Generative AI for Educators
As a teacher, we know your time is valuable and student needs are broad. With Generative AI for Educators, you’ll learn how to use generative AI tools to help you save time on everyday tasks, personalize instruction, enhance lessons and activities in creative ways, and more.
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Flexible AI training designed for teachers
This self-paced course fits into a teacher’s busy schedule with flexibility in mind. It offers hands-on, practical experience for teachers across disciplines. Of educators who completed the course:
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Generative AI for Educators
Developed by AI experts at Google in collaboration with MIT RAISE, this course will help you bring AI into your practice. You’ll also gain a foundational understanding of AI — you'll learn what it is, the opportunities and limitations of this technology, and how to use it responsibly.
You’ll learn how to use generative AI tools to:
- Save time on everyday tasks like drafting emails and other correspondence
- Personalize instruction for different learning styles and abilities
- Enhance lessons and activities in creative ways
Save time and enhance student learning with AI skills
When you complete the online course, you’ll gain essential AI skills you can apply to your workflow immediately. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can work smarter, not harder.
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Earn a certificate
which you can present to your district for professional development (PD) credit, depending on district and state requirements.
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Get hands-on experience
using generative AI tools and apply your new skills right away.
Endorsed by education leaders
“Google and MIT's Generative AI for Educators course marks a transformative moment for Oklahoma's education. Having navigated the educational system as a dyslexic student and parent, I recognize the critical need for personalized learning. This initiative equips educators to unlock each student's potential, tailoring learning experiences to their unique minds. It's a step towards a future where education mirrors the individuality of a fingerprint, empowering students to shape tomorrow with their ingenuity.”
Nellie Tayloe Sanders Oklahoma Secretary of Education
“We are excited to be a part of this partnership with Google to equip our middle and high school teachers with transformative Generative AI professional learning courses. This responds to the need for continuous innovation in our school District. By empowering educators with the latest advancements in AI, we're not only uplifting their professional practices, but also giving them evolving tools to enhance the ever-changing landscape of teaching and learning.”
Jose L. Dotres, Superintendent of Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools
“The Google Generative AI for Educators opportunity for teachers will help put our educators on the front lines of generative AI opportunities for our 27,000 students. In a rapidly evolving world, our teachers cannot afford to fall behind in accessing powerful generative tools that will help them develop new approaches to teaching. ”
Michael Matsuda, Superintendent of Schools Anaheim Union High School District
“Google and MIT's Generative AI for Educators course marks a transformative moment for Oklahoma's education. Having navigated the educational system as a dyslexic student and parent, I recognize the critical need for personalized learning. This initiative equips educators to unlock each student's potential, tailoring learning experiences to their unique minds. It's a step towards a future where education mirrors the individuality of a fingerprint, empowering students to shape tomorrow with their ingenuity.”
Nellie Tayloe Sanders Oklahoma Secretary of Education
“We are excited to be a part of this partnership with Google to equip our middle and high school teachers with transformative Generative AI professional learning courses. This responds to the need for continuous innovation in our school District. By empowering educators with the latest advancements in AI, we're not only uplifting their professional practices, but also giving them evolving tools to enhance the ever-changing landscape of teaching and learning.”
Jose L. Dotres, Superintendent of Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools
“The Google Generative AI for Educators opportunity for teachers will help put our educators on the front lines of generative AI opportunities for our 27,000 students. In a rapidly evolving world, our teachers cannot afford to fall behind in accessing powerful generative tools that will help them develop new approaches to teaching. ”
Michael Matsuda, Superintendent of Schools Anaheim Union High School District
Frequently asked questions
Generative AI for Educators is a two-hour, self-paced course designed to help teachers save time on everyday tasks, personalize instruction to meet student needs, and enhance lessons and activities in creative ways with generative AI tools — no previous experience required. Developed by experts at Google in collaboration with MIT RAISE (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education), this no cost course is built for teachers across disciplines and provides practical, hands-on experience. After completing the course, teachers earn a certificate from the course, which they can present to their district for professional development (PD) credit, depending on district and state requirements.
Generative AI for Educators is designed for high school and middle school educators of any subject, with no technical experience required. Any teacher who is interested in using AI to save time and enhance student education could benefit from this course.
This generative AI course for teachers will provide practical applications that help save time by increasing efficiency, productivity, and creativity. The course includes hands-on experience using generative AI tools to do things like write class correspondence (messages, emails, newsletters), create assessments and provide feedback, differentiate instruction to meet various student needs, and create instructional strategies to make lessons more engaging for students.
After completing the course, teachers earn a certificate that they can present to their district for professional development (PD) credit, depending on district and state requirements.
The Generative AI for Educators course is provided at no cost.
Generative AI for Educators was designed by AI experts at Google in collaboration with MIT RAISE (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education).
Generative AI for Educators is currently available in English, and we are working to offer this course in additional languages. Please check back here for updates.
Check out Experience AI. Created by Google DeepMind and The Raspberry Pi Foundation, this no cost program provides ready-to-use resources to introduce AI technology in middle school classrooms, including lesson plans, slide decks, worksheets, and videos on AI and machine learning.
Generative AI is artificial intelligence that can generate new content, such as text, images, or other media.
1Based on program graduate survey data, United States October 2024
2Versus 42% who reported confidence prior to the course (pre-course survey, United States October 2024)