style or voice requested for the AI's response, such as formal, whimsical, academic, or simplistic.

Format

The structural layout requested for the AI output, such as bullet points, a bingo card, or a multiple-choice assessment.

DTR

An acronym for Define the Response, representing the process of having a follow-up conversation with AI to refine its output.

AI Hallucination

A phenomenon where AI provides incorrect information with high confidence, necessitating $100\%$ review and revision.

Help me write

The feature integrated into Google Docs that allows users to generate document content using Gemini prompts.

@ symbol

A character used in Gemini prompts within Google Workspace to reference and include content from existing files.

Infographics Beta

A feature in Google Slides used to turn complex data or text descriptions into clear, compelling visuals.

Google Vids

A tool mentioned for converting presentations into engaging videos through the side panel features.

Reverse Prompting

Also known as 'Say What You See,' it is the art of learning image prompting by describing visuals.

Bias

A known limitation of AI where the generated content may reflect skewed perspectives or prejudices.