EdTechTeacher has partnered with Google for Education to offer two free webinars for K-12 and higher education educators and school leaders across the US. Each session runs one hour, covers two practical classroom topics, and every participant can earn two certified Google AI Educator Series badges live during the session. Not as homework afterward. While we are together.
Attend both webinars and you can earn four.
The badges are issued by Google, they are free, and they are yours to keep.
About the Google AI Educator Series
The Google AI Educator Series is free, standards-aligned AI literacy training available to every K-12 and higher education educator in the United States. Each module ends with a short assessment and a certified badge.
There is nothing to set up ahead of time. We share a link at the start of each session, you earn your badges directly on Google’s site while we are together, and you leave with them.
Google AI Educator Series Webinar #1
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET
Topic Focus
#1 Create scaffolds to support reading comprehension
Explore how AI can help create reading supports that make texts more accessible for learners.
Skills covered: Gemini Notebook. Participants can earn this badge during the workshop.
#2 Design assessments that capture student thinking
Explore how AI can support assessment design that makes student thinking more visible.
Skills covered: Gemini. Participants can earn this badge during the workshop.
Google AI Educator Series Webinar #2
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 4:00 to 5:00 PM ET
Topic Focus
#1 Eliminate invisible work: an introduction to Google Workspace Studio
Explore how you can use Google Workspace Studio to identify high-frequency, low-complexity digital tasks and understand how to connect existing Google tools into automated workflows to reclaim time for high-value student engagement.
Skills covered: Workspace Studio, Gemini. Participants can earn this badge during the workshop.
#2 Design problem solving scenarios that encourage critical thinking
Explore how AI can support the design of problem-solving scenarios that ask students to reason through a problem rather than retrieve an answer.
Skills covered: Gemini Canvas. Participants can earn this badge during the workshop.
Who is teaching
Lauren Vu hosts both sessions. Lauren is an EdTechTeacher instructor and a high school teacher in Long Beach Unified School District.
Tom Driscoll, EdTechTeacher’s CEO and a former classroom teacher and district leader, facilitates.
Both sessions are free and open to all US educators. Register for one, or both. And invite your teaching friends, we hope to see you there!