5 new ways we’re helping students and young people learn and grow using AI
General summary
Google is expanding its AI resources for students and educators. They've created new courses for teachers on using AI in the classroom, lesson plans for students on responsible AI use, and a conversation guide for families. Google is also making its Gemini AI tool available to younger users with parental controls and expanding its AI literacy funding to reach more students.
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- Google's sharing new ways to help students and young people learn and grow using AI.
- New AI training courses for educators teach how to use Google AI to save time and inspire ideas.
- Resources for students and families help them navigate AI responsibly and explore it together.
- Gemini is expanding to younger users with supervision tools and controls for parents and educators.
- Google.org is funding AI learning and education initiatives to expand access to AI skills.
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Today, in recognition of National AI Literacy Day, we’re sharing some of the newest ways we’re equipping parents, educators and students with skills and resources to help them use AI safely and effectively.
- AI training for educators and guardians: We developed two new courses for educators in K12 and higher education that teach how to use Google AI to help save time, create engaging learning experiences and inspire new ideas. These augment other existing resources we've released to support educators and guardians, including the Grow with Google Generative AI for Educators course created in partnership with MIT RAISE, the newly updated Guardian’s Guide to AI and the Experience AI program for educators and students.
- Resources to help students and families navigate AI: This lesson plan supports teachers in preparing their students to use Gemini responsibly. Grounded in our five essentials for getting started with AI, the curriculum features real-world scenarios and practical tips. For families, we’ve created a new conversation guide to support them in exploring AI together. These are useful additions to programs like Be Internet Awesome and the Online Safety Roadshow, which have helped millions of kids learn how to safely and confidently explore online.
- Bringing Gemini to younger users with supervision tools and controls for parents and educators: We've heard from parents, teachers and child development experts about how, with the right guardrails, AI can be a valuable tool for learning and creativity — both in the classroom and at home. In the coming months, we’re expanding Gemini to younger users. Parents will be able to manage their child's access to Gemini on a supervised account via the Family Link app. And, for school accounts, administrators can continue to manage access to Gemini in Google Admin console — now as a core service, and soon including younger students’ accounts.
- Guidance on spotting AI-generated content: This video shows viewers how to look for and interpret the labels YouTube requires creators to include when realistic content has been meaningfully altered or synthetically generated, including with generative AI.
- Funding to expand access to AI skills: Google.org has contributed $1 million to the MIT RAISE Initiative to help advance AI learning, education and computational action. This builds on Google’s Generative AI for Educators course with MIT RAISE and brings Google.org’s AI literacy funding to more than $40 million to date, including the AI Opportunity Fund for educators and students. In the past two years, these grants have helped us reach more than 13 million students, all with the goal of creating a future where AI helps everyone to learn, grow and thrive.